Historical celebrities named Zou

Historical celebrities with the surname Zou include Zou Ji, Zou Yitian, Zou Boqi, etc.

Zou Ji: A native of the Qi State during the Warring States Period in China and a minister during the Duke Huan period of Qi. During the period of King Wei of Qi, he persuaded King Wei of Qi to reward ministers, officials and people for admonishment, and recommended capable ministers to defend the four borders. From then on, As the state of Qi grew stronger, he was appointed prime minister. Zou Yitian: Born in Beijing in 1970, she is a film actress. When she was 14 years old, she won the Hundred Flowers Award and the Golden Rooster Award for her movie "Girl in Red". She is also responsible for the talk show "Qiang Qiang Threesome", TV programs "You Bao Daily Reading" and "Network World", etc.

Zou Boqi: Born in 1819 and died in 1869, a native of Guangdong, whose nickname is Yi'e. He was a Chinese physicist and scholar in the Qing Dynasty and a pioneer of modern science in China. He was proficient in mathematics, optics, and astronomy. In addition, Zou Boqi also has an in-depth understanding of surveying. Zou Boqi was the first Chinese to master daguerreotype photography and produced the first camera in Chinese history. He is known as the "Father of the Chinese Camera".

Introduction to the surname Zou

The surname Zou, one of the Chinese surnames, ranks 60th among the surnames in China today. It has many origins, one of which is derived from the surname Yao. The surname Zou is the surname of Emperor Shun and Yao. Shun was good at divination and prediction, and was also known as Yao Shun. The Yao people, descendants of Emperor Shun, founded the Zou State, which was the earliest Zou State and a vassal state in the Shang Dynasty. The name code of the name "Surname Zhi" reads: "Zou State, after Shun, has the surname Yao."

In the pre-Qin period, the activities of Zou were mainly in Shandong. After the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Zou surname quickly moved to Henan and Hubei areas. During the Three Kingdoms and Two Jin Dynasties, the Zou surname had advanced to Shaanxi and crossed the Yangtze River south to Hunan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui and other regions. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, wars raged in the north. The Zou surname, which flourished in the Fanyang area in ancient times, bore the brunt of the war. Together with other gentry in the north, they also fled south to escape the disaster and moved south to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and later scattered in Fujian and Guangdong. .

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia—Zou surname