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Migration and Distribution (Lack of information) The Bu surname is not among the top 100 surnames in the Chinese Hundred Family Surnames on the Chinese mainland and in Taiwan. The Bu clan originated from the noble families of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period and is a surname derived from a place name. According to ancient books such as Yuanhe Xingzuan and Qianfulun, it is recorded in Zuo Zhuan that during the Spring and Autumn Period, the ancestors of Que Buyang, a high - ranking official of the Jin State, were granted the fief of Bu. Later, they took the name of their ancestors' fief as their surname, and they were commonly known as the Bu clan. The Bu clan originated in Shandong and later quickly spread southward, moving from Shandong to the area south of the Yangtze River in Jiangsu. Since the Three - Kingdoms Period, they established a firm foundation for the entire family in the Jiangnan region where the Eastern Wu was located. There were also Bu families in the Qi State during the Spring and Autumn Period. About 2,500 years ago, there was a disciple of Confucius named Bu Shucheng, who was from the Qi State at that time, which is present - day Shandong. Another branch of the Bu clan, according to the record in Yuanhe Xingzuan, there was a person named Bu Yi who originated from the Que clan. In addition, it is said in the "Records of Official Titles in the Book of Wei" that the Bulu clan changed their compound surname to the single - character surname Bu. The prominent families of the Bu clan were located in Pingyang Commandery, which is southwest of present - day Linfen County, Shanxi Province.