First, the source of Wu:

Long before the Yellow Emperor, there was a tribe called Jiang, and his totem was Qian Yu. In ancient times, Yu and Wu were homophonic, followed by homophonic, with similar glyphs and can be used universally. It was not until the Warring States period that Yu and Wu began to distinguish. So this tribe interprets totem as witch and takes witch as its family name.

Wu tribe is brave and good at hunting, and its leader is Wu Quan, the minister of Emperor Yan. Wu tribe is active in Wu Shan.

Among the descendants of Wu Quan, there was a woman named Wu Shu who married Shaodian of the Xiong tribe and gave birth to a son, the later Yellow Emperor. In Xia Dynasty, Wu tribe moved to Guanjin. During the period of Shao Kang in Wang Xia, there was a man named Wu He in the Wu tribe. He was famous for being good at shooting. He used to shoot with the then archer Hou Yi. This man was surnamed Wu and Jiang, and later took Wu as his surname.

Second, Wu's historical celebrities:

1, Wu Jun:

Wu Jun was a famous soldier in the Southern Song Dynasty. Joined the army in his early years and fought Xixia. After two years of advice, he led the troops to resist gold, and his brother Wulin was famous for his bravery. They belonged to Quduan and Zhang Jun successively. After losing the battle of Fuping, Wu Jun held Shanyuan, Raofengguan and Xianrenguan.

Repeatedly defeated by the Jin Army, history says that "Wei Jun bears the brunt and has not been in Shu for a long time." Wu Jun eliminated redundant staff, saved floating expenses, extensively reclaimed land and repaired waste weirs. Together with Hu Shi, it will create a method of transferring and folding grain to ensure sufficient grain storage. Official Ambassador to Fu Xuan, Sichuan.

2. Wu Daozi:

Wu Daozi, also known as Daoxuan, was a famous painter in the Tang Dynasty, and his painting history was regarded as a saint. Han, from Yangzhai. Born around 680 AD, he died around 758 AD. Lonely and poor, you will have a painting name when you are young. He used to be the deputy commander of Xianqiu County, Yanzhou, and soon resigned. After that, he settled in Luoyang and engaged in mural creation.

3. Wu Rui:

Wu Rui, a native of Qin and Han Dynasties, was a descendant of Fu Cha, the king of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period. Wu Rui was the leader of Baiyue in Qin and Han Dynasties, the first outstanding figure with clear records in Jiangxi history, and a people-oriented politician and strategist.

4. Guangwu:

Guangwu was the leader of the peasant uprising in the late Qin Dynasty. In the first year of Qin Ershi, as a conductor, he escorted prisoners to defend Yuyang County. When I went to osawa, I was delayed by the heavy rain, so I couldn't arrive on time. I'm guilty and dead. So, he led the defenders to revolt, put forward the slogan "No way to cut, Qin suddenly and violently", made him a general, led a surname himself, and called on the masses to resist Qin in the name of Fu Xi, the eldest son of Qin Shihuang, and Xiang Yan, the general of Chu.

5. Wu Qi:

Wu Qi, a strategist, politician and reformer, was one of the representatives of China in the early Warring States period. In his early years, he studied Confucianism under Zeng Shen, and then abandoned Confucianism to join the army. When he was in Lu, he was ordered to command the Lu army to defeat Qi. After that, he went to Wei, and was highly valued by Wei Wenhou.

He commanded Wei Jun to defeat Qin many times, occupied the land of Hexi and became the first chief of Xihe. At the same time, he reformed the military system and founded Wei Wuzu, "fighting against the princes 76 times and winning 64 times".

Later, due to Wei Wuhou's suspicion, he turned to Chu and was appointed as Lingyin by the King of Chu to carry out political reform. After drastic reforms, the national strength of Chu was successfully enhanced in a short time, and there was a prosperous situation of "a hundred leaps in the south, three Jin dynasties in the north and three Jin dynasties in the west", which once defeated Wei and "drinking horses in the river".