The Guo family genealogy, after entering the imperial dynasty and the country, became an extension. Only gold illuminates the virtues of the ancestors, and red jade shows the honor of the ancestors. Such as Shao passed down the family auspiciousness, and paid Gui to promote a good life.
The origin of the surname Guo:
1. It comes from the descendants of Guo Zhiz and Guo Chong during the Xia and Shang dynasties. According to the "Research on Surnames": "There was the Guo branch in the Xia Dynasty, see "Baopuzi". In the Shang Dynasty, there was Guo Chong, see the "Sanyi Jing", which is the beginning of the Guo family." It seems that the surname Guo has been around for as long as 4,000 years in our country. It existed in the Xia Dynasty many years ago.
2. Take the place of residence as the surname. It is recorded in "Customs of Customs": "The surname belongs to the person who lives in the city, Guo, garden and pond." Guo means outer city, that is, because he lives outside the city, he takes Guo as his surname. Among the origins of most surnames in our country, this phenomenon is relatively rare.
3. It comes from Yanhuang and comes from the surname Ji. In ancient times, the characters "Guo" and "Guo" were connected. The Guo family is the Guo family and is a descendant of the Yellow Emperor's Ji surname. During the reign of King Wu of Zhou Dynasty, King Wen's younger brother Guo Shu (sometimes called Guo Zhong) was granted the title of West Guo, and Guo Zhong (one version of "Guo Shu") was granted title to Dong Guo. During the reign of King Ping of Zhou Dynasty, Duke Wu of Zheng conquered Hua and Dongguo and established the Kingdom of Zheng, whose capital is now Xinzheng, Henan Province. At this time, King Ping had no choice but to recognize it and justifiably entrusted Uncle Guo's land to Duke Zheng. King Ping of Zhou's actions aroused dissatisfaction among the princes and kings.
As a result, the Chu State located in the south has continuously launched wars against Zhou since the time of King Zhuang of Chu, and annexed many surrounding countries. The land of Uncle Guo, which was entrusted to the state of Zheng, was one of them. King Ping of Zhou had to seal Xu, the descendant of Uncle Dongguo, in Yangqu as a remedy. From this, he was named "Guo Gong". Because Guo and Guo had the same pronunciation, they were also called "Guo Gong", and their descendants became the Guo family.
Xi Guo, also known as Cheng Guo, moved eastward after the fall of the Western Zhou Dynasty and established its capital in Shangyang, which was known as Nan Guo in history. Later it was destroyed by the Jin State. When the Western Guo moved eastward, there were still Guo tribes who stayed in their original place and were called Xiao Guo in history. Later it was destroyed by Qin. These descendants of Guo State all have the surname Guo.
4. It comes from pretending to be a surname or changing a surname. For example, there was Cheng Na in the Later Liang Dynasty, who later took the surname Guo; there was Guo Jinhai in the Later Jin Dynasty, who was originally from Turks, and changed his surname to Han; Guo Wei, the Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty, was the son of the Chang family, and took the Guo surname from his mother when he was young, so he changed his surname to Guo.
Extended information:
Guo family genealogy, descendants of Fenyang King Guo Ziyi, main branches:
1. Jiuzi Dongda Guo branch:
Dingyuan Southwest Jiuzi Dongdaguo originated in Wasiba, Jiangxi. Around the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the founder Guo Dao moved to the current residence of Dongdaguo. About 340 years ago, the population was more than 2,000.
The first ancestor Guo Dao, the second ancestor Tianguang, the third ancestor Guo Tao, and the fourth ancestor Yonggui were all buried on the Xiaonan Mountain and Zhuangbei Hills 500 meters south of Majiajia West Village in Yangma Village. In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the backup of this branch was chaotic. The scholar Guo Chuntang was the leader and established twenty-eight generations, which unified the ranks of Jiuzi Dongda Guo, Yongkang Beiguo and Wuxu Xiguo.
In the early years, there were successive years of famine in the local area. Some people took the Guo family tree to Shucheng and settled in a certain mountain valley, Licheng Mountain Waguo (this genealogy is not recorded).
In the winter of 1962, my family visited the graves of their ancestors. At that time, they revised it based on the tablets stored by each family, but it was already incomplete and was later completely lost during the Cultural Revolution. Those who lived in the original place were called Dongdaguo; those who moved to the west of Wuxu were called Nanguo (now called Wuxu Xiguo); those who moved to the south of Yongkang were called Beiguo.
2. Jiuzixi Daguo branch:
Jiuzixi Daguo originated in Wasiba, Jiangxi. Around the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, Duke Guo Zhengxiang and his wife The Hou family moved to Daguo in the west of Jiuzi. There is an ancestral tomb 500 meters away from the village, and there are eighteen rooms listed in the genealogy.
3. Erlongguo branch:
The Erlong (Guo Litong) Guo family originated in Jurong, Jiangsu Province, and later moved here from Feidong to Xiaoguo Village in the guide township in the late Qing Dynasty. The name of the first mover cannot be traced far back. Now his tomb still exists in the southwest corner of the village of Guolitong, which is called the "Old Ancestor Tomb". The Guo family of Erlong (Xuhu) also originated from Jurong, Jiangsu Province and led from Feidong in the late Qing Dynasty. The hometown of Guowu moved here, but the name of the first mover cannot be traced far back, and his tomb still exists in Guowu Village.
4. Tianheguo branch:
Tianheguo originated in Taiyuan, Shanxi. About the middle of the Qing Dynasty, several Guo brothers moved to Tianhe and settled in Shangguo and Xiaguo. Later, due to the construction of a reservoir, Xiaguo moved and dispersed. The genealogy is listed as Shangguo Zhongfen, Shangguo Dongfen, Shangguo West and Xiaguofen.
Among them, there are especially many descendants of Shangguo Zhong. The tomb of the first ancestor is located in what is now Shangguo.
5. Xishandian Jinshanguo Branch:
Originally from Guozhuang, Xintai County, Shandong (now Tai'an City), Guo Fangqing moved to Dingyuan Xishandian Jinshanguo in the late Qing Dynasty.
6. Yan Qiaoguo Branch:
Wherever one’s ancestral home is, one cannot trace it far back.
7. Guo Branch of Zhangqiao Road:
It originates from Wasiba in Jiangxi Province. Around the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the two Guo brothers (whose names are unknown) and their cousin moved to what is now Daluguo. Only the eldest brother of the two brothers had five sons, and the Zhu family had no descendants. Now there are three tombs of the ancestors in Daluguo, with six chambers listed in the genealogy.