The origin of Wu surname and historical celebrities

There are three sources of Wu surname.

65438+ was destroyed by Gou Jian, the King of Yue, in 473 BC. Future generations take the country name as their surname.

2. The descendant of Qi Huangong's son Yu is named Wu.

3. The surname of Wu in Qilu is mostly after the fourth son of Shou Meng.

Wu's historical celebrity:

1, Guangwu (? ~ 208 BC), Zi Shu, was born in Yang Xia County (now Taikang County, Henan Province). Leader of peasant uprising at the end of Qin Dynasty. In the second year of Qin Ershi (208 BC), troops besieged Xingyang, but they were unable to attack again and again, and were harmed by Tiancang Department.

2. Wu Cheng'en (about 1500- 1582), a native of Huai 'an in the Ming Dynasty, was regarded as the author of The Journey to the West.

3. Wu Youxing (1582— 1652), Han nationality, is from Dongshan, Wuxian. An infectious disease scientist in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. He wrote a brand-new book "On Fashion", which is the first one in China. Based on his life-long experience in treating epidemic diseases, he boldly put forward the pathogenic theory of "furuncle", which is also a great pioneering work in the history of medical infectious diseases in the world and has won wide respect from future generations.

4. Wu Sangui (16 12- 1678), a native of Liaodong in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, was the founder of the regime of Wu and Zhou Dynasties.

Wu is a famous satirist in Qing Dynasty, and he is famous for his novel The Scholars.

6. Qing Dynasty novelist Wu Woyao. He is the author of "The Unfamiliar Status Quo Witnessed in Twenty Years".

7. Wu Changshuo was a seal engraver and painter in Qing Dynasty. Gong is good at calligraphy, especially at seal cutting.

Wu Qizhuo was a politician and scientist in Qing Dynasty. He is the author of Botanical Works, 22 volumes of Textual Research on Plant Names and Facts, and 38 volumes of Textual Research on Plant Names and Facts.

9. Wu Changshuo (1844.8.1-1927.11.29) was a famous painter, calligrapher and seal engraver in China during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. "Post-Shanghai School" collects poems, books, paintings and seals on his behalf. He is a flag figure in the field of calligraphy and painting seal cutting.

10, Wu Qi, a strategist in the Warring States Period. Later generations called him and Sun Wu "Sun Wu" and Woods and Sun Zi "Sun Wu's Art of War", which played an important role in China's ancient military classics.