The hu surname only ranked 158th in the "Hundred Family Names" compiled by the Song Dynasty, but today the Hu surname has developed into the 13th largest surname in the country, and many descendants of the Hu surname have gathered in the provinces of the Yangtze River Basin. Throughout the development of history, the descendants of Hu surnamed Hu have pushed the wheel of history forward, and there have been 7 prime ministers under one person and above ten thousand people.
1. Origin of the surname
Derived from the feminine surname. After Shun succeeded to the throne, he established the Xia Dynasty, sealing Shangdu in Yu and Shangyu in Sui. At the time of the Shang Chao, Yu Chen, a descendant of Yu Sui, was renamed. As the monarch of the State of Chen, Concubine Man won the hearts of the people to be just and honest, and because of his longevity, he was well-known in the world, so after his death, he was nicknamed "Hu Gong" by Zhou Tianzi, and was known as "Hu Gongman" in history, and his descendants took the surname of Chen with the name of the country and the surname of Hu with the name of the country.
Derived from the name of the country. During the Zhou Dynasty, there were two Hu states, one was the Ji surname Hu Guo, the other was surnamed Hu Guo, during the Spring and Autumn Period, the two Hu states were destroyed by the Chu State, and the people of the Hu State after the fall of the country took the name of the country in order to commemorate the homeland.
Derived from a change of surname. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Northern Wei Dynasty had the surname of "QiGuo" (纥骨氏) who moved south with Emperor Xiaowen of Wei to Luoyang, settled in the Central Plains and changed it to "Hu Clan". During the Qin Dynasty, there was Taishi Ling Hu Mu Jing, and in the Han Dynasty, there were Hu Mu Sheng and Hu Mu Class. After the Jin Dynasty, the surname of Hu Mufu was gradually replaced by the single-character surname of "Hu". In ancient and modern ethnic groups such as Xianbei, Khitan, Xi, Gaoche, Manchu, Miao, Yao, Pumi, Yi, Hui, Hezhe, Dahuoer, Lisu, Bai, and Xibo, they all changed their surnames to Hu.
2. Migration distribution
As one of the top 20 surnames in China, the Hu people are widely distributed in the Yangtze River Basin. As early as the pre-Qin period, the Hu surname was only distributed in the south of the Yellow River, the Huai River and the Han River, and by the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Hu people had spread all over the place, from the west to Sichuan and Shaanxi, the northern Xinjiang was Shanxi and Hebei, and the south reached Guangdong, Fujian, and east jiangsu and Zhejiang. At the time of the Tang and Song dynasties, the Hu surname had already formed an advantage in the Yangtze River Basin area. During the Qing Dynasty, the Hu people entered Taiwan. During the song and yuanming period of more than six hundred years, the overall distribution pattern of the Hu surname did not change much, and the main population migrated to the southeast and south. The Hu people in the southeast have developed steadily, and the Gan, Zhejiang and Anhui regions have become a gathering area for the Hu people.
3. Hu surnamed Zaixiang
Looking at the historical development of the Hu surname, we can see that many Hu people have made many contributions to the country and society, of which there are seven officials and prime ministers, and they have all bowed down to the Jiangshan Sheji.
(1) Hu Guang, the prime minister of the Shun Emperor's dynasty. Hu Guangsheng died in 1370 in 1418, the character Guangda, the number of Huang'an, Jiangxi Jishui people. He was a famous writer of the Ming Dynasty and the first assistant of the cabinet. A descendant of the famous Southern Song Dynasty minister Hu Quan, in the second year of Jianwen (1400), Gengchen Keyuan. Officer to Wenyuange University Fellow.
(2) Emperor Wu's chancellor Hu Fen. As a general of the Western Jin Dynasty, when Sima Yi led troops to conquest Gongsun Yuan in the early years, Hu Fen, as a civilian, accompanied the army and made great military achievements, and later paid homage to the official lieutenant, and then served as the assassin of Xuzhou, quelled the rebellion of the Xiongnu Liu Meng, and was promoted to the general of Zhengnan and the general of the Scattered Horse.
(3) Chengzu Dynasty Prime Minister Hu Yu. Hu Yu was familiar with astronomy, geography, legal calendar, and arithmetic, and especially had a very deep knowledge of astronomical and trophotology. Ming Chengzu Zhu Di declared himself empress dowager, and reviewed Zhiwen Yuange with Hanlin. In the second year of Yongle (1404), he worshiped Guozi to supervise the sake. Re-edit the Records of the Ming Dynasty, the Yongle Canon, and the Tianxia Tuzhi.
(4) Hu Changren, the prime minister of the Later Dynasty. Hu Changren (胡長仁), courtesy name Xiaolong (孝隆), was a native of Linjing and the brother of Empress Wucheng. Father Yanzhi, Wei Zhongshu Ling. ChangRen moved to the Right Servant and Shang Shu Ling. Shi Zubang, pre-participated in the government of the dynasty, and was crowned the King of Longdong. Zuo Cheng Zou Xiaoyu, Lang Zhong Lu Renhui, Lu Yuanliang Hou were entrusted.
(5) Hu Weiyong, the prime minister of the Taizu Dynasty. Hu Weiyong (?) –1380), of Han ethnicity, a native of Dingyuan, Haozhou (present-day Anhui), was a fellow villager with Li Shanchang and a friend of Zhang Chang. He was the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty and the last minister of Zhongshu Province.
(6) Hu Shi'an, prime minister of the Shunzhi Dynasty. Hu Shi'an (1593~1663), also known as Jutan, was a native of Jingyan County, Zizhou, Sichuan (present-day Jingyan County, Leshan, Sichuan). In the first year of Ming Chongzhen (1628), he served as a scholar of Rebbe Shangshu, a scholar of Wuyingdian University and a soldier of Bingbu Shangshu, a prince Taibao, a young fu and a prince taifu, a university scholar of the Secretariat Academy, and a young master and prince taishi.
(7) Hu Jiayu, prime minister of the Tongzhi Dynasty. Hu Jiayu (1810-1886), zi Xiaoxuan, was a new person in Nanchang. Qing Dynasty official. In the twenty-first year of Daoguang (1841), the third jinshi (Tanhua) of the first class was taught the editor of the Hanlin Academy. Later, he oversaw the study of Government of Guizhou. In the seventh year of Xianfeng (1857), he was charged with the military aircraft Department Zhang Jing. In the third year of Tongzhi (1864), he was moved to Taichang Temple, and served as the examiner of the Sichuan Township Examination. Later, he was promoted to the post of Left Vice Governor of the Imperial Household Bureau, and Left Attendant of the Rotation Supplementary Army, and served as the Minister of Inspector Jingtong and Seventeen Cang.
The above 7 Hu surnames are all former officials and prime ministers, who have dedicated their wisdom and talents to Jiangshan Sheji.
Editor of this article: Hu Yongdong
Review: Chen Meiyan