You / You
Xingshi Xunyuan records that a prominent Xianling clan bore the surname You and that the surname was numerous in Shu, linking its early presence with the Xianling and Sichuan regions.
The surname tradition identifies You Daoming as its founding ancestor: in the fourth year of Jiaxi, with Xining given as an alternative date, he received the phrase “克壮其犹” after the palace examination and changed his surname from 尤 to 犹.
You (犹/猶, yóu) is a relatively rare Han Chinese surname recorded in the surname sections of Xu Tongzhi and Qing Tongzhi.
The You surname's ancestral commandery is Xiping, and its hall name is Wengshui Hall, established from its ancestral locale.
Major communities are distributed across numerous parts of Guizhou, as well as Wansheng, Qijiang, Nanchuan, Jiangjin and Tongliang in Chongqing; Nanbu, Guang'an and Shifang in Sichuan; and Zhenxiong in Yunnan.
In 1925, You Xuehu compiled a twelve-volume Republican-era edition of the You Clan Genealogy and also wrote local historical works including The You Clan's Entry into Guizhou.
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