Lu State County: In the early Western Han Dynasty, Xue County was changed to Lu State, and Jin Dynasty changed it to a county. The administrative seat was Lu County (now Qufu, Shandong Province).
The origin of "Gōngyě"
The surname Gōngyě has a simple origin, and it comes from one source: from the surname Ji , is a descendant of the Ji family, and takes the surname of ancestor as his surname. According to records in "Guoyu Annotation", in the Spring and Autumn Period, there was the Ji Sun family in the Lu State, whose descendants were Ji Ye and whose courtesy name was Gongye. The ancestor of the Ji family was Ji Ye, who became a high official, and his descendants later took Gongye as their surname. Gongye is a very ancient compound surname with a history of more than 2,500 years. It can be seen from the above that the Gongye family originated from the Lu State at that time. It was Ji Ye, the son of the Ji family of the Lu State. Since Ji Ye's surname was Gongye, his descendants took the surname of Wang's father as their surname.
Got the surname of the ancestor
Ji Ye. In the ancient state of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a character named Ji Ye who was also named Gongye. His descendants took Gongye as their surname. Later it was simplified to the public surname. Gong surnames are simplified from many compound surnames starting with Gong, and most of the compound surnames starting with Gong are derived from princes and nobles. The surname Gongye is no exception. Gongye is a descendant of the surname Ji, and the surname Ji of Lu is the descendant of Ji You, the son of Duke Heng of Lu. Ji You's elder brother was Duke Zhuang of Lu. When Duke Lu Zhuang died, he established Ji You's son as Guoqun. Unfortunately, the king was killed and Ji You fled. When Ji You returned to the country, he made his youngest son the king of the country, who was Duke Xi of Lu. The Ji family was prosperous, and one of them was Ji Yeye. Because he was also called Gongye, the surname was formed. Therefore, Ji Ye is the ancestor of the surname Gongye.
Migration distribution
The surname Gongye is not among the top 100 surnames in mainland China and Taiwan. The compound surname Gongye has a history of more than 2,500 years. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Ji family of Lu State was a famous and prosperous family with many monarchs. Among the Ji family, there was a man named Ji Ye, also named Gongye, who was once a senior official of the Ji family. His character is the origin of the surname Gongye. There are also some people of the Gongye family who inherited the surname of Gongye Chang, a disciple of Confucius. Like many compound surnames, the surname Gongye also changed to a single surname, and was later gradually replaced by Gongshi. Gongye looked out of Lu County. Mainly distributed in the area around Qufu and Surabaya, Shandong Province.
Hall name
Botong Hall: Confucius had a disciple named Gong Ye who knew the language of birds. One day, he heard a bird calling: "Gongye Chang, Gongye Chang, there is a tiger carrying a sheep in Nanshan. You eat the meat and I eat the intestines." ?So Gong Yechang thought that a tiger had killed a sheep, so he rushed to Nanshan to see what happened. Unexpectedly, when they arrived at Nanshan, a man was actually killed there. At this time, the county police officers happened to arrive quickly and arrested him as a murder suspect. The county magistrate asked about the situation, and Chang Gongye said that he had been deceived by a bird. In order to test him, the county magistrate ordered people to boil rice with salt and feed it to the caged bird, and then brought the bird to Gongye. The little bird was chirping while eating. The county magistrate asked: What is this little bird chirping? ?Gong Yechang said: ?The little bird said there is salt in the rice. ?The county magistrate knew that he was wrongly accused and released him.