Wu family tree in Qiling, Anhui Province

Wu is the tenth largest surname in China today, with a large population, accounting for about 2% of the Han population in China.

Trace the source

1, chronicle? "The clan slightly", "historical records? Zhou Benji, Yuan He's Family Law, Danyang Wu's Genealogy and other related materials, which are derived from Ji's surname and take the country as the surname, are direct descendants of Xuanyuan's family of the Yellow Emperor.

2. According to relevant information, he is a descendant of Wu Quan in the period of Zhuan Xu, the ancient emperor.

According to relevant information, it comes from the descendants of the tribe in ancient times.

4. Descendants of Wu He, a famous archer in Shao Kang in Xia Dynasty. 5. The ethnic minorities merged with the Han nationality, resulting in the surname Wu. Xibe, Kirgiz, Korean, Hezhe, etc. They all have Wu's surname.

Get a surname ancestor

Taber. More than 3000 years ago, there was a Zhou tribe in Qishan County, Shaanxi Province. The first leader of the tribe was Zhou. Mrs Zhou has the eldest son Taber, the second son Zhong Yong and the youngest son Ji Li. Ji Li's son is clever and deeply loved by King Tai. Zhou Ben wanted to preach in Chang, but according to the tradition at that time, he should preach among the eldest son, so King Tai was very unhappy. After Taber understood his father's meaning, he fled to the desolate south of the Yangtze River with his second brother Zhong Yong, started his own inheritance and established the ancient country of Wu Gou. After the demise of the Shang Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty was established, and the third grandson of Taibo was named Hou, so the country name was changed to Wu. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Wu was destroyed by the State of Yue, and the descendants of the royal family did not forget the enemy of national subjugation, so they took the country name "Wu" as their surname, and Taibo became the ancestor of Wu.

Reproduction and migration

Wu surname originated in the south of China, and the Qin and Han Dynasties was the first development period after the German surname. After the downfall of Wu, descendants of Wu were scattered to Wuyuan, Jiangxi, Shexian, Anhui and other places, and some of them moved northward to Shandong and Shanxi. At the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Wu family members took part in the uprising. Because of their outstanding achievements, they were crowned kings, and many famous families appeared, such as Nanyang Wu, Henan Wu and so on. This is an important period in the development history of Wu family. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Wu people got further development. Because a daughter of Wu married the monarch of Wu at the end of Han Dynasty, she became a royal family and gave birth to Sun Quan, Sun Ce and others. After Wu's death, she became an official in the Jin Dynasty and became a world celebrity. During the Southern Dynasties, Wu people in the name of "Yanling" spread to central Hubei, gradually prospered, and at the same time formed the famous Wuchang County Hope. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, some Wu clansmen who moved to Shandong and other places moved to Chengdu, Sichuan, and gradually became local celebrities after becoming officials in Sichuan. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there were three Wu families: Puyang and Bohai. Our family originated from a Wu family who moved to Shandong. After the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although it experienced war, it still developed into a local family, and a group of celebrities, represented by Jason Wu, the author of Zhenguan Dignitary, appeared. The surname Wu of Puyang was a great master of the Eastern Han Dynasty, who experienced the Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Because he has always been a royal family, celebrities and beautiful women come forth in large numbers, the Wu surname in Puyang has always been prominent in its heyday. At the same time, the Wu surname in Bohai is also a celebrity. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, due to various reasons, a large number of Wu surnames in the north moved south and developed greatly in the south. Therefore, the Wu surname in the north gradually declined, and the Wu surname in the south gradually flourished. During this period, a large number of people, such as descendants of "Yanling", such as Wu surname in Xianyang and Wu surname in Shaoxing, gradually became dignitaries, and their families grew and prospered. Later, they gradually divided into aristocratic families such as Ningguo in Anhui and Jiaxing in Zhejiang. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties and modern times, a large number of celebrities named Wu emerged, their families were further distributed, and their population increased, which led to the phenomenon of extensive migration to Southeast Asia and overseas except the mainland. Wu surname is widely distributed, and now it is mostly in Jiangnan. The population of Wu in East China accounts for more than 2% of the population of each province, especially Fujian Province, which accounts for about 5% of the population of the whole province.

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In the long process of reproduction, Wu surname has formed many counties. According to relevant information, there are eight main types:

1, Yanling County, located in the southwest of Danyang City, Jiangsu Province;

2. Puyang County, which is located in Puyang (now southwest of Puyang County, Henan Province);

3. Bohai County belongs to Fuyang (now Cangzhou, Hebei Province);

4. Chenliu County where Chenliu is located (now southeast of Kaifeng, Henan Province);

5. Wu Zhi is located in Wucheng (now Zhejiang Wu);

6. runan county belongs to Shangcai (southwest of Shangcai County, Henan Province);

7. Changsha County, located in Linxiang (now Changsha City);

8. Wuchang County, located in Wuhan City, Hubei Province.

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It has a long history, supreme virtue, respect, virtue, rank, three concessions, respect for ceremony, virtue, grace, harmony, perfection, sincerity, virtue concession, source virtue and so on.

