Where did the surname "Mou" come from?

First, the origin of the surname 1. The ancestors of the Mou family can be traced back to the ancient Zhu Rong family with a long history. According to the "Custom Pass", Mou's family is a viscount country, a descendant of Zhu Rongjia, a famous ancient family, and also takes the country as his surname. It is recorded in the Compilation of Yuanhe's Family, and it is said in Customs Tong that Mou is a sub-country. After Zhu Rong, there were Qiu Mourong and Ju Lu in the Han Dynasty. Mou, originally an ancient country two or three thousand years ago, was located in the southeast of Penglai County, Shandong Province according to the records of Spring and Autumn Annals. 2. According to previous scholars' research, this ancient country was handed down by the ancient Zhu Rong family. During the Zhou Dynasty, it was a viscount country, and the Mou family was its descendant, whose surname was Mou. The aristocratic family comes from Shandong.