The surname Yu is the 38th most common surname in contemporary China (ranked 82nd in "Hundred Family Surnames"). It is a typical northern surname. It has been most prosperous in the Central Plains in the past dynasties. Today it is widely distributed, with the most in Shandong. , accounting for about a quarter of the country's Han population with the surname Yu.
1. The surname Ji comes from the descendants of Jichang, King Wen of Zhou, and Jifa, King Wu of Zhou, and takes the country as their surname. According to the "New Book of Tang", "Guangyun" and "Tongzhi", after King Wu of Zhou conquered Shang, he enfeoffed the princes on a large scale. His second son Ji Dan was granted the title of "Xi" and was established in the country of "Xi". Uncle Xie. In the early years of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the king of Xie State passed to Xie Jue and was destroyed by Zheng State. Faced with the heavy casualties of his subjects, Xie Jue couldn't help but burst into tears: "I didn't expect that the great achievements of our country for hundreds of years would be destroyed in my hands. I am ashamed of my ancestors!" Everyone burst into tears. Xie Jue wiped away his tears and said, "Everyone, take some royal belongings and run away for your lives! Don't forget, we are all from the country of Xie, and our surname is Xie. Without land, our Xie will become a landless place. Let's take him as his surname!" Yan Bi drew his sword and killed himself. Everyone knelt down and crawled towards the monarch's body, "Monarch, monarch..." The tragic voice was accompanied by the sound of the waves of the river and spread to the distance... Xie Jue's two sons Xin Qian and Xin Kun went through many hardships on their way to escape. Later, Uncle Xie's descendants took Guo as their surname, which was later simplified to Yu. The hometown of the State of Yu is in the village of Xiwan, Xiwan Town, in the north of today's Qinyang County. This is the important birthplace of the Yu surname. The Yu surname originated from Uncle Xie, the third son of King Wu of Zhou Dynasty. It was called the Yu surname Zhengzong in history. This is the largest branch of people with the Yu surname today and is the Yu surname in Henan.
2. Comes from the surname Zi. Shang Tang's surname is Zi. The son of King Wu Ding of Shang was named Yuhou, also known as Xiehou (now northwest of Qinyang). At the beginning of Zhou Dynasty, the country was destroyed. His descendants took the country as their surname and moved to Puyang, Henan and Yuxian, Shanxi respectively. This is the earliest group of people with the surname Yu recorded in history books.
3. Change of surname from ethnic minorities. 1. The grandson of Yu Gong of Donghai in the Han Dynasty moved to Dai County in Shanxi with Tuobaling during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and used the Xianbei Wanfeng Yu surname. Later, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang to implement surname reform, and restored the surname to Yu. 2. Chunyu was a common compound surname in the Han and Tang Dynasties. The eminent monk Jianzhen in the Tang Dynasty gave the common surname Chunyu. To avoid the taboo of Li Chun's name, Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty, the compound surname Chunyu was changed to the single surname Yu. 3. Yu Guangyuan, a contemporary economist, changed his surname three times in order to avoid disaster in 1937, when he participated in the early stage of the revolution. Finally, he changed his surname to Yu, and his descendants took it as his surname.
The Yu surname originated in the north and later migrated to the south.