Clan characteristics

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2. The Wu family has many relatives, which makes this family have a good development environment and spread to all parts of the country.

Wu's lines are arranged in an orderly way. The line of Wu's surname in Shengxian County, Zhejiang Province is: "Heaven and earth are teachers, and the child is ugly in the afternoon, and Shen You is in the sea." A sentence from a man surnamed Wu in Yueyang, Hunan: "The sages have been far away from home since ancient times. The family heirloom is benevolent, and Germany will cherish it forever. " "Wu Family Tree" records that the surname of Wu in Dongting, Hunan Province, has a word behavior: "Jia Yongding, Ke Shaojing from, Bing, Li Chengzong." According to the genealogy of Wu family in Yongding, Fujian, the school of Wu family in Sixian village in Yongding is: "I miss those who take discipline in our country, and my son is a Guangyu, Chang Li, who makes virtue through the ages, Jia Xing Liang, Yan Qingfa, and outstanding."

Celebrity essence

Wu Qi: Zuo Shi (now Cao County, Shandong Province) was a famous strategist during the Warring States Period. He is good at using the army. He was the general of Lu and Wei, presided over the political reform of Chu, and promoted the development of Chu. Guangwu: The leader of the peasant uprising in the late Qin Dynasty (now Taikang, Henan Province) was born. In the first year of Qin Ershi's reign, he led the uprising in Qixian County, established the Zhang Chu regime, and was later killed. Wu Rui: In the early Western Han Dynasty, Fan Yang (now Poyang East, Jiangxi Province) was the prefect in Qin Dynasty. At the end of the Qin dynasty, he led troops with great righteousness, and was named King of Changsha for helping Emperor Gaozu claim meritorious service. Wu Han: Nanyang (now Nanyang, Henan) is a native of Wanxian County, a Fu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and a representative of Wu family in Nanyang. Because of his contribution to the rebellion of Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty, he was named Guangping Hou, making his family the most prominent family among Wu surnames in the early Eastern Han Dynasty. Wu Jun: Xing Wu (now Anji, Zhejiang), a litterateur of the Southern Liang Dynasty, was officially invited. General history, whose literary skills are good at writing landscapes, especially essays and clear words, is called "Wu Junti". Jason Wu: Bianzhou (now Kaifeng, Henan Province) is a native of Junyi, a historian of the Tang Dynasty, an official of Wei Wei and Zhi, a bachelor of arts, and has written books such as The Story of Wuhou and Zhenguan Dignitary. Wu Daozi: Born in Yangzhai, Henan (now Yuzhou, Henan), he was a famous painter in the Tang Dynasty. His figures, ghosts and gods, birds and beasts, and Taiwan Pavilion are among the best in the world. Later generations regarded it as a "painting sage". Zhenwu: A native of Jiaxing (present-day Zhejiang), an outstanding painter in Yuan Dynasty, is famous for his landscapes and ink bamboo, and is one of the "Yuan Sijia". Wu Cheng'en: A native of Yang Shan (now Huai 'an County, Jiangsu Province) in the Ming Dynasty, he is famous for his The Journey to the West and is one of the four classical novels in China. Wu Sangui: A native of Gaoyou, Jiangsu Province, was the King of the Day in the Qing Dynasty. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, he was stationed in Shanhaiguan as a general. He was named King of the Day for leading the Qing soldiers into the customs, and was later killed for rebellion in Kangxi period. Wu: A native of Quanjiao, Anhui Province in the Qing Dynasty, was an outstanding satirist, famous for his novel The Scholars. His book reveals the social ugliness at that time in many ways, and it is an outstanding work in China's classical satirical novels. Wu Changshuo: A native of Anji, Zhejiang Province, was a famous seal engraver, calligrapher and painter in Qing Dynasty. He was famous for his poetry and calligraphy, especially for seal engraving. Wu Woyao: A native of Nanhai (now Guangzhou), Guangdong Province, was a famous novelist in Qing Dynasty. The most influential novel is The Present Situation of Strangers in Twenty Years. Wu: Gao 'an, Jiangxi, a famous physicist in China, participated in the birth and development of modern quantum physics. He used to be Professor Tsinghua University, vice president of China Academy of Sciences, deputy to the National People's Congress and member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.