The surname Qu (Qú) has three origins:
1. Taking the name of a person as the surname. There was a great official in the Shang Dynasty who was named Qufu because he was granted the title of Qushang (now Dongqushangcheng, Shuangliu County, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province). Their descendants took their ancestor's name as their surname, forming the surname Qu.
2. The surname is named after the place. According to the "Xuanhe Bogu Tu", among the bronze vessels of the Shang Dynasty was Qu Fuding. Qu's father was named Qu after the name of his fiefdom.
3. Among those named after places was Shang Qu, a disciple of Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period, named Zimu, who followed Confucius to study the Book of Changes. Shang Qu was a native of Lu. He was born in Shuangliu County, Sichuan and lived in Qu, so he was named Shang Qu. His old residence was called Shang Quli. People who lived here later took the surnames of Shang and Qu after the place names.
The ancestor of the surname Qu: Qu Fu Ding. According to the records of "A Survey of Surnames", among the bronzes left over from the Shang Dynasty, there is a Qufu tripod, which is found in "Bogu Tu". Qufu is the ancestor of the surname Qu, and the surnames of Qu are all named after places. In addition, according to the records in "Tongzhi Clan Briefing", the Qu family is a descendant of Quzhuang, Yue Canjun, King of Donghai in Jin Dynasty, and a native of Boling. Another Confucian genealogy written by Wang Seng said that the son of Pei Tao from Hedong married the daughter of Cangwu Qubao. "Also, according to the records of "Customs", in the Han Dynasty there was Qu Mao, the prefect of Henan, and in Liang there was Qu Yan, the general of Zhenbei. In the Tang Dynasty, there was Qu Zhen, the governor of Jiangzhou. The famous families all came from Gaoping and Songyang. Pingjiang Prefecture and Wenzhou Pingyang There is also the Qu family, which is located in Songyang County, now in the west of Songyang County, Zhejiang Province. The descendants of the Qu family regard Qu Fuding as the ancestor of the Qu family.
2. Migration Distribution
(Missing) The surname Qu is not among the top 100 surnames in both mainland China and Taiwan. During the Shang Dynasty, there was an official named Qu Fu. His descendants took Qu as their surname. From generation to generation, the surname is Qu today. The earliest origin. In ancient times, there was a place called Qushang. During the Shang Dynasty, a nobleman was granted the title of king there and established the Qu Kingdom. Another branch named Qu. Qushang was in the Shuangliu County area near Chengdu in Sichuan Province. Because Shang Qu, a disciple of Confucius, lived there during the Spring and Autumn Period, it was called Shang Quli who was the first to enter the Shanghai area. According to historical records, his surname was Qu Hui who joined the army. In the late years of Jingkang in the Song Dynasty, Qu Hui crossed south from King Kang and moved his family from Bianliang to the Shanghai area and settled in Hesha (now Nanhui Xiasha). This is the Zhai family in Pudong and the Qu family in Shanghai. The main branch of the Qu family later moved to Fengxian Fenshuidun, Songjiang City, Songjiang Tianma Mountain, Gaoqiao Jiebang and Jiading City. In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, another branch of the Qu family moved to Longhua from Yanling (today's Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province) and joined forces with Zhang. The three surnames, Shen and Zhao, were sworn brothers from generation to generation, and the "four surnames tomb" was left as a famous mark on the sea. After that, people moved in one after another. If there was no time, Qu Xin fled to Qinglong River from Kunshan. At the same time, Qu Zhi, who was appointed as the magistrate of Qinglong Town, also settled in Shi. In the Jiading period of the Southern Song Dynasty, Qu Yuwei was appointed as the salt supervisor of Xiasha Salt Field. His descendants successively presided over the salt administration of Shanghai and western Zhejiang for 150 years. It is the Xiasha Salt Farm under the direct management of the Qu family. Its salt production and salt production are "the best in the two Zhejiang provinces". The salt production technology summarized in "Ao Bo Tu" and the