A Comprehensive History of Chinese Surnames. The Xu Clan (Illustrated Edition)

Author: Xu Jianhua
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Publish Date: 2002-03-01
Features: The surname Xu originates from the ancient era of the great Yu the Great's advisor, Bo Yi. He helped Yu the Great in controlling floods and teaching the people, so his son was enfeoffed with the land of Xu (modern-day Pizhou, Jiangsu) and established the State of Xu. After the State of Xu was destroyed, its descendants adopted Xu as their surname. The founding ancestor of the Xu surname is Ruomu (Bo Yi's son). The 33rd generation descendant of Ruomu, Xu Yanwang, was enfeoffed as the Lord of Xu. The ancestral halls of the Xu surname include Donghai, Gaoping, Dongguan, Langya, and Puyang. This book aims to organize the civilization of the Xu surname and clarify its origins. It is an illustrated comprehensive history that includes numerous exquisite illustrations related to the ancestors, figures, ancestral halls, artifacts, documents, famous scenic spots, and historical sites of the surname. It should be noted that some illustrations do not correspond one-to-one with the main text, hence the name "illustrated book" rather than "illustrated descriptions."