Hu / Hu
Hu, pronounced hù, is a relatively uncommon surname today. It is found in Wuqing in Tianjin, Laoting in Hebei, Changle, Pingyi and Dongping in Shandong, Taiyuan in Shanxi, Chongren in Jiangxi, and Hejiang and Nanjiang in Sichuan; it occurs among both Han and Xibe people.
One branch traces to the Si lineage. Hu was a vassal state during the Xia, was called Chonghu under the Shang, and was renamed Hu under the Qin; after the state fell, its descendants adopted the state name as their surname. The former state lay around present-day Hu County in Shaanxi.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the three-character Xianbei surname Hudigan of the Northern Wei's Daibei region was changed into the surnames Hu and Gan after its bearers entered the Central Plains.
From the mid-Qing period onward, some members of the Yehe, Hulun, and Nara branches of the Manchu Hulun Nara clan adopted Hu as a Han-style surname.
The Hu surname has the Jingzhao Hall, named for its Jingzhao ancestral commandery association.
Hu Meng, courtesy name Riyong, was a native of Anci in Youzhou, known for his literary learning, and served as an official of the Song dynasty.
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