punishments prescribed are attributed to the stove base and the establishment of the group. A series of rectification and reform projects were all done by the Qu family, which made "the regiment hall strict and solemn, and the legislation was without harm", thus making Xiasha in the Yanchang area "a gathering of merchants and becoming a metropolis", and Xinchang "Gelou Restaurant". ", Jia Street prospered, even if it was a county." Due to the prosperity of Xinchang, there was a proposal to establish a county in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, but it was not successful due to the opposition of Qiao Boring, a wealthy family in Sichuan and Sha. In the early Yuan Dynasty, Qu Tingfa returned and took control of Shanghai. City Shipping Department. Salt cooking, shipping, and cotton weaving were the three major economic pillars of ancient Shanghai. The salt industry was particularly developed during the Song and Yuan Dynasties. The Qu family was in charge of the salt industry for generations and accumulated a lot of wealth, so they became the first family in Songjiang Prefecture. Covering an area of ??7,300 hectares, Qujiayuan was the largest garden in the south of the Yangtze River at that time. The garden covered an area of ??2 hectares. There were hundreds of precious guqin collected in the Qinxuan in the garden. The Baike Hall was full of guests all day long. (1380), Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict to exterminate the Songjiang giants, and the Qu family was at the top of the list. The edict clearly stipulated that only the eldest son should be left "to save Zongtao, and the rest will be confiscated." The Qu family in Shasha "has hundreds of families." , "annihilated them all". According to reports, two other servants escaped with a child each, one of whom was from the Takahashi Kaihama lineage.
The surname Qu suffered this catastrophe and his personnel were greatly reduced. In the late Ming Dynasty, the Qu surname was revived. During the Longqing and Wanli years, Qu Yanwei, a martial scholar, presided over Shanghai's military defense for 12 years. The Qu family was a prominent family in Shanghai along with Li, Zhou, Cao and other surnames. Qu Yanwei's son Qian Ting served as the county magistrate in the late Ming Dynasty and died fighting against the Qing Dynasty. (Omitted)
3. Historical celebrities
Qu You: courtesy name Zongji (1334-1427), nicknamed Cunzhai, a native of Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province), a famous literary figure in the early Ming Dynasty Home. He was famous for his poems when he was young. His poems were beautiful and soft, but he never saw any talent in his life. During the Hongwu period, he only served as a minor official such as teaching, exhortation, and history. During the Yongle period, he suffered misfortune because of his poetry writing and was demoted for ten years. He is the author of more than 20 kinds of works, such as "Collection of Xiangtai", "Poems about Things", "Manuscripts of Cunzhai", etc., as well as a collection of novels such as "Jian Deng Xin Hua".
Qu Jun: A native of Changshu, Suzhou Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty, his courtesy name was Shiyong and his nickname was Xuegu. In the fifth year of Chenghua's reign, he became a Jinshi, and was moved to Guangdong by the imperial censor as deputy envoy. People who are honest and honest should not do anything for personal gain. He returned home due to illness and did not take anything from Lingnan. He is a master of calligraphy and painting, and his orchid and bamboo brushes are thin and vigorous. He is the second king of calligraphy. Good at poetry. Being neighbors with fishermen, they would sit on the ground and drink from time to time, reciting poems and painting while drinking wine. They would be given away as gifts, and even if the wealthy family in Beijing asked for gold and silk, they could not get it. He died at the age of sixty-eight. There are "Liu Yu Tang Collection" and "Xue Gu Zhai Collection".
Qu Yong: A native of Changshu, Jiangsu Province in the Qing Dynasty, his courtesy name is Ziyong. Qu Shaojizi. Sui Gongsheng. The Qu family is famous for its collection of books, and its collection of books is exquisite. Together with Yang Yizeng Haiyuan Pavilion in Shandong, it is known as "South Qu and Bei Yang". Inheritance