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Xu Xu, aka Hsu Yu (徐訏), was the pen name of Xu Boyu (徐伯訏; 11 November 1908 – 5 October 1980), an important figure in modern Chinese literature; Xu Caidong (徐采栋; 1919 – 2016), Chinese metallurgist, politician, and academician; Xu Ming (徐铭; born 1981 in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang), Chinese figure skater
The posterities with state as surname called Xu, were authentic known as Xu. In tale of Emperor Yao, Xu You posterities surname also called Xu. Xu by handing down was the person of integrity talented person of Yao and Shun time, lives in Jishan. After many years later, the posterity called this mountain as Xu Youshan.
Xu (surname 徐) (徐 Xú) Xu (surname 許) (许 / 許 Xǔ) Xu (surname 胥) (胥 Xū) The tones of these surnames are different in Mandarin, but if the tone diacritics are omitted then each surname would be spelled Xu in pinyin, and Hsü in the Wade–Giles system or Hsu if the diaeresis is also omitted.
The surname traces back to the State of Xue in what is modern day Shandong. Yu the Great (大禹), founding emperor of the Xia dynasty, bestowed upon his minister Xi Zhong the title Marquis of Xue in gratitude for his invention of the Chinese chariot; Xi Zhong's descendants subsequently bore Xue as their clan name.
Xu Guangqi is the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of Xu's Chinese name. His name is written Hsü Kuang-ch‘i using the Wade–Giles system. His courtesy name was Zixian and his penname was Xuanhu. In the Jesuits' records, it is the last which is used as his Chinese name, in the form "Siù Hsven Hú". [12]
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Koh was the 10th-most common surname among ethnic Chinese in Singapore as of 1997 (ranked by English spelling, rather than by Chinese characters). Roughly 48,100 people, or 1.9% of the Chinese Singaporean population at the time, bore the surname Koh.
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