There are three origins of the surname Ao (áo):
1. It originated in ancient times and took the ancestral word as the surname. The descendants of Taiao, the teacher of Zhuan Xu, the ancient emperor. Too ao, a big ao. The descendants of Tai 'ao named their surnames after their ancestors, thus forming the surname of Ao, named Ao's.
2, from ancient times, taking the country name as the surname (not to mention the suspicion of "1"). Legend has it that the descendants of the Yellow Emperor were sealed in Ao (now northeast of Xingyang, Henan Province, where there is Aoshan), which is the ancient great country of Ao. The descendants of Da 'ao took the country name as their surname, and called it Ao's surname.
3. It comes from Mi's surname, and is called "Ao" without posthumous title. The monarch of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, who was abolished and didn't get posthumous title, was called Ao, and the descendants of such monarch were also called Ao's.
First ancestor: Tai 'ao. In ancient times, the Yellow Emperor had a grandson named Zhuan Xu, who was a famous tribal leader. There is a teacher named Tai Ao in Zhuan Xu. Tai 'ao is respected by Zhuan Xu, and has a high reputation and a prosperous family. The descendants of Tai 'ao named their surnames after their ancestors, thus forming the surname of Ao, named Ao's. Therefore, the descendants of Ao's family regarded Tai 'ao as the ancestor of Ao's surname.
Second, the migration distribution
(lack of) Ao surname is not listed in the top 1 of the top 1 surnames in mainland China and Taiwan Province. According to legend, the teacher of Emperor Zhuan Xu was called Da 'ao, and his descendants were proud of it, so they took his name as their surname and called it Ao's. In ancient times, the place name was Ao (now Xingyang County, Henan Province), and some local residents took Ao as their surnames. In ancient times, some descendants of Ruoao and Tuao took their names as surnames. Ao's noble family lived in Qiaoxian County (today's Hao County, Anhui Province).
Third, historical celebrity
Ao Shan: The word is quiet. Shenxian people in Ming Dynasty. Chenghua Jinshi, edited by the Hanlin Academy, was promoted to Shanxi as an assistant scholar. Later, he resigned due to illness and returned home. Works of poetry, poetry is brilliant, and the article is bold and unconstrained, just like Wang Yue at that time, and he is called the second outstanding man in Jiangbei. Concentrate on mathematics in my later years. He is the author of Biography of Shi Ling, Brilliant Draft and Birth Manual.
ao ying: zhengde Jinshi in Ming dynasty, born in Qingjiang. The official is the ambassador to the right department of Jiangxi. Work in poetry. His poetic path is unique and distinctive, among which "Miscellaneous Words in the Green Learning Pavilion" is widely circulated.
Aojiaxiong: the word Meng Jiang. Zhejiang Pinghu people. In his early years, he founded Jia Commune and Bamboo Primary School in Jiaxing. And organize ancestral religions. In the 29th year of Guangxu reign of Qing Dynasty, he entered Shanghai Patriotic Society to study. He once wrote a book "New Folk Songs" to publicize the revolution. The following year, he joined the Guangfu Association and funded the organization of Wentai Hall with Wei Lan and others, which was a secret contact organ of revolutionaries. In the thirty-third year of Guangxu, he conspired with Qiu Jin to revolt in Datong Normal School, and fled after it was leaked. Guangxu was killed by his enemies in Jiaxing in the thirty-fourth year.
Taosun Ao, whose name is Qi Zhi, was born in Fuqing in the Song Dynasty. Smart and studious since childhood, ambitious. At that time, the traitor Han Zhou was in power, and the great scholar Zhu Xi was demoted. Tao Sun respected Zhu Xi's knowledge very much, so he went to visit him and presented poems to show his intention. Zhao Ruyu died in the demoted place, and he wrote poems to cry about Zhao. Han was furious when he found out, and wanted to arrest him. Tao Sun changed his name and surname and escaped. Later, Tao Sun became a scholar, made a general judgment in Wenzhou, and wrote "Collection of temples".
iv.No. of County Lookout Hall
1. County Lookout
Qiaoguo County: During the Jian 'an period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Pei County was set up as a part of Qiaoguo County. It is equivalent to the area between Anhui and Henan provinces today. Governance is located in qiaocheng county.
2. The hall number
adopts an tang: there were Taosun Ao in the Song Dynasty, and they were unconstrained and ambitious since childhood. At that time, the traitor Han Tuo was in power, and the great scholar Zhu Xi was demoted. Tao Sun is visiting Imperial College. He first wrote poems to see Zhu Xi off. Zhao Ruyu died in the demoted place, and he wrote poems to cry about Zhao. Han was very angry when he heard this, so he ordered the arrest of Taosun Ao. Tao Sun changed his name and escaped. Later, Tao Sun became a scholar, made a general judgment in Wenzhou, and wrote "Collection of temples".
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chivalrous.
—— Anonymous General Union of Ancestral Hall with the surname Ao
The couplet refers to Aoying, a native of Qingjiang in the Ming Dynasty, who was a scholar in Zhengde years. He was promoted to Shaanxi and Henan by the Nanjing Criminal Department, and was appointed as the official envoy to Jiangxi. He is good at writing poems, and his artistic conception is far away, and he has found a new way. He has written Training with Caution, Redundant Words in the East Valley and Miscellaneous Words in the Green Snow Pavilion. Guide to the next couplet: Taosun Ao, a native of Fuqing, Song Dynasty, whose name is Qizhi, and whose number is Zi (Qú Yinqu) An. When Ning Zongshi was in power, the prime minister, Han Shu (TU Buyin Tuo), came to power and fought for power with the imperial clan minister, Zhao Ruyu, who was dismissed from office and died in other places. Han Tuozhou also called Neo-Confucianism a pseudo-science, dismissed and expelled Neo-Confucianism, and Zhu Xi was demoted to a foreign post. Taosun Ao was in the business school, writing poems to send Zhu Xi, and writing poems to cry Zhao Ruyu, so he angered Han Tuozhou and was hunted down. He changed his name and escaped. Later, during the reign of Deng Qingyuan, he was a scholar, and the official was sentenced to Wenling. He is the author of "Ji An Ji" and so on.
elixir refining well;
chivalrous.
—— Anonymous General couplet of the Ancestral Hall of Ao surname
The couplet refers to Jin Aoxian's monasticism on the high mountain in shanggao county, Jiangxi Province, where there is a real alchemist's well and a view of truth. The second couplet refers to Song Taosun crying with poetry that Zhao Ruyu was hunted down and changed his name to escape.