Ancestor: Taibo County Wang: Yanling County
Classification: Guo as the surname
1. Wu Guohao as the surname, from Ji surname, is a direct descendant of Xuanyuan family of the Yellow Emperor. During the Shang Dynasty, the 12th grandson of the Yellow Emperor, Gu Gongqifu (Zhou Taiwang), founded the Zhou tribe.
The descendants of King Shoumeng of Wu are divided into two branches: one developed politically, and famous monarchs such as King He Lv and King Fu Cha appeared; The other is that Ji Zha and his descendants developed independently, and the population was numerous, which constituted the vast majority of Wu's surname today. After the State of Wu was destroyed by the State of Yue, its descendants took the country as their surname and called it Wu.
2. There was a surname of Wu in ancient times. First, some descendants of Shun were sealed in Yu, because the sound of Yu and Wu was similar, so there was a surname of Wu after Shun. First, when Zhuan Xu was emperor, there was Wu Quan, and then there was Wu. First, when Shao Kang was emperor, there was Wu He, an archer, followed by Wu.
3. Descendants of Wu Quan in the period of Zhuan Xu, the ancient emperor. According to relevant information, it is said that it was the descendant of Wu Quan when Zhuan Xu was Emperor (Levin's) in ancient times.
4. In the Xia Dynasty, Wang Shaokang had Wu He, followed by Wu.
5. The ethnic minorities merged with the Han nationality, resulting in the Wu surname. Xibo, Kirgiz, Korean, Hezhe, etc. all have Wu surnames.
historical celebrity
Wu Daozi: a famous painter in the Tang Dynasty. Be regarded as a "painting saint" by later generations. The lines of his paintings are vigorous and varied. The fine brushwork of Gao Gu You Simiao, which has been followed since ancient times, has developed the artistic method of line drawing, so the objects displayed are full of sense of movement and rhythm, which is called "Wu Dai Dangfeng".
Wu Cheng'en: Ming Dynasty novelist. Author of The Journey to the West handed down from generation to generation.
Wu Mian: Dong hero in Liping, Guizhou
Wu Qi: a famous strategist in the Warring States Period. Patriotic. First he was a general of Lu, then a general of Wei, then he ran to Chu, served as Lingyin, presided over the political reform, and was later killed.
Wu Guang: the leader of peasant uprising in the late Qin dynasty. In 29 BC, Chen Sheng launched an uprising of 9 garrisons and established the Zhang Chu regime. Later, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ordered Tian Cang to kill under the guise of Chen Sheng.
Wu Woyao: a famous novelist in Qing Dynasty. He is the author of "The Present Situation of the Strange Witnessed in Twenty Years".
Wu bing (? -about 1647), a drama writer in the late Ming Dynasty. The word stone canal, the owner of the flower. There are five kinds of people from Yixing, Jiangsu Province, such as the legendary Green Peony, which are collectively called the Five Kinds of Flower Villa.
Wu Li (1632-1718) was a painter in the early Qing dynasty. The word Yushan,No. Mojing Taoist, Taoxi layman. People from Changshu, Suzhou. Together with Wang Shimin, Wang Jian, Wang Yi, Wang Yuanqi, Yun Shouping, they are called "Qing Six Families". He also wrote poems, including Mo Jing Shi Chao, San Ba Ji, Tao Xi Ji and Mo Jing Hua Postscript.
Wu Xiu (1764-1827), born in Haiyan, Zhejiang Province, was named Zixiu. Students. The experience of the government, the Ministry and the Ministry. Good at identifying ancient and modern calligraphy and painting epigraphy. It has been published and engraved successively with Xiao Ji in the Singing of Hushan, Si Ting's Recent Draft, Ju Yi Xiao Cao and Ji Xiang Ju Cun Draft. There are also Poems on Painting in Qingxia Pavilion, Chronicle of Continued Doubts, Annotations on Exposed Book Pavilion Poems, Jiazi Table of the Era and Collected Works of Juyiju. There are more than 6 letters and slips of the Qing dynasty engraved.
Wu qijun (1789-1847), a botanist in Qing dynasty. The word "Long Zhai" is also called "Yan Lounong". People from Gushi, Henan. Jiaqing Jinshi He is the author of 22 volumes of Textual Research on Plant Names and Facts and 38 volumes of Textual Research on Plant Names and Facts.
Wu Changshuo (1844-1927) was a modern painter and seal engraver. The first names are Jun and Jun Qing, whose names are Cang Shuo and Chang Shi, and their nicknames are Lu and Kutie. Zhejiang Anji people. Students in the late Qing dynasty. Calligraphy, good at writing Shi Guwen, especially good at seal cutting. He founded Xiling Printing Society with his colleagues and served as the president. There are works such as "Lu Lu Ji" and "Lu Lu Yin Cun".
Other Wu celebrities include Wu Zhi, a writer of Wei Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms, Wu Jun, a writer of Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, Wu Jing, a historian of Tang Dynasty, Wu Kun, an exegetist of Song Rhyme, Wu Wenying, a poet of Southern Song Dynasty, famous Wu Jun and Wu Lin, Zhen Wu, a painter of Yuan Dynasty, Wu Youke, a medical scientist at the end of Ming Dynasty, Wu Qi, a writer of Qing Dynasty, a painter of calligraphy and painting, and Wu Dazhai, an epigrapher at the end of Qing Dynasty.