Yǒushēn Surname

Surname Overview

故里 of Youxin

The ancestral home of the Youxin clan was on the banks of the Yi River in present-day Song County, south of Luoyang.

Reference: 河洛春秋：洛阳，华夏民族的发祥圣地_洛阳人大

Origins

Marriage and Genealogical Record

The Di Xi records that Gun married a daughter of the Youxin clan, who gave birth to Yu.

Reference: 河洛春秋：洛阳，华夏民族的发祥圣地_洛阳人大

Historical Records

The Kongsang Mulberry Account

The Shuijing Zhu records that a woman of the Youxin clan found an infant in Kongsang while gathering mulberries at Yichuan.

Reference: 河洛春秋：洛阳，华夏民族的发祥圣地_洛阳人大

Records of Youxin State

King Tang of Shang went three times to Youxin State to invite Yi Yin; later generations called the meeting place Sanpin Terrace.

Reference: 洛阳市文物局

Notable People

Association with Yi Yin

Yi Yin's birth legend is associated with a woman of the Youxin clan and Kongsang; he later farmed in the Youxin fields and accepted King Tang's invitation.

Reference: 洛阳市文物局

King of Youxin

The Shunwang Temple at Sanpin Terrace contained statues of King Tang, Yi Yin, and the King of Youxin.

Reference: 洛阳市文物局