The origin of "Qu"
Qu (Qū) has a pure pedigree and has two origins: 1, which comes from Ji's surname and takes the place name as the surname. According to "Customs", in the ancient Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Wuwang sealed his third son in Jin, and this prince was named. Yu Shu's eighth grandson was Jin Muhou of the State of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period, and Jin Muhou made his youngest son the leader of that place in Quwo (in the northeast of today's wenxi county, Shanxi Province). The master's grandson took Jiedi as his surname and named it Quwo's. Later, it was changed to a single surname, and the surname Qu was passed down from generation to generation. 2. Start with your surname. Ju surname, from Ji surname, is a descendant of the Yellow Emperor. The Yellow Emperor was later named Hou Ji, the ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty. Abandoned child has a son named Tao. When he was born, his palm was very similar to the word "ju" in ancient Chinese, so he was named ju Tao. Ju Tao later became the' leader' of the Zhou people, and his descendants took his name as their surname and called Ju. Take the first name as the surname.
Get a surname ancestor
Uncle Qu Wohuan. Shi Cheng, a native of Jin State in the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Early Eastern Zhou Dynasty, is the ninth grandson of three sons, the son of Mu, and the younger brother of Wen Houqiu. When Qiu Zi was a Marquis, Uncle Qu Wohuan was named after Uncle Qu Wohuan. The land of Quwo is bigger than the capital of gold, and Uncle Huan's virtue is noble, which is quite popular among Quwo citizens. Pan Fu, the minister at the end of the Jin Dynasty, got to know Uncle Huan, who was defeated by Qu Wo because of the common enemy of Jin people, and died of depression several years later (732 BC). His son Quwo Zhuangbo once mobilized troops to attack Jin, but it didn't work. When it spread to his grandson, Wu's Quwo, the family was strong and popular. He killed three kings in succession (Aihou, Filial Son Hou and Houjin), and took Jin as a vassal, which was called Duke Wu of Jin in history. After the Jin Dynasty, Wu Gong was still a wing of the former capital of Jin (now Yicheng, Shanxi), but the clan who stayed in Quwo took the land as its surname, later called Quwo's, and respected Uncle Quwo as its ancestor.
Migration distribution
Qu surname originated in Quwo, Shanxi Province, and basically flourished here for a long time after being given the surname. During the Warring States Period, the three countries were divided into Jin, and some Qu surnames entered today's land of Hebei and Henan due to official relations or other reasons. Qu surnames originated from ancestral homes moved to Linfen, Shanxi Province in the north, or moved to Shaanxi between Shanxi and Henan Province in the south, and then entered Shaanxi for various reasons. In the Han Dynasty, in addition to the rapid proliferation of Qu family in Linfen, Shaanxi Province and Shanxian County, Henan Province, another family moved northward to Yanmen County, gradually forming a large settlement. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the surname Qu was popular in Linfen, Shaanxi Province and Shanxian County, Henan Province, with a prosperous population. It was named Pingyang County, Yanmen County and Shaanxi County. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the above-mentioned county names of Qu surname still existed, especially in Anyi, Shaanxi (now Xiaxian, Shanxi), and Qu Huan was its outstanding representative. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Thad entered Annan on official business, and his descendants stayed there. In the Song Dynasty, especially after Zhao and Song Dynasties were partial to the east of the Yangtze River, the number of people migrating to the south of the Yangtze River gradually increased. In the early Ming Dynasty, as one of the surnames of the relocated people, the Qu family in Shaanxi was moved to Shaanxi, Gansu, Hebei, Shandong, Beijing and other places. From then on to the middle of Qing Dynasty, Qu gradually dispersed in Inner Mongolia, Hubei, Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan and other provinces. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Qu surnames from Shandong, Hebei and other places entered the three northeastern provinces in order to make a living, and their descendants stayed there. At present, the Qu surname is widely distributed in China, especially in Liaoning and Heilongjiang provinces, where the Qu surname accounts for about 55% of the Han nationality's Qu surname in China. Qu surname is the164th surname in China today, accounting for about 0.06% of the Han population in China.