The "Dictionary of Chinese Names" includes 85 historical celebrities with surnames, such as: Han Tingwei Yu Dingguo, Yu Yong and his son, the imperial censor Yu Yong and his son; Cao Wei's famous general in the Three Kingdoms; Yu Jin, the general who conquered the north in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Hu The commander-in-chief of Lao was Li Wei, and his son Yu Luoba was appointed as the Minister of the Palace. Yu Luoba’s four sons Yu Lie, Yu Dun, Yu Guo, and Yu Xu and his six grandsons Yu Zuo, Yu Zhong, Yu Jing, Yu Xin, Yu Li, Yu Yi, and their three great-grandsons Yu Yangren, Yu Chaluo, and Yu Hui, among whom fifteen members of the family held official positions in the Northern Wei Dynasty successively in the Northern Wei Dynasty; Yu Zhongwen, the general manager of the Jiangnan March in the Sui Dynasty; and the Minister of the Ministry of Industry in the Tang Dynasty. Yu Qi (pronounced "Qi") was the Duke of Hai County, Yu Xiulie. His grandson Yu Ao served successively as the Supervisory Censor and the Minister of Punishment. His great-grandson Yu Cong was called to serve as the Commander-in-Chief of the Commander-in-Chief and appointed Ping Zhangshi. There was also the Crown Prince and Grand Master Yu Zhining. Yu Shao, the school secretary of Chongwen Hall, served successively as the governor of Huzhou and Suzhou, and the minister of Sikong Tongping Zhangshi. Later, he was dismissed from office for openly amassing money and wanton killings. His son was also dismissed because of this. He later married Princess Yongchang of Xianzong and became a minister again. He was the Commander-in-Chief of the Prince Consort; in the Tang Dynasty there were Yu Zhining, Yu Shao and Yu Wuling. In the Yuan Dynasty, there was Yu Qin, the minister of the Ministry of War; in the Ming Dynasty, Yu Jing, the supervisory censor, was known as "the most honest official" and "Yu Qingtian"; Yu Qian was posthumously named by the emperor as a "loyal father" politician of the Ming Dynasty; Yu Shen successively served as the Minister of Rites. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, there were two Yu Chenglongs, one was the Governor of Zhili, Yu Chenglong, and the other was the Prime Minister of Hedao. Yu Zhun, the governor of Jiangsu Province, and Yu Minzhong, the minister of household affairs and a bachelor of Wenhua Palace. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were Yu Yusheng and Yu Kong Jian from Jintan, Jiangsu. In contemporary times, there are Yu Youren, who has served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Kuomintang Allied Forces in Shaanxi and the President of the Kuomintang Review Council, and Yu Xuezhong, who has served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Kuomintang Sulu Theater and Chairman of the Shandong Provincial Government, etc.
The counties with the surname Yu include: Henan County (now Luoyang City), Hanoi County (southwest of today's Wuzhi County), and Donghai County (now north of Tancheng County, Shandong Province). Its hall name: Zhongsu Tang (Yu Qian, a loyal minister in the Ming Dynasty, served as Minister of the Ministry of War. Wa assassinated Datong and Yingzong was captured. Xu Jue advocated moving the capital, but Yu Qian firmly opposed it in order to revitalize the country. In order to avoid using Yingzong to threaten the Central Plains, he supported Emperor Jing to ascend the throne. . Defeated Wa Ci and revived the Ming Dynasty. Unexpectedly, after Yingzong came back, he believed the slander and killed Yu Qian. Later, he was named "Zhongsu".
The surname Yu is commonly used in couplets: contemporary upright official (referring to the Qing Dynasty upright official Yu Chenglong); rescue prime minister (referring to Yu Qian). Among the mainstays, only Zhu Ming can stand in the way; the temple's appearance will always be magnificent and will win the name of Shi Bifang (Yu Qianlian). Virtue and descendants Chongmen Rongsi Ma (Han Dynasty county warden Yu Gong, Donghai Tan people, he said: "Young tall and tall, order Rongsi Chariot cover, I have a lot of evil deeds in prison, the descendants will be prosperous." Later, his son settled the country. He was the prime minister, and Sun Yong was the imperial censor, both of whom were granted the title of marquis); the family and the country produced virtuous ministers from generation to generation (Yu Qian's story). Weilong Jieyue (referring to Cao Cao's Zuo General Yu Jin); Debu Mengao (referring to Yu Gongzi Yu Dingguo in the Han Dynasty). Qing Shi Lin Guang Dezhen (referring to the Tang Dynasty literary scholar Yu Zhining, the fifth grandson of Wu Zong, who was an official to the minister); Hong Ye Zuo Good Matchmaking (referring to the story of Yu Hu Hongye, a scholar of the Tang Dynasty who wrote poems). Shenxing University Scholar (Yu Shenxing, Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, a native of Dong'a, Shandong Province, Longqing Jinshi, later imperial edict, Prince Shaobao and Dongge University Bachelor); Manqian Xipinghou (Han Dynasty court lieutenant Yu Dingguo, named Manqian, He was promoted to prime minister and granted the title of Marquis of Xiping).
The shadow of the sail is reflected in the clear river water; the sound of bells is heard in the green grassy mountains (a couplet of verses from the Tang Dynasty poet Yu Ye's poem "Crossing the Hundred Lao Pass and Entering the Boat").
The descendants of the Yu surname who migrated from Dahuaishu are distributed in Su, Lu, Henan, Hebei, Shaanxi and other places.