Fu (surname)

傅 (Mandarin: Fù) (Hokkien: Poh) is an ancient Han Chinese surname of imperial origin which is at least 4,000 years old The great-great-great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor, Dayou, bestowed this surname to his son Fu Yi and his descendants. Dayou is the eldest son of Danzhu and grandson of Emperor Yao.

Fù is a Chinese surname 傅.

It can also be 符, 苻, 付, 扶, 伏, and 富.

It is the 84th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.[1]

It is also a sinicized surname for several clans of Manchurian nobility. During the Qing Dynasty, there was an ongoing process of Sinicization of surnames and many Manchurian clans such as the Fu', Fuca/Fucha, Fugiya, Fuciri, Fulkuru, Fujuri and Fulha adopted 傅 or 富 as their Han surname.

苻

Fu Pi (?–386 AD)

付
  • Fu Yiwei – Chinese female curler

扶

伏

富

Fu Bi (1004–1083 AD)[13]

See also
  • Empress Fu (disambiguation)
  • Empress Dowager Fu (disambiguation)

References
  1. K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1285-9.
  2. Ssu-ma Chien, The Grand Scribes Records, Vol. VIII, ed. William H. Nienhauser, Jr.
  3. Ssu-ma Chien, The Grand Scribes Records, Vol. VIII, ed. William H. Nienhauser, Jr.
  4. Ssu-ma Chien, The Grand Scribes Records, Vol. VIII, ed. William H. Nienhauser, Jr.
  5. Ssu-ma Chien, The Grand Scribes Records, Vol. VIII, ed. William H. Nienhauser, Jr.
  6. The Cambridge History of China Vol. 1, p. 409
  7. The Cambridge History of China Vol. 1, p. 218
  8. The Cambridge History of China Vol. 1, p. 428
  9. The Cambridge History of China Vol. 1, p. 434
  10. David R. Knechtges and Taiping Chang, Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature (vol.I): A Reference Guide, p. 236.
  11. David R. Knechtges an Taiping Chan, Ancient an Early Medieval Chinese Literature, p. 235.
  12. "History". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-09-02.
  13. http://blog.voc.com.cn/blog_showone_type_blog_id_636856_p_1.html


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