This article is about the Chinese surname. For other uses, see Guo (disambiguation).
"Kwok" redirects here. For the cooking pot, see wok.
| Guo |
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Guo surname in regular script
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| Pronunciation |
Guō (Pinyin)
Kueh, Kok (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) |
| Language(s) |
Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean |
| Origin |
| Language(s) |
Old Chinese |
| Other names |
| Variant(s) |
Kwok, Guok (Cantonese)
Guo, Kuo (Mandarin)
Gue, Kue, Koay, Quek, Kwik (Hokkien, Teochew)
Quách (Vietnamese)
Kwak (Korean) |
| Derivative(s) |
Quach, Kwak |
"Guo", written in Chinese: 郭, is one of the most common Chinese surnames and means "the wall that surrounds a city" in Chinese; it can also be transliterated into English as Cok, Guo, Quo, Quek, Kuo, Kuoch, Kok, Koc, Kwek, Kwik, Kwok., Kuok, Kuek, Gock, Koay or Ker. The Korean equivalent is spelled Kwak; the Vietnamese equivalent Quoc, Quach, Quock or Que. The different ways of spelling this surname indicate the origin of the family. For example, "Kwok" is Cantonese originated in Hong Kong and surrounding area. It is the 18th most common family name in China. The name Guo was noted as far back as the Xia Dynasty. There are eight legendary origins for the Guo surname. Among them, three are foreign. They are Persian (Hui), Korean, and Mongolian, as a result of sinicization. These are only minority. The majority of people bearing this surname are descended from Han Chinese.
Contents
- 1 Origins
- 2 Notable people
- 2.1 Historical
- 2.2 Modern
- 3 See also
- 4 References
Origins
Hui surname
The Guo family is one of the well known Hui clans around Quanzhou in Fujian, the other being the Ding family, they are examples of these Hui who identify as Muslim by nationality but do not practice Islam. Due to more people of these clans identifying as Hui the population of Hui as grown.[1][2] All these clans needed was evidence of ancestry from Arab, Persian, or other Muslim ancestors to be recognized as Hui, and they did not need to practice Islam.[3] The Communist party and its policies encouraged the definition of Hui as a nationality or ethnicity.[4][5] The Chinese government's Historic Artifacts Bureau preserved tombs of Arabs and Persians whom Hui are descended from around Quanzhou.[6] Many of these Hui worship village gods and do not have Islam as their religion; they include Buddhists, Daoists, followers of Chinese Folk Religions, secularists, and Christians.[7] Many clans with thousands of members in numerous villages across Fujian recorded their genealogies and had Muslim ancestry.[8] Hui clans originating in Fujian have a strong sense of unity among their members, despite being scattered across a wide area in Asia, such as Fujian, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, and Philippines.[9][10]
In Taiwan there are also descendants of Hui who came with Koxinga who no longer observe Islam, the Taiwan branch of the Guo (romanized as Kuo in Taiwan) family is not Muslim, but still does not offer pork at ancestral shrines. The Chinese Muslim Association counts these people as Muslims.[11] The Taiwan Guo now view their Hui identity as irrelevant and don't assert that they are Hui.[12]
Various different accounts are given as to whom the Hui Guo clan is descended from. Several of the Guo claimed descent from Han chinese General Guo Ziyi.[13] They were then were distressed and disturbed at the fact that their claim of descent from Guo Ziyi contradicted their being Hui, which required foreign ancestry.[14] Encyclopædia Iranica claims the ancestor of the Guo clan in Baiqi was the Persian Ebn Tur (Daqqaq).[15]
Notable people
Historical
- Guo Chongtao General of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Later Tang (and Later Tang's predecessor state Jin).
