The formation of the Yu family and its historical research are of great concern to Yu people all over the country, because it involves the origin of their ancestors and the history of family development. However, due to the restriction and restriction of many objective factors such as politics in the process of historical development, this research has encountered many difficulties. Among them, the most crucial question is: What is the relationship between China's two surnames "Yuwen" and "Yu" in history? According to historical documents, before the Tang and Song Dynasties, a large number of Yuwen people occupied the historical time and space of Yu surname. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the surname Yu disappeared from history for a time, and then a large number of Yu surnames appeared, so I put forward the theory that Yu surnames came from Yuwen compound surnames for the first time in China. Because all Yu surnames in southern China (Yangtze River Valley) today call their ancestral county "Longxi", it is obvious that all Yu surnames in southern China (Yangtze River Valley) are descendants of the ancient Xianbei Yuwen compound surname in Longxi. With regard to the origin of these people, apart from the previous statement in the History of the Song Dynasty that some Yuwen people in Sichuan moved eastward along the Yangtze River to the south-central region during the Southern Song Dynasty, the author recently found some historical materials that can attract attention.
According to Biography of the Tang Dynasty, Yuwen Rong of the Tang Dynasty was born in ten thousand years in Jingzhao (Jin 'an) and is a descendant of Guan Yu in Pingchang of Sui Dynasty. His grandfather, Yu Wenjie, was an official in Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty, and was a senior minister. Yonghui first moved to Huangmen Assistant Minister and Tongzhong Shumen with three products, replacing Yu Zhining as Assistant Minister. Later, he was exiled to Guizhou (now Guilin, Guangxi) because of the sexual disturbance and died there.
According to the Book of the Tang Dynasty, Yuwen Rong was talented and good at official management. At the beginning of Kaiyuan, he was transferred to Fuping (now Fuping, Shaanxi) as the main book. At that time, "the household version of the world is hidden, and it goes to its hometown, floating on food, getting rid of remote taxes, and being strong and strong, the counties and counties can't control it." Yuwen Rong, as the censor, wrote to check the national household registration and collect the food owed by hidden households to assist the country. He was promoted to "Fu Tian to persuade agriculture" and later promoted to Yuan Wailang, the minister of war, as the censor. Later, because (Yue) was jealous of the virtuous and talented, he often vilified Yuwen Rong in front of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, who demoted Yuwen Rong as the secretariat of Weizhou. During the flood in Hebei Province, Yuwen Rong was appointed as the special envoy. Later, he inspected the secretariat of Bianzhou and decided to send the special envoy of Jiuhe to the gully weir in northern Henan Province. And said: "If I am in power for a few months, the world will be settled!" Later, he disagreed with Wang Yi in Xin 'an, north of the festival, and used Li Zhou, an imperial envoy, to play chess with Wang Yi. Wang Yi colluded with Princess Zhen and Gao Lishi, so Yuwen Rong was appointed as the secretariat of Ruzhou. Since then, Qian Gu has been unprepared and the national treasury is empty. So Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty blamed all the traitors on him and said, "You always speak ill of Yuwen Rong in front of me. Now blame him for leaving his hometown, and now the country is underutilized. What should I do? " No traitor can answer. Yuwen Rong was later victimized by Feng Shaolie and exiled to Yazhou (now Beihai City, Hainan Province). When Yuwen Rong was in exile in Guangzhou, he was hurt by the Governor Geng, saying that he could "not delay" in Guangzhou. Yuwen Rong had to go to Cliff State in anger and soon died in Cliff State.
Yuwen Rong was exiled to Asia, and he never told his family. Yu Wenrong's wife and Yu Wenshen's two sons learned that Yu Wenrong was unjustly exiled to Yazhou, and the two sons helped their mother "cry on foot, save their father, and send them to Yazhou by car" from the capital Chang 'an. Since then, Yuwen Rong's two sons have settled in Asia. Later, Yuwen was deeply prepared to study. "I moved to Dali to judge things. In view of the fact that the size of Xia (Jiangxia) and Chu (the area around the two lakes) is not controlled, Yu Wen's trial reason is "to build a staff frame and measure the length of the staff with high quantity; Also cast copper as a rule, its size is fine. "After the traitor Yang usurped the government, he said," Those who kill Lingnan will be beheaded in the middle, and those who fear to discuss will avoid the cold, and (Yuwen) will be the judge of Lingnan, so there will be more lives. "Yu Wenshen later served as the secretariat of Yongzhou (located in Lingling County, Hunan Province in the ninth year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty) and Hezhou (located in Hexian County, Anhui Province in the Northern Qi Dynasty).
