qū 屈
百家姓 · Bai Jia Xing
Surname Origin
"Qu" Origin: 1. It comes from the Mi surname and is derived from the name of a fief. According to "Annotations to Chu Ci" and "General Annals of the Clan System in the Comprehensive Records: Taking the Fief as the Surname", during the Spring and Autumn Period, Xia, the son of King Wu of Chu, had descendants with the surname Qu. 2. It is changed from a compound surname of the ancient Xianbei ethnic group. According to "Records of Official Titles in the Book of Wei", during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, in the Northern Wei Dynasty, there was a compound surname Qutu from the north of the Great Wall. Emperor Xiaowen of Wei ordered them to change their surname to Qu.
Famous Story
Qu Dajun (1603–?), originally named Shao Long, styled Weng Shan and also Jie Zi, was from Panyu at the end of the Ming Dynasty. He was famous for his poems and essays and was known as one of the "Three Great Masters of Lingnan" together with Chen Gongyin and Liang Lanpei. He wrote books such as Records of Realizing Benevolence, New Accounts of Guangdong, Supplementary Annotations to the Four Books, Anthology of Weng Shan's Poems, Outside Literature, and Outside Poetry.
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