The Xu (徐) Surname: From the State of Xu to the Wuyi Tanka and Overseas Diaspora
Two Surnames, One Pronunciation
Ask where the Xu surname origin lies and the answer runs to a state rather than a dynasty. The Xu surname (徐, Xú) descends, in its own lineage tradition, from the lower Huai river —…
The Name That Carried 3,100 Years
In the eleventh century before the Common Era, a man named Wen Shu (文叔) knelt before King Wu of Zhou and received a fiefdom in the fertile plains of what is now Henan province. The new territory was called Xu (许). Wen Shu traced his lineage to the legendary…