- Guo Chun Painter During the Early Ming Dynasty
- Guo Chuwang patriot at the end of the Song Dynasty
- Guo Daiju Official and Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
- Guo Huai Military General of Cao Wei
- Guo Jia Official and Adviser under Warlord Cao Cao
- Guo Kan, a famed Chinese general that served under the Mongols
- Guo Nuwang First Empress of Cao Wei
- Guo Pu writer and scholar of the Eastern Jin
- Guo Rong, Second Emperor of Later Zhou also known as Chai Rong
- Guo Shengtong First Empress of Emperor Guangwu
- Guo Shoujing astronomer, engineer, and mathematician who lived during the Yuan Dynasty
- Guo Si General who serve under Warlord Dong Zhuo during The Late Han Dynasty
- Guo Tu Adviser under Warlord Yuan Shao
- Guo Wei, Founding Emperor of Later Zhou
- Guo Xi Chinese Painter who live in The Song Dynasty
- Guo Xiang Taoist who live the Early Jin Dynasty
- Guo Xun General of The Han Dynasty
- Guo Yi Son of Guo Jia Official of Cao Wei
- Guo Yuanzhen General Official and Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
- Guo Zhengyi Official and Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
- Guo Zhongshu Painter and Scholar during the Song Dynasty
- Guo Ziyi (697 – 781), general of Tang China who ended the Anshi Rebellion
Modern
- Guo Ailun (born 1993), Chinese basketball player
- Guo Guangchang (born 1967), Chinese billionaire, founder and chairman of Fosun International
- Guo Jingjing (born 1981), Chinese Olympic diver
- Guo Jingming (born 1983), Chinese author and pop idol
- Guo Moruo (1892–1978), Chinese author, poet, historian, archaeologist and government official
- Guo Qi (born 1995), Chinese chess player
- Guo Shichang (born 1926), Chinese Agronomist specialized in soybean
- Guo Songtao (1818–1891), Chinese diplomat and statesman during the Qing dynasty
- Guo Wengui (born 1967), Chinese billionaire businessman turned political activist
- Guo Yonghuai (1909–1968), aerodynamics expert and a leader of China's atomic and hydrogen bomb projects
- Terry Gou (born 1983), Taiwanese billionaire, founder and chairman of Foxconn
- Xiaolu Guo (born 1973), Chinese-British novelist and filmmaker
- Tina Guo (born 1985), Chinese-American cellist and erhuist
- Teresa Kok (born 1964), Malaysian politician
- Kuo Hsing-chun (born 1993), Taiwanese Olympic weightlifter
- Kuo Ping-Wen (1880–1969), Chinese educator
- Robert Kuok (born 1923), Malaysian born Chinese, Hong Kong billionaire, chairman of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
- Sam Quek (born 1988), British field hockey player and gold medal winner at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics
- Kwek Leng Beng (born 1940), Singaporean billionaire, executive chairman of Hong Leong Group Singapore
- Kwik Kian Gie (born 1935), Indonesian politicians
- Aaron Kwok (born 1965), Hong Kong singer, dancer, and actor
- Kenix Kwok (born 1969), Hong Kong actress
- Sonija Kwok (born 1974), Hong Kong actress
- Roger Kwok (born 1964), Hong Kong actor
- Walter Kwok (born 1950), Hong Kong billionaire, former CEO of Sun Hung Kai Properties
- Burt Kwouk (1930–2016), British actor
- Phyllis Quek (born 1972), Malaysian based in Singapore actress
- Quek Leng Chan (born 1941), Malaysian billionaire, co-founder of Hong Leong Group Malaysia
- Kwek Nathaniel (born 1994), Philippines soon to be billionaire, Professional Electrical Engineer Philippines
- Philip Kwok (Yunnan 1944 - Italy 2011) essayist, scholar
See also
- Kwak (surname), the same surname in Korean.
Fictional
- Guo Jing, protagonist in The Legend of the Condor Heroes
References
- ^ Gladney, Dru C. (2004). Dislocating China: reflections on Muslims, minorities and other subaltern subjects. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. p. 294. ISBN 1-85065-324-0.
- ^ Robert W. Hefner (1998). Market cultures: society and morality in the new Asian capitalisms. Westview Press. p. 113. ISBN 0-8133-3360-1. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ Dru C. Gladney (1996). Muslim Chinese: ethnic nationalism in the People's Republic. Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard Univ Asia Center. p. 286. ISBN 0-674-59497-5. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ Michael Dillon (1999). China's Muslim Hui community: migration, settlement and sects. Richmond: Curzon Press. p. 2. ISBN 0-7007-1026-4. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ Dru C. Gladney (1996). Muslim Chinese: ethnic nationalism in the People's Republic. Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard Univ Asia Center. p. 272. ISBN 0-674-59497-5. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ Dru C. Gladney (1996). Muslim Chinese: ethnic nationalism in the People's Republic. Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard Univ Asia Center. p. 266. ISBN 0-674-59497-5. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ Dru C. Gladney (1998). Making majorities: constituting the nation in Japan, Korea, China, Malaysia, Fiji, Turkey, and the United States. Stanford University Press. p. 112. ISBN 0-8047-3048-2. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ Chibli Mallat, Jane Frances Connors, University of London. Centre of Middle Eastern Studies (1990). Islamic family law. BRILL. p. 364. ISBN 1-85333-301-8. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ Jean C. Oi; Andrew George Walder (1999). Property rights and economic reform in China. Stanford University Press. p. 62. ISBN 0-8047-3788-6. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ Jean C. Oi; Andrew George Walder (1999). Property rights and economic reform in China. Stanford University Press. p. 63. ISBN 0-8047-3788-6. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ Peter G. Gowing (July–August 1970). "Islam in Taiwan". SAUDI ARAMCO World.
