What is the origin of Ouyang surname?

Ouyang's surname can be traced back to the Xia Dynasty. Ouyang's surname comes from the surname of Si, and Xia Guojun named his illegitimate son Yu Ji by Xian Shaokang. When the King of Yue was unbounded, it was destroyed by Chu, and the unbounded hoof was sealed in Shanyang, Ouyu, Wucheng (the ancients called it in Shannan), and it was named Ouyang, so his son and grandson took "Ouyang" as their surname.

The important figures of Ouyang surname in history are: Ouyang Yao, king of the Eastern Yue Dynasty, and Ouyang Sheng, a doctor of the Western Han Dynasty; Ouyang Juan, the satrap of Runan in the Eastern Han Dynasty; Tang Dynasty calligrapher Ou Yangxun; After the Five Dynasties, Shu Hanlin Ouyang Jiong, Shangshu Zuo Cheng, General Ning made our efforts to Ouyang Bin and Dr. Ouyang Zhan; Ouyang Xiu, a writer and historian in the Northern Song Dynasty; Ou Yangxun, the great president of Yuan Dynasty who revised the history of Song, Liao and Jin Dynasties; Ouyang Zhong was the right capital of Ming Dynasty.

distribution range

Ouyang surnames are mainly distributed in pengze county, Xinyu, Ji 'an, Yongfeng, Wanzai, Ganzhou, Huichang and Anyuan in Jiangxi, Zhijiang, Jingzhou and Qianjiang in Hubei, Guangzhou in Guangdong, Xinzheng in Henan, Kaijiang and Suining in Sichuan, Fuyang and Chuzhou in Anhui, Lianyuan (Shiqitou) and Liuyang in Hunan.

Ouyang family in Zhijiang, Hubei Province is a descendant of Ouyang Xiu's eldest son Ouyang Fa. Most Ouyang families in Jiangsu live in Oujia (Situ) and Oujia (Quanzhou) outside the west gate of Danyang.