Character generation order
The Hu family’s generation in Huji Town, Heze, Shandong: (103rd to 117th century) Jingzhong lived in gold and jade, followed the Tao of Confucius and Mencius, and followed the example of Yu De of the Tang Dynasty.
The generation of the Hu family in Fengxin, Jiangxi: "Yu Shengde and Yifang's articles have long been famous in the Tang and Song Dynasties. They continued to show moral integrity and true transmission. Fanchang was sincere and sincere. He cultivated Qi Zhi, balanced good branches, and was appointed in Yanqing. Always introduce the fragrance of books."
Hu family’s generation in Xiling, Jishui, Jiangxi Province: “My ancestor Zhao Wei, Ji Xian, Successor, Guang Success, Poems and Books reflect ethics, talent, uprightness, carry forward loyalty, prosperity, fraternity, vigor, honor, and glory. Zhengyi came to the country to build a good official."
Origined from the surname Gui: from Guiman, the 33rd descendant of Emperor Shun. In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, after King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty, he visited the descendants of the previous emperors and found Guiman, the direct descendant of Emperor Shun of the Yu Dynasty. He married his eldest daughter Daji to him and granted him the title of Hu (now Huxiang Town, Zhecheng, Henan);
He was asked to serve as the guardian of Yu Shun's ancestral sacrifice. Later, he was granted the title of Chen Kingdom in Zhuye (today's Zhecheng, Henan Province) and established the state of Chen as a marquis in preparation for Sanke. He also moved the capital to Chen Zhiwanqiu (today's Huaiyang, Henan Province). , the posthumous title was Hu Gong, so he was also called Hu Gongman and Chen Hu Gong. Most of the descendants of the Chen Guogong clan have their ancestor's posthumous name as their surname, or they take the fief "Hu" as their surname, and are called the Hu family.
Extended information:
The contemporary population with the surname Hu is nearly 14 million, making it the 15th largest surname in the country, accounting for approximately 1.14% of the national population. The distribution across the country is mainly concentrated in the five provinces of Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Zhejiang, and Anhui, accounting for approximately 41% of the total population with the Hu surname, followed by Guizhou, Yunnan, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Henan, Chongqing, and Shandong. These seven provinces Another 35% concentration.
Hubei is the province with the largest number of people with the Hu surname today, and is home to 10.4% of the total population with the Hu surname. The whole country has formed an overall situation in which the Yangtze River Basin provinces have a large number of Hu surnames, highlighting the two centers with high concentration of Hu surnames in Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui and Zhejiang and Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou and Yunnan. During the 600 years since the Ming Dynasty, the population with the Hu surname has been moving back from the southeast to central, northern, and western China very strongly.