Chinese surname · rank 476
辜
辜 is read as gū.
gū
Simplified and traditional 辜
crime, criminal offense
Earth
Time: Tang-layer tradition, 618-907 CE
Place: Fujian Putian / Jiangnan and Nanchang context in Lin Zheng tradition; Hubei Gujiagang and Chaozhou Gucuo place-name possibilities; southern distribution context.
Origin note
Gu/辜 is a source-sensitive surname because references disagree. One prominent family-origin tradition derives it from Lin Zheng, a Tang official and Lin-family descendant, whose family received the surname Gu after a wrongful accusation was cleared. A second layer treats Gu as a southern place-name surname, with examples in Hubei and Chaozhou. Some encyclopedias add an older office-title layer connected with ritual or punishment office terms. The page records these as parallel traditions and does not claim a classic Baijiaxing line.
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