Mu Surname

Surname Overview

Pronunciation and Lineages

The surname Mu is pronounced mǔ and is found among Han and Gelao surnames.

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Origins

Main Origins

The surname Mu is chiefly associated with Gui and Tian lineages; one branch arose from the fief of Gongzi Wan, a descendant of Hu Gong Man of the State of Chen in the Spring and Autumn period, and took its surname from the fief name.

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Historical Records

Documentary Records

The surname Mu is recorded in Xing shi kao lüe, and Xing shi ci dian also includes it through a citation of Xi xing lu.

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Commanderies and Clan Halls

Commandery and Hall

The surname Mu has the commanderies of Pingchang and Hedong as its noted ancestral seats. Its hall name is Pingchang Hall, established from the commandery designation.

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Migration and Distribution

The surname Mu was initially concentrated around Shandong. Between the Han and Tang periods, a prominent clan formed in eastern Shandong with Pingchang as its ancestral commandery, later spreading throughout China through warfare, official service, migration, and the migration to Manchuria during the Ming-Qing transition.

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Notable People

Historical Figures

Mu Zhao of the Tang dynasty was one of the Eighteen Scholars of the Kaiyuan era, helping collate imperial books and writing forty volumes of Gujin shulu. The Song dynasty had the Chunxi-era metropolitan graduate Mu Mengniu, and the Ming dynasty had the metropolitan graduate Mu Decun, who rose to Chief Justice of the Court of Judicial Review.

Reference: 母姓_母姓的来源和历史_百家姓