Everyone has a first name and a surname, and the name is the code name of the person. The first name is given by the elders after the child is born, so where does the surname come from? Some of the main surnames in our country have a history of more than 4,000 years. There are 5,652 surnames recorded in the history of our country, including 3,484 single-syllable surnames, 2,032 double-syllable surnames, and 146 three-syllable surnames. There are currently more than 2,800 surnames.
As for the origin of the Luo surname, many ancient books on surname science have provided very detailed research. For example, the "Manuscript of the Words and Deeds of the Mingxian Clan" points out: "After Zhu Rong, the surname Guo was first granted the title Yicheng, moved to Zhijiang, and lived in Changsha on weekends. There was Luo Huai, the Prime Minister of Liang in the Han Dynasty, and Luo Meng was recorded in Xiangyang. "" A Survey of Surnames": "Shiben, surnamed Xiong, Guangyun, originated from Zhuan Xu at the end of Yin, and was granted the title of Luo Kingdom. , the descendants thought that they looked out of Yuzhang and Changsha. "Tongzhi Clan Briefing": "After the Luo Kingdom, it was said that after Zhurong." "Wei Shu": "The Poduo Luo family, the Husero family, and the Chi Luo family were all changed. From the above records, it can be seen that the Luo family is derived from the fire god Zhu Rong, whose name is Li. He is the son of Emperor Zhuanxu and a descendant of Zhu Rong. In the Zhou Dynasty, he was granted the title of Luo. Yicheng was called Luo State. Yicheng at that time was now Xiangyang in Hubei Province. It was established as Yicheng County in the Han Dynasty. Later, because the land was owned by the Chu State, a new State of Yan was established on the site. The descendants of the Zhu Rong family gradually moved south, first moving to Zhijiang (today's Zhijiang County, Hubei Province), then settling in Changsha, Hunan over the weekend, and finally It also spread to the present-day Nanchang area of ??Jiangxi Province and became a prominent family in Changsha and Nanchang.
In the Tang Dynasty's "Manuscript of the Words and Deeds of Mingxian Clan", it was mentioned that the Luo family is a country with the "ㄆ surname". The so-called "ㄆ surname" has always been used to indicate that the surname originated from the Zhu Rong family. is an ancient surname. According to the records of "Shuowen Tongxun Dingsheng", Yan, Hao, Lu and other surnames were all surnamed in ancient China. In terms of family origins, the Luo family is naturally related to these five surnames. A family from Yiyuan.
When did the descendants of the Luo Kingdom, which was first enshrined in the early years of the Zhou Dynasty, "take the country as their surname"? According to historical records, it was first established in Yicheng during the feudal period after King Wu of Zhou conquered the world. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period about 2,200 years ago, Yicheng was annexed by the powerful Chu at that time, and his descendants lost their country to the south. After moving, people began to use Luo as their surname.
After a long struggle, people with the surname Luo began to emerge in the Qin and Han Dynasties. At that time, from the Three Kingdoms to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, most of the people with the surname Luo who appeared in history books were from Xiangyang, Changsha and Henan. For example, Luo Xian, who served as the prince of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period, was from Xiangyang, Luo Qisheng, who served as the prefect of Wuling in the Jin Dynasty, was from Yuzhang, and the prefect of Xiangyang, who was highly regarded by Huan Wen after the Jin Dynasty moved again, was from Xiangyang. Luo You is also from Xiangyang. It can be seen that Luo Shi at that time was still mainly breeding in Hubei, Hunan and Jiangxi areas on the north and south banks of the Yangtze River.
During the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, the Shu Han Dynasty, with Sichuan as its main territory, also had many celebrities named Luo. In addition to the above-mentioned Luo Xian, there was also a Chengdu celebrity who once advised Gongsun Shu to return to the Han Dynasty. Luo Yan, as well as the famous general Luo Shang, who had used tricks to break the rebellion of Li Te, the governor of Yizhou. This situation is naturally a powerful explanation for Luo's migration to Sichuan.
The Sui and Tang dynasties were an extremely important period for the Luo family. On the one hand, talents emerged in large numbers and shone brightly; on the other hand, they gradually spread from Lianghu and Yuzhang to all parts of the country, and finally became A big surname.
It is not difficult for people with the surname Luo in the south to find out the origins of their family. But generally speaking, Ninghua in Fujian should be the center of the Luo family's migration in the south. After the Jin Dynasty moved south, people surnamed Luo had already arrived here to establish their foundations. After Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty, they moved south in large numbers. Later, the Luo family in Guangdong, Taiwan and other places all came from this place. Luo Guanzhong of the Yuan Dynasty is famous. His "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is one of the best-selling ancient books in China's history.