History
The Song Dynasty historian Ouyang Xiu traced the Ouyang surname to Di (蹄, Pinyin: Tí), a prince of Yue, the second son of King Wujiang (無疆/无疆). After his state was extinguished by the state of Chu (楚國/楚国), Di and his family was living in the south side of the Mount Ouyu (歐余山/欧余山, currently called Mount Sheng 升山 in Huzhou, Zhejiang). In Chinese the south side of a mountain or the north bank of a river is called Yang (陽/阳), thus the Di family was called Ouyang. He was called Marquis of Ouyang Ting (歐陽/欧阳亭侯). Traditionally, Di's ancestry can be traced through his father Wujiang, the King of Yue, to the semi-legendary Yu the Great (大禹).
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