The Yu (余) Surname: From Shaoguan Statesmen to the Wuyi Diaspora A Statesman's Name The Yu (余, Yú) surname — Yu in Mandarin, Yee in Cantonese, Eu or U in Hokkien and Teochew — traces its Wuyi roots to a Northern Song minister whose descendants built the grandest clan hall in the diaspora. That minister…