shù 束

Migration and Distribution The Shu surname is not listed among the top 100 surnames in the Chinese mainland and Taiwan. It is recorded as the 255th surname in the "Hundred Family Surnames". The Shu surname originated in the ancient Warring States period and was derived together with surnames like Yi. At that time, it was a royal surname. The distant relatives of the Tian family in the Qi State were prosperous, and they are the early origin of the Shu surname. Later, in the Western Han Dynasty, Doctor Shu Guang was a well - known virtuous official at that time. He was a descendant of the distant relatives of the Shu family in the Qi State. His great - grandson, named Mengda, in order to avoid the difficulties caused by Wang Mang, moved from the East China Sea area to Yangping (in present - day Shandong Province. Another saying is that he moved to Shalu in Hebei Province, which is in present - day Daming County, Hebei Province). After the relocation, he removed the "pi" character from the "Shu" surname and changed it to "Shu", which is the origin of today's Shu surname. The Shu surname is distributed throughout the country, especially in provinces such as Jiangsu and Anhui.