Tell me my last name (my last name is Xu)

One of the surnames in China, according to statistics, Xu is ranked 10th by population. Taiwan Province Province is the 20th surname of China.

[Edit this paragraph] I. Tracing back to the source

Xu is the tenth largest surname in China with a large population, accounting for 1.66% of the Han population in China. Xu has three origins:

1, surnamed Xu, derived from the surname won. Boyi's son won the prize and was sealed in Guo Xu. According to the Records of Yuanhe Family Code and Tongzhi Genealogy, Boyi helped Dayu to control water, and Yu Shun named his son (now Tancheng area in southern Shandong). "The homemade wood was destroyed by Zhou, and the son sealed Xu, and the son sealed Zhang Yu for eleven years, which was destroyed by Wu, and the descendants took the country as their surname." (For the language, see Tongzhi Genealogy).

2. According to "The Complete Collection of Surnames in China", the eldest son of the Duke of Zhou was sealed in Lu, belonging to the "Yin Six Clans", including the legendary Xu.

His surname was changed to Xu. According to the research on the origin of hundreds of surnames, in the Five Dynasties, Dr. Li changed his surname to Xu, and later generations also took Xu as his surname. In addition, most of Nanjing Xu's surnames are descendants of the Song Dynasty, and they were changed to Xu's surnames because they were not ashamed of stewing Qin Wei. ?

[Edit this paragraph] Second, the surname is the ancestor

Boyi, the son of Xu Ruomu Boyi, once assisted Dayu in water control, which made great contributions to the success of Yu's water control. Therefore, when his achievements were rewarded, Ruomu, the son of Boyi, was sealed to the ancient program and established the Guo Xu. When it arrived in Xu Yanwang, the 32nd emperor, he cared about the people and practiced benevolent government. As a result, not only Xu, but also more than 30 vassal States around him supported him. At that time, regardless of state affairs, Zhou Muwang indulged in games and hunting all day. I had the idea of being emperor for Zhou and rebelled. Zhou Muwang, who is visiting the Queen Mother of the West, came back in time in a rich car. Xu Yanwang could not bear to sacrifice his soldiers, so he abandoned his country and escaped from the mountains of Pengcheng (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu). Because of his popularity, thousands of people went into the mountains with him. Zhou Tianzi was deeply moved to learn that he was so popular with the people, so he let his son continue to govern Xu. Because if Mu Shou is sealed, his descendants will take the country as their surname and call it Xu, and Xu Ruomu is the ancestor of Xu (now buried in Tancheng County, Shandong Province).

[Edit this paragraph] III. Copy, broadcast and relocate

The person surnamed Xu's ancestral home is Tancheng, where he has lived for more than 1000 years. Until the end of the Spring and Autumn Period was destroyed by Wu, some people named Xu took refuge in Henan and Shandong, where they thrived. The fact that many people named Xu came to Shandong to seek ancient times proved this point. During the Qin Dynasty, Xu Fu, a native of Shandong Province, went to the East China Sea to look for an elixir of life for Qin Shihuang, and took 3,000 boys and girls with him. These 6,000 people disappeared in the vast smoke, and Xu Fu was regarded as the ancestor of Japan. In addition to Shandong, in Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang areas near Xu, there were also people surnamed Xu in the Qin and Han Dynasties. Before the Eastern Han Dynasty, people surnamed Xu had moved westward to Gansu. During the reign of Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Xu Zhi, a southern historian, moved to Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, and was revered by later generations as the ancestor of Xu, the "Donghai Hall". Among his sons, he moved to Quzhou Prefecture and Longyou, Zhejiang Province; among his grandchildren, he moved to Shaoxing and Xin 'an, Zhejiang Province, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province and Wuxian County. In this issue, Xu also moved to Henan, and Xu Shu, who recommended Zhuge of the Three Kingdoms, was an outstanding representative of Xu in Henan. Xu's large-scale southward migration began in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Xu family in the north fled to the south of the Yangtze River, and in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it further multiplied in the south of China. At the end of the Song Dynasty, people surnamed Xu moved from Shicheng in the south of the Yangtze River to Shanghang and Liancheng counties in Tingzhou (now Changting County) in Fujian. In the Yuan Dynasty, Xu Zufen moved from Jiangxi and Fujian to Fengshun, Haifeng, Meixian and Nankeng in Chaozhou. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Xu family was widely distributed in the north and south of China. ? In short, during the Qin and Han Dynasties, Xu was mainly distributed in the lower reaches of the Yellow River in northern China, especially in Shandong. Since the Tang Dynasty, the spread of Xu's surname to the south is almost endless. This period has spread all over Jiangnan, which is also the reason why there are many Xu surnames in the south. The largest number of Xu surnames are Jiangsu, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Shandong, Jiangxi and Anhui. These seven provinces account for about 65% of Han Xu's population. ?

[Edit this paragraph] 4. County Hope Hall Number

In the long process of reproduction, Xu formed many counties:

1, Donghai County, located in Tancheng (now north of Tancheng, Shandong Province);

2. Langxie County (now northwest of Langxietai, Jiaonan County, Shandong Province) that ruled Langxie;

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

4. Gaoping County, located in the northwest of Jinxiang County, Shandong Province;

5. Dongguan County, which is located in Juxian County, Shandong Province. ?

Tang Hao: Shengjiao, Maifanshu, Dunmu, Shide, Cungui, Chuiyu, Zhuiyuan, Chongya, Li Geng, Wang Dun, Huaide, Su Yong, Nanling and Chongsu. ?

[Edit this paragraph] V. Clan characteristics

1, there are many scholars named Xu. The origin of the hall number is well known. For example, Holy Church, also known as Mai Dining Hall, tells the story of love at first sight between Xu Da, a celebrity in the Song Dynasty, and Zhu, a saint. Poor Xu Da was treated by Zhu with chopped green onion soup and wheat rice, but they were very happy, which is a much-told story in history.

2. The word line has a wide range of generations. Here is an example. For example, Xu wrote in Qingxi, Zhejiang: "Zude, Zhu Hu is the best, Zuo Shun praises Yu, and tries his best to make a good plan, Ze Yan Donghai, Zhong Mei, Yi Lie, Yi Lai, and Yong Bao Hui."