In the Xia Dynasty, Shao Kangli was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, without a surname, and later established Yue State. By the Warring States period, the sixth grandson of Gou Jian, Yue Wang, was unbounded, and the country of Yue was destroyed by Chu. The second son of Chu was named the grandson of Wu Cheng Ou Yushan, followed by Ou Shi, Ouyang Shi and Ou Shi Hou. The old domain of Ouyushan in Wucheng is located in the south of Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, which was named Ouyang Houting in the Western Han Dynasty. Ouyang's surname originated from Si, with a history of 2500 years.
Ouyang's surname takes seabirds as a totem, and the county looks at the Bohai Sea. In Song Dynasty, there were more than 220,000 Ouyang surnames, accounting for 0.29% of the national population, ranking 69th, one of the hundred surnames, ranking 4th among the hundred surnames in Song Dynasty, and ranking first in total population.
Celebrity frequency and family sages
A total of 96 Ouyang names are included in China Personal Names Dictionary, accounting for 0.2 1% of the total number of celebrities, ranking 93rd in the celebrity surname list. Ouyang's famous litterateurs account for 0.24% of all litterateurs in China, ranking 88th. Ouyang's famous doctor accounts for 0. 1% of the total number of medical doctors in China, ranking137th. Ouyang's famous artists account for 0.08% of the total number of artists in China, ranking157th.
The important figures of Ouyang surname in history are: Dr. Ouyang Sheng in the Western Han Dynasty; Ouyang Juan, the satrap of Runan in the Eastern Han Dynasty; Western Jin philosopher Ouyang Jian; In the Southern Dynasties, Chen Yangshan was awarded by Ouyang, the secretariat of Guangzhou, and Ouyang, the general. Tang Dynasty calligrapher Ou Yangxun; After the Five Dynasties, Shu Hanlin was a bachelor, a poet Ouyang Jiong, a minister Zuo Cheng, a general Ning, an envoy Ouyang Bin, and a doctor Ouyang Zhan.
Ouyang Xiu, a writer and historian in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Ouyang Chuweng, a painter; Ou Yangxun, the great president of Yuan Dynasty who revised the history of Song, Liao and Jin Dynasties; The right prime minister of the Ming Dynasty was Ouyang Zhong, and the minister of rites was OuYangDe. Qing Jiaqing Jinshi and suggestion Ouyang Houjun.