# Xiahou

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'''Xiahou''' ({{Zh|c=夏侯|p=Xiàhóu}}) is a [Chinese compound surname](/source/Chinese_compound_surname) from the [Spring and Autumn period](/source/Spring_and_Autumn_period).  After the [State of Qi](/source/Qi_(Henan)) was destroyed by [Chu](/source/Chu_(state)), [Duke Jian of Qi's](/source/Duke_Jian_of_Qi_(Henan)) ([杞简��](/source/%3Azh%3A%E6%9D%9E%E7%AE%80%E5%85%AC)) younger brother, Prince Tuo (公子佗), fled to the [State of Lu](/source/Lu_(state)). [Duke Dao of Lu](/source/Duke_Dao_of_Lu) ([鲁悼公](/source/%3Azh%3A%E9%B2%81%E6%82%BC%E5%85%AC)) granted him land and created him [Marquis](/source/Marquis) of Xia ({{zh|c=夏侯|p=xiàhóu}}), after their ancestor's, [Yu the Great](/source/Yu_the_Great)'s, dynastic name, Xia (夏).

Xiahou is a rare compound surname. Beijing, Shanghai, Ji'an (Jiangxi), Wuhan (Hubei), Pingxiang, Xingguo, Taiyuan (Shanxi), Jinzhong, and Taichung (Taiwan) are some of the places where this surname can be found today.

==Notable people surnamed Xiahou==
*[Xiahou Ying](/source/Xiahou_Ying), Renowned early Han official, rose to the rank of Minister Coachman
*[Lady Xiahou](/source/Lady_Xiahou_(Shu_Han)) (Xiahouji), Noble lady of Three Kingdoms period, and wife of [Zhang Fei](/source/Zhang_Fei) of [Shu Han](/source/Shu_Han) state.
*[Xiahou Lingnu](/source/Xiahou_Lingnu), Noble lady of the Three Kingdoms period, loyal to the [Cao Wei](/source/Cao_Wei) state.
*[Xiahou Xuan](/source/Xiahou_Xuan), Late Eastern Han dynasty metaphysician, minister of [Cao Wei](/source/Cao_Wei)
*[Xiahou Dun](/source/Xiahou_Dun), General of [Cao Wei](/source/Cao_Wei)
*[Xiahou Yuan](/source/Xiahou_Yuan), General of [Cao Wei](/source/Cao_Wei)
*[Xiahou Ba](/source/Xiahou_Ba), General of [Cao Wei](/source/Cao_Wei) (later defected to [Shu Han](/source/Shu_Han)), second son of Xiahou Yuan
*[Chengguan](/source/Chengguan_(monk)), Native of Shanyin in Yue County during the Tang dynasty (present day [Shaoxing](/source/Shaoxing), Zhejiang), allegedly surnamed Xiahou, ''[zi](/source/Courtesy_name)'' Da Xiu, granted the ''[hao](/source/Courtesy_name)'' Qingliang, one of the four ancestors of the [Huayan School](/source/Huayan_School).
*[Xiahou He](/source/Xiahou_He), Official of Cao Wei
*[Xiahou Hui](/source/Xiahou_Hui), Official of Cao Wei
*[Xiahou Hui](/source/Xiahou_Hui_(Sima_Shi's_wife)), Wife of [Sima Shi](/source/Sima_Shi), daughter of Xiahou Shang
*[Xiahou Mao](/source/Xiahou_Mao), Official of Cao Wei
*[Xiahou Shang](/source/Xiahou_Shang), General of Cao Wei
*[Xiahou Wei](/source/Xiahou_Wei), Official Cao Wei

{{surname|Xiahou}}

Category:Chinese-language surnames
Category:Individual Chinese surnames

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