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50: 1304: 203:, on his last imperial inspection tour, and was buried there (禹穴). During the reign of Xia dynasty, a branch of the royal family - which may or may not be the same branch of the subsidiary kingdom as mentioned above - was dispatched to Kuaiji to take care of the burial site of the founder king, Yu the Great, and memorial rites commemorating the king. This branch evolved into Yue Kingdom around or possibly before the 257:
was named Yao, a regional warlord. He assisted the royal family of the Han dynasty in establishing the new dynasty. For his service, the Han emperor rewarded Yao with the title of "King of Eastern Sea". Yao later bestowed his own son the title of "Duke of Gu Yu". Thus his descendants proclaimed
187:, first attacked and annexed the subsidiary kingdom with this surname and another subsidiary kingdom named "Wei" (韦) of Xia dynasty. The survivors of the former subsidiary kingdom adopted the name and became the northern lineage of the family Gu. 161:'to care for') is the most common pronounced "Gu", as well as the only one pronounced "Gù" (Mandarin 4th tone) and is ranked #88 on the list of top Chinese family names, according to the 2006 Chinese census (excluding Taiwan). 211:, as unearthed second dynasty Shang dynasty oracle bone already contemporaneously indicates the presence of a domain or kingdom named Yue. An ancestor of the Gu family was the most famous king of this Yue Kingdom, 712: 183:. A branch of the royal family was given a domain or a subsidiary kingdom with this name near the capital of Xia dynasty. On the way of taking over from Xia dynasty, the second dynasty, 1289: 705: 698: 366: 226:. The Southern lineage of Gu family makes up the majority of all those who bear the name today. A book of family tree was published. 222:
A second, southern lineage of the family Gu descends from this branch, although they technically did not obtain that name until the
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According to a 2002 article similar trace of that family was confirmed through historical archives.
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This family name can be found mostly in eastern and southern Chinese provinces, especially in
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K. S. Tom. (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom.
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The surname Gu (顾) descends from the kings of the first hereditary dynasty in China,
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themselves the last name "Gu", and called "Gu Yao" as the 1st Ancestor of "Gu".
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548:(born Ku Chang-mo, 1994), South Korean rapper and producer 375:(1893–1980), Chinese folklorist, historian, and sinologist 1146: 808: 748: 476:(168–243), Chinese calligrapher, musician, and politician 215:. He was the last of the five Hegemons in the historic 721:
100 most common family names in mainland China (2020)
494:(1860–1945), Chinese military leader and politician 1290:101–200 Most Common Family Names in mainland China 566:(born 1994), Korean-American football placekicker 542:(born 1982), South Korean actor and film director 329:(1882–1947), Chinese mathematician and politician 1340: 114:) is a Chinese family name. Some places such as 706: 518:(1925–2019), South Korean business executive 512:(1945–2018), South Korean business executive 387:(born 1975), Chinese former badminton player 305:(1991–2019), South Korean singer and actress 54:The character 顧 is in red, from the tomb of 1300: 429:(1903–1934), Chinese spymaster and defector 353:(1619–1664), Chinese Gējì, poet and painter 156: 713: 699: 482:(born 1982), Chinese female hammer thrower 48: 530:(born 1989), South Korean football player 397:344–406), Chinese painter and politician 229:The Gu family traces its origins to the 644:"顾姓源流、迁徙分布、郡望堂号、宗族特征、中华百家姓、中华万家姓!、天驷文化" 335:(c. 1664-1730), Chinese inkstone artist 14: 1341: 347:(born 1999), Chinese wheelchair fencer 694: 524:(1906–1969), South Korean businessman 500:(1893–1987), Chinese military general 560:(born 1937), Chinese Catholic priest 413:(1894–1952), Chinese martial artist 381:(1915–1996), Chinese ceramic artist 253:, the 7th generation descendant of 190: 174: 24: 25: 1375: 577: 296: 195:The founder king of Xia dynasty, 1312:This page lists people with the 1302: 536:(born 1997), South Korean singer 451:, Chinese interpreter and writer 317:(1956–1993), Chinese modern poet 199:, died in Kuaiji (会稽), nowadays 1285:List of common Chinese surnames 554:(1888–1972), Chinese politician 341:(1926–2019), Chinese virologist 264: 650: 636: 624: 598: 506:, Chinese former senior pastor 152: 144: 110: 101: 93: 13: 1: 570: 436: 420: 404: 394: 126:. 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At the beginning of the 164: 27:For the surname Gū 辜, see 26: 1354:Chinese-language surnames 1270: 1134: 998: 862: 726: 277:, and around the city of 75: 70: 62: 47: 1359:Korean-language surnames 241:and partitioned between 217:Spring and Autumn period 205:Spring and Autumn period 169: 1330:by adding the person's 1279:Hundred Family Surnames 369:200s), Chinese official 129:Hundred Family Surnames 407:727–816), Chinese poet 321:Gu Cheng (Eastern Wu) 239:Warring States period 207:in the third dynasty 363:Gu Hui (politician) 255:King Goujian of Yue 149:traditional Chinese 98:traditional Chinese 44: 18:Ku (Korean surname) 464:), Chinese warlord 445:, Chinese official 141:simplified Chinese 90:simplified Chinese 66:Chinese and Korean 42: 1335: 1298: 1297: 558:Matthias Gu Zheng 159: 83: 82: 16:(Redirected from 1371: 1334:(s) to the link. 1321: 1306: 1305: 715: 708: 701: 692: 691: 677: 676: 674: 673: 664:. Archived from 654: 648: 647: 640: 634: 628: 622: 620: 618: 617: 608:. 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For 古, see 34: 31:. For 谷, see 30: 19: 1316: 1310:Surname list 1277: 1201: 670:. Retrieved 666:the original 661: 658:"顾姓起源 - 百家姓" 652: 638: 631:2002 article 626: 614:. 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Index

Ku (Korean surname)
Gū (surname)
Gǔ (surname)
Gǔ (surname 古)

Gu Yanwu
simplified Chinese
traditional Chinese
pinyin
South Korea
Hundred Family Surnames
simplified Chinese
traditional Chinese
Xia dynasty
Shang dynasty
Yu the Great
Shaoxing
Spring and Autumn period
Zhou dynasty
Goujian
Spring and Autumn period
Han dynasty
Yue Kingdom
Zhou dynasty
Warring States period
Chu
Qi
Han dynasty
King Goujian of Yue
Jiangsu

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