mù 穆

The origin of the surname "Mu": 1. It is derived from the Zi surname and uses a posthumous title as the clan name. According to "Yuanhe Xing Zuan", during the Spring and Autumn Period, the younger brother of Duke Xuan of Song was named He. He succeeded his elder brother and reigned for nine years. Before his death, he passed the title to Yi, the son of Duke Xuan of Song, and sent his own son to live in the State of Zheng. To commend his virtue, he was posthumously titled "Mu" after his death. Hence, some of his collateral descendants took the surname Mu. 2. It is changed from a compound surname of the Xianbei ethnic group in the north. According to "Wei Shu - Guan Shi Zhi", during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Qiumuling clan was the leader of the "Eight Clans in the North of the Dai Region" of the Northern Wei Dynasty. When Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang and settled in the Central Plains, they changed their compound surname to the single - character Chinese surname "Mu".