There are two points worthy of attention in the above research: First, after Yuwen Rong's grandfather Yu Wenjie was exiled and died in Guizhou (now Guilin, Guangxi), the bodies of people who died in exile could not be buried back to their original places, and they could only be buried in Guilin, where Yuwen Rong's parents would definitely stay. Guilin is very close to Shaoyang, Hunan Province. Whether there is a direct relationship between people surnamed Yu in Shaoyang today and their descendants is worthy of attention and study. Second, Yuwen Rong's two sons lived in Yazhou, and Yu Wenshen was the secretariat of Yongzhou (now Lingling County, Hunan Province). Did Yu Wenshen use his political achievements and close relationship with the people to move to Lingling in his later years? Lingling is closer to Shaoyang. Therefore, I think that the remaining people in Guangxi and Hunan today, where their ancestors came from, should get some hints and inspirations from the above research and historical materials provided.
According to the "Yu Family Tree of Longxitang" published on the Internet, the Yu family in Xinghua, Jiangsu Province today moved to Dongxiang, Xinghua (two kilometers north of Daiyao) at the end of the Yuan Dynasty from outside the governor of Jiangsu and Jiangsu. According to Yuan, a native of Chengdu, Yuwen Gongliang moved to Huzhou (now Xing Wu, Zhejiang) along the river with his father Yuwen Tingzu, and became a famous "Jiaxing enriching the people" in the Yuan Dynasty. In the fourth year of Yuan Zhishun (A.D. 1333), he entered the civil examination. Later, he was appointed Tongzhi of Huizhou Road, changed to Tongzhi of Yuyao State Affairs and assisted by teaching, then transferred to Tongzhi of Hanlin Word, edited and edited by National History Museum, and changed to Lianfang Department of South China. Xing Wu is close to Jiaxing and Suzhou. Today, the surname Yu in Xinghua, Jiangsu Province is a descendant of Yu Wengong, so there should be no objection.
About "Yu Wancheng was assassinated in Changzhou in the Southern and Northern Dynasties" published on the Internet. "Changzhou" is a newly established national title nine years after the opening of the Sui Dynasty, not the "Southern and Northern Dynasties". Changzhou was still there in the Tang and Song Dynasties. Yu Wancheng's appointment as Changzhou is well known, which is not recorded in the official history. Recently, Yu Wancheng was a native of the early Northern Song Dynasty, which was discovered in the Book of Southern Tang Dynasty in the History of Wooden Car Clans. According to the New History of the Five Dynasties, the Li regime in the Southern Tang Dynasty inherited three monarchs. Its founding monarch, Li Bian, was born in Xuzhou. His father was proud of the rebellion in the late Tang Dynasty, and he didn't know what to do. Li Bian became an orphan at an early age, living in Hao and Si areas. Later, it was adopted by Xu Wen, the minister of Wu, and was named Xu Zhigu. Later, Li Bian took charge of Wu's power. "To win people's hearts, it is necessary to relax the criminal law, advocate kindness and trust, and set up (build) banquet pavilions for people of all countries ... those who are detained (traveling) in Wu want to use them." At that time, Han Xizai, a northerner, went south to Libian in the late Tang and Ming Dynasties. After the establishment of the Southern Tang regime, Li Bian claimed to be "the descendant of Yong, the sixth son of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, and recognized Yong as a distant ancestor, so he was also surnamed Li, and the founding name was" Datang ". His purpose is to restore the land of the Tang Dynasty, which historians call "the later Tang Dynasty". Therefore, it is not difficult to see that most of the scholars recruited and appointed by the Li regime in the late Tang Dynasty were ministers of Tang Dynasty adherents or their aristocratic descendants. Therefore, judging from Changzhou, where Yu Wancheng was appointed as the Lee regime in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Yu Wancheng can't be from Jiangnan. His birth should be related to the aristocratic family in the Tang Dynasty, and he is more likely to come from abroad. After the collapse of the post-Tang regime, in that turbulent era, it is still unknown whether Yu Wancheng will go or stay, and where his county registration is. Therefore, if we study the origin of the ancestors of Yu people and ignore the ancestors of Yuwen around us, it is not objective to regard today's Jiangsu, Zhejiang or Hunan as the ancestors of Yu people. Because from the information I have published, there were Yuwen people in Jiangsu, Guangdong and Guangxi during the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties. Where did their descendants go? We can't turn a blind eye to the history of the Yu family (I have studied and discussed the origin of Wan Cheng's ancestors, ethnic groups and surnames in the article "On the Origin of the Yu Family in China").