- ^ Dru C. Gladney (1991). Muslim Chinese: ethnic nationalism in the People's Republic (2, illustrated, reprint ed.). Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University. p. 279. ISBN 0-674-59495-9. Retrieved 2010-06-28. [1]
- ^ Dru C. Gladney (1991). Muslim Chinese: ethnic nationalism in the People's Republic (2, illustrated, reprint ed.). Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University. p. 279. ISBN 0-674-59495-9. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ Bettina Gransow; Pál Nyíri; Shiaw-Chian Fong (2005). China: new faces of ethnography (illustrated ed.). Lit Verlag. p. 126. ISBN 3-8258-8806-1. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
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Taiwan's Top 100 surnames
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| 1st~25th |
- Chen (陳)
- Lin (林)
- Huang (黃)
- Chang/Zhang (張)
- Lee/Li (李)
- Wang (王)
- Wu (吳)
- Liu (劉)
- Tsai/Cai (蔡)
- Yang (楊)
- Hsu/Xu (許)
- Cheng/Zheng (鄭)
- Hsieh/Xie (謝)
- Hung/Hong (洪)
- Kuo/Guo (郭)
- Chiu/Qiu (邱)
- Tseng/Zeng (曾)
- Liao (廖)
- Lai (賴)
- Hsu/Xu (徐)
- Chou/Zhou (周)
- Ye (葉)
- Su (蘇)
- Chuang/Zhuang (莊)
- Lü (呂)
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| 26th~50th |
- Chiang/Jiang (江)
- Ho/He (何)
- Hsiao/Xiao (蕭)
- Luo (羅)
- Kao/Gao (高)
- Pan (潘)
- Chien/Jian (簡)
- Chu/Zhu (朱)
- Chung/Zhong (鍾)
- Peng (彭)
- You (游)
- Chan/Zhan (詹)
- Hu (胡)
- Shih/Shi (施)
- Shen (沈)
- Yu (余)
- Lu (盧)
- Liang (梁)
- Chao/Zhao (趙)
- Yen/Yan (顏)
- Ko/Ke (柯)
- Weng (翁)
- Wei (魏)
- Sun (孫)
- Tai/Dai (戴)
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| 51st~75th |
- Fan (范)
- Fang (方)
- Sung/Song (宋)
- Teng/Deng (鄧)
- Tu/Du (杜)
- Fu (傅)
- Hou (侯)
- Tsao/Cao (曹)
- Hsueh/Xue (薛)
- Ting/Ding (丁)
- Tsuo/Zhuo (卓)
- Ma (馬)
- Juan/Ruan (阮)
- Tung/Dong (董)
- Tang (唐)
- Wen (温)
- Lan (藍)
- Chiang/Jiang(蔣)
- Shih/Shi (石)
- Ku/Gu (古)
- Chi/Ji (紀)
- Yao (姚)
- Lian (連)
- Feng (馮)
- Ou (歐)
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| 76th~100th |
- Cheng (程)
- Tang (湯)
- Huang (黄)
- Tian (田)
- Kang (康)
- Chiang/Jiang (姜)
- Wang (汪)
- Bai (白)
- Tsou/Zou (鄒)
- You (尤)
- Wu (巫)
- Chung/Zhong (鐘)
- Li (黎)
- Tu (涂)
- Kung/Gong (龔)
- Yen/Yan (嚴)
- Han (韓)
- Yuan (袁)
- Chin/Jin (金)
- Tung/Tong (童)
- Lu (陸)
- Hsia/Xia (夏)
- Liu (柳)
- Tu (凃)
- Shao (邵)
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