xiù
秀 is a currently rare surname, pronounced xiù. It is found today in Shanxi, Gansu, Fujian, Guangdong, Yunnan and other places, among the Han, Tibetan, Lisu and other ethnic groups. It is recorded in the Xu Tongzhi: Clan Records, with Wu Commandery as its commandery seat.
The surname 秀 is mainly traced to the Ji surname, and is also associated with ancient farmers, xiushi or xiucai, residence in Xiuzhou, and the sinicization of minority surnames.
The Xing shi kao lüe, citing the Xing kao, states that the surname descends from Xiulao, a Song grandee; it also connects the surname with the xiushi and xiucai lineages.
Xiuzhou was established in the Kuaiji area in 940 under Later Jin and renamed Jiahe Commandery in 1023. During the transition from Tang to Song, some people who fled from Xiuzhou to Lingnan took their former settlement name as their surname, becoming the 秀 surname, recorded as Xiuyan Hall.
秀芳, a native of Shiquan in the Ming dynasty, served as a Vice Minister in the Ministry of Rites during the Hongwu era.
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