About the people surnamed Yu in the north of China, Biography of Jin History records: Yuxian County, Yanmen (now Daixian County in Shanxi Province). Zhen Youchu (A.D. 12 13) was a man under the account of Shangdang Duke Zhang. Tired with the meritorious military service awarded the righteous victory army our time, and made a deputy envoy to recruit and caress. Yuan Guangzhong (AD 1223) was promoted to Marshal Youdu. He died at the age of 4 1.
According to Sui Shu Biography, Yu was a native of Luoyang in the Sui Dynasty. His ancestor Yuwen Jindian was a general who conquered the south in the Northern Wei Dynasty. He is an official of five States and was appointed as an angel Hou. Yu Wenxian, the father of Yu, was appointed as the secretariat. So an important official of the Sui Dynasty. He was a general, a Duke of Runan County, and owned 1,600 restaurants. Later, due to meritorious service, he was promoted to general and was appointed to supervise the military affairs of the Prime Minister. Looking for a pillar country. At the beginning of the emperor's reign, he worshipped General Zuo Wuwei and the Lord.
According to "Biography of Sui Shu", Yu Shuji was born in Luoyang, Sui Dynasty. First of all, it has something to do with Yu Wentai in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. His grandfather, Yu Wenjin, was a deer satrap in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Father Yu Wenzhen was the secretariat of Dangzhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Yu Wenmi is famous for his talent. He has served as a minister of Sui Dynasty, such as You Cheng, the minister of punishments and the minister of rites. Later, he was killed by a traitor because he was dissatisfied with corruption in Yang Di, at the age of 62. There are more than 200,000 words in front of him. There are also notes in Shangshu and Xiaojing. Yu Wenmi has two sons, Yu Wenjian and Yu Wenyuan.
According to the Biography of Sui Shu, Yuwen Kai, the master architect of Sui Dynasty, was the younger brother of Qi Huangong Yuwenxin. He came from the north (in Hangjinqi area on the western border of Inner Mongolia) and later moved to Jingzhao. ...
In the Sui Dynasty, Yuwen Shu, whose name was Botong, was born in Wuchuan Town (now Hohhot, Inner Mongolia) and served as the right-back general of the Sui Dynasty. Later, he moved to Chang 'an. Two sons: and Yu.
The purpose of this article is to tell people that before the name "Yuxian" appeared in the Jin Dynasty, there were many Yuwen people with compound surnames in Xianbei, and most of them were sent to serve or defend the border in the northern region during the Northern Wei and Northern Zhou Dynasties. Yuxian County belongs to Yanmen (Yanmenguan, located in Daixian County, Shanxi Province), which is located between Luoyang and Hohhot, and seems to be Yuwen people. Because in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, historians often recorded the county names of Yuwen people in the northern region clearly, but in the Jin Dynasty, the name Yuxian appeared, and the author did not know where Yuxian's ancestors came from, so he did not trace back and describe Yuxian's ancestors. Therefore, I think that people surnamed Yu in the northern and northwestern regions today should not only regard Yu Xian as their ancestors, but should pay attention to the people who have the surname of Yu Wen in Xianbei (I have discussed the origin of too virtuous surname in China's On the Origin of Surnames).
As for the development history of Yu family, since Zhu Yuanzhang banned "Hu family (compound surname)" at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, due to the ethnic discrimination and oppression of the rulers, people of Yu family changed their names and began to avoid the fact that their ancestors came from Yuwen family. Today, this kind of thinking and consciousness can't be reversed, which shows how deep the other injuries caused by this historical injustice made by Zhu Yuanzhang are!