The Song dynasty historian Ouyang Xiu traced the Ouyang surname to
Ti (蹄, pinyin: Tí), a prince of Yue, the second son of King Wujiang
(無疆). After his state was extinguished by the state of Chu, Ti and his
family lived in the south side of the Mount Ouyu (歐余山, currently
called Mount Sheng 升山 in Huzhou, Zhejiang). In Classical Chinese, the
south side of a mountain or the north bank of a river is called Yang
(陽), thus the Ti family was called Ouyang. He was called Marquis of
Ouyang Village (歐陽亭侯). Traditionally, Ti's ancestry can be traced
through his father Wujiang, the King of Yue, to the semi-legendary Yu
the Great (大禹).