蘧伯玉及其后裔姓氏流变

The Change of Surname of Qu Boyu and his Descendants

蘧伯玉品行高尚,与孔子交往甚密,对孔子思想的形成产生了重要影响,被孔子誉为"真君子"。他是卫国公族后裔,姓蘧氏。蘧氏系以邑为氏,起源于蘧邑,得姓地在今天的河南长垣。虽然蘧伯玉不是蘧氏的得姓始祖,却被蘧氏、璩氏、琚氏后人尊为鼻祖,这是因为蘧氏在发展过程中又先后衍生出了璩、琚二氏。因"蘧"与"璩"两字相通,蘧氏有改姓璩氏者,后再受二十世纪五六十年代推行汉字简化运动的影响,"璩"字被俗写为"琚"字,璩氏又变成了琚氏。因此,蘧氏、璩氏、琚氏同根同源,根在河南长垣。

Qu Bo Yu had a noble character and had a close contact with Confucius,which had an important influence on the formation of Confucius’ thought.He was known as the "true gentleman" by Confucius.He was a descendant of the Duke of Wei,surnamed Qu.The surname of Qu took the capital as its surname,which was located in today’s Changyuan,Henan Province.In the process of development,there derived successively two other surnames which had the same pronunciation but different in spelling.They have the same root and the same origin.Their roots are in Changyuan,Henan Province.