hǎo 郝
百家姓 · Bai Jia Xing
Surname Origin
" Hao " has the following origins: 1. It originated from the name of a fiefdom. According to "New Book of Tang - Genealogies of Prime Ministers", during the reign of Emperor Yi of the Shang Dynasty, Ziqi was enfeoffed in Hao Township (Taiyuan, Shanxi). His descendants later took the name of the fiefdom as their surname. 2. It is a surname of ethnic minorities. According to "Old Book of Tang - Biographies of Southern Barbarians", among the southern barbarians of the Tang Dynasty, there were three major surnames: Hao, Yang, and Liu. Also, the Wuhuan people in the Han Dynasty had the Hao surname.
Famous Story
Hao Long, courtesy name Shizhi, was a person living in the Jin Dynasty. He served as the Southern Barbarian Military Advisor under Huan Wen, the Inspector of Jingzhou. On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, when people were all airing their clothes, only Hao Long was lying in the yard. When someone asked him why, he replied, "I'm just airing the books in my belly."
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