Gu (surname)

The survivors of uncultured unknown kingdom adopted the name and became the northern lineage of the family Gu. After the area annexed by Shang Dynasty.

A second, southern lineage of the family Gu came around the Spring and Autumn period. Although they technically did not obtain that name until the Han Dynasty. The Southern lineage of Gu family makes up the majority of all those who bear the name today. A book of family tree was published.[2]

The Gu family traces its origins to the Yue Kingdom, which was later destroyed around 306 BC during the Warring States period and partitioned between Chu and Qi. At the beginning of the Han dynasty, the 7th generation descendant of King Goujian of Yue was named Yao, a regional warlord. He assisted the royal family of the Han dynasty in establishing the new dynasty. For his service, the Han emperor rewarded Yao with the title of "King of Eastern Sea". Yao later bestowed his own son the title of "Duke of Gu Yu". Thus his descendants proclaimed themselves the last name "Gu", and called "Gu Yao" as the 1st Ancestor of "Gu".

According to a 2002 article[3] similar trace of that family was confirmed through historical archives. Other commentaries are found at[4] and[5]

The surviving members of disputed official changed their names and concealed their royal bloodline to hide their shame. One of the adopted names was Gu.

Prominent bearer of this surname include:

• The Gu clan of Wu, whose members served under the warlord Sun Quan in the late Eastern Han dynasty and later in the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period
  • Gu Yong, second chancellor of Eastern Wu
  • Gu Hui, Gu Yong's brother, served under Sun Quan
  • Gu Ti, official of Eastern Wu
  • Gu Shao, Gu Yong's eldest son, official of Eastern Wu
  • Gu Tan, Gu Shao's son, official of Eastern Wu
  • Gu Cheng, Gu Shao's son, official of Eastern Wu
  • Gu Rong, Gu Yong's grandson, served the Jin dynasty after the fall of Eastern Wu
• Gu Kaizhi, celebrated painter of ancient China during the Jin Dynasty
• Gu Yanwu, a scholar in late Ming and early Qing period
• Wellington Koo (Gu Weijun), the diplomat who represented China in the League of Nations
• Gu Jiegang, the modern Chinese historian who advocated a modern view of China as a diverse culture, rather than the traditional homogeneous culture
• Ku Meng-yu, Vice Premier of the Republic of China (1948)
• Matthias Gu Zheng (simplified Chinese: 顾征; traditional Chinese: 顧征; pinyin: Gù Zhēng; born 17 February 1937) is a Chinese Catholic priest
• Gu Cheng (顾城; 1956 – 1993) a Chinese modern poet
• Gu Hongzhong (顾闳中; 937–975) was a Chinese painter during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of Chinese history.
• Gu Shunzhang (顾顺章, 1903－1934), also known as Gu Fengming, born in Baoshan, Shanghai, was a leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
• Gu Zhutong (simplified Chinese: 顾祝同, pinyin: Gù Zhùtòng; 1893 – 1987), courtesy name Moshan (墨山), was a military general and administrator of the Republic of China
• Gu Jingzhou (顾景舟; 1915 – 1996) was a Chinese ceramic artist who specialised in the creation of zisha-ware teapots. He was a founder and Deputy Director of Research and Technology at the Number One Yixing Factory.
• Joseph Gu (顾约瑟) was former senior pastor of the Chongyi Church in Hangzhou, one of the largest churches in China today, and former head of the Zhejiang Christian Council
• Gu Kuang (顧況) (fl. 757) was a Tang Dynasty poet.
• Gu Jun (simplified Chinese: 顾俊, 1975-) was a Chinese badminton player in the 1990s from Wuxi, Jiangsu
• Gu Hengbo, Gu Mei, (Chinese: 顧媚; Wade–Giles: Ku Mei; 1619–1664), better known by her art name Gu Hengbo (Chinese: 顧橫波; Wade–Giles: Ku Heng-po), also known as Xu Mei and Xu Zhizhu after her marriage, was a Chinese courtesan, poet and painter
• Gu Zhongchen (顧忠琛; pinyin: Gù Zhōngchēn; 1860-July 31, 1945) was a military leader and politician at the end of Qing Dynasty and in the early Republic of China
• Gu Deng (顾澄; 1882 - 1947?) was a mathematician and politician at the end of Qing Dynasty and in the early Republic of China. His courtesy name was Yangwu (養捂)
• Gu Yanhui (顧彥暉) (d. November 16, 897) was a warlord late in the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty
• Gu Changsheng (顾长声; 1919 – 2015) Chinese scholar of the history of Christianity in China
• Gu Yuan (顾原; 1982-) female hammer thrower from PR China
• Gu Xingqing (顧杏卿, c. 1894 - ?) Chinese interpreter and writer who wrote the only book-length account of World War I by a Chinese national

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