Lu is the 43rd most populous surname in China, especially in Shandong and Henan provinces. Today, the population named Lu accounts for about o．46％% of the national population, with a total population of about 5.7 million. The name of Lu
Lu, the original copper ingot. In Oracle Bone Inscriptions, the word Lu is like an ancient bronze cake, and the word Lu in the bronze inscription simply fills the two pieces and becomes an intuitive image of the copper ingot. The word Lu in Xiaoli connects the upper and lower couples. Lu, indicating the technology and industry of smelting. Lu people took this as the original totem, and named the clan name and emblem. The place where Lu people lived for a long time was called Lu, and the castle they built was called Lu Yi. Finally, it developed into a country, and the surname Lu appeared.
The origin and evolution of the surname Lu
There are two main branches of the origin of the surname Lu: the surname Jiang and the surname Ji.
the first one is from Jiang. Emperor Yan was born in Jiang Shui and his surname was Jiang. Sun Boyi, a descendant of Emperor Yan, was named Taiyue. When Yu Xia was in danger, he assisted Yu Qia Shui and was sealed in Lu, now Nanyang West, Henan Province. Boyi was the founding ancestor of Lu, the Marquis, and was given the surname Jiang again as a sacrifice of Emperor Yan. Lu went through Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties. At the beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Lu Hou entered the court as the sheep herder of Zhou Muwang. When he arrived in Zhou Xuanwang, he changed his name to Fu Guo, and now he has a surname of Lu, which is called Donglu in history. At the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period, Donglu was destroyed by the Song State, and its land was later returned to Cai State, and Lu people moved eastward to the northeast of Tongshan, Jiangsu Province. In 688 BC, King Chu Wen destroyed Lu (Fu), and after the destruction of the two Lu countries, all the descendants took the country as their surname, and Jiang surnamed Lu had a history of more than 4, years at most. Lu Shang, a descendant of the Jiang surname Lu, also known as Jiang Ziya and Tai Gong Wang, assisted Zhou Wenwang in destroying the merchants, and was abandoned in the early Zhou Dynasty, which was an important vassal state in the eastern Zhou Dynasty.
the second expenditure comes from Ji's surname. At the end of Shang Dynasty, Zhou Wenwang occupied the land of Wei, and sealed his relatives to Wei, which was the first place where Wei was named Ji. After Zhou Wuwang destroyed the business, he made Bi Gong, his younger brother, higher than Bi, and now he is in Xianyang North, Shaanxi, for Bi Guo. Wei moved to Weicheng, northeast of Ruicheng, Shanxi. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Wei Kun, a doctor in Duke Jing of Jin Dynasty, took food from Lu, whose name was Lu Kun, and Lu Yi was in the southwest of Huoxian County in Shanxi Province. He also took food from the kitchen, so he was called Kitchen Wuzi, whose kitchen was in the north of Shangqiu, Henan Province, and his son Lu Xiang took Lu as his surname. The history of Ji surnamed Lu is at least 26 years.
the integration of foreign genes
the third branch comes from foreign surnames and foreign surnames. After entering the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the northern wars were chaotic, the regime changed frequently, the people of the Central Plains fled south, and foreigners lived in North China. Incidents of foreign genes flowing into the northern Han people continue to occur. The blood of foreign people in the northern Lu surname mainly occurred after the Western Han Dynasty. The most important events are as follows: in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Dongyue nationality had a Lu surname; Lu's family in Lueyang was born after Baima Miao people in Wuzhang County, Han Dynasty. Qin Zhou's surname Lu is from the Qiang nationality; The surname Lu of Shangbang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty came from the Hugh official clan; Henan Lushi was born in Xianbei, and Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang and settled in the Central Plains, and changed the Xianbei people's monks, the deputy Lushi, the angry Lushi, the once-Lv Ling's clan and the angry Lushi's clan into Lu's clan, all of which became Han nationality. In the Qing Dynasty, there was a surname of Lu in Manchuria. The surname of Lu in Manchu originally came from the Han people, and it was full of Han people in the flag, and then it was sinicized, becoming the surname of Lu in Northeast China.
the distribution and migration of Lu surname in history
in the pre-Qin period, the areas where Lu surname lived were mainly in Henan, Hubei, Anhui, Shandong, Shaanxi and Gansu. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the surname Lu was distributed in Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and other places in the north. During the Three Kingdoms and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the surname Lu had spread in the areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and at the same time, the footprints of the surname Lu appeared in Yunnan in the southwest and Guangdong in the south. During the Tang Dynasty, he immigrated to the south twice. Lu entered Fujian, and then entered Taiwan Province in the early Qing Dynasty.
during the song dynasty, there were about 94, people surnamed Lu, accounting for 1.21% of the national population, and it was the 14th surname in the song dynasty. The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Shandong, Henan, Jiangxi, and Anhui. The surnames of Lu in these four provinces account for about 56% of the total population of Lu, followed by Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Fujian, and Hebei, and the surnames of Lu in these five provinces are concentrated by 32%. Shandong is the largest province with the surname of Lu, accounting for 16% of the total entrance of Lu. Lu Yu, Jiangxi and Anhui have formed two large population gathering centers of the surname Lu.
during the Ming dynasty, there were about 55, people surnamed Lu, accounting for .6% of the national population, and it was the 32nd largest surname in the Ming dynasty. In Song Yuanming's 6 years, the net population growth rate was 2%, while the population growth of Lu was negative. In the face of war and slaughter, the victims should first be the people whose main body is in the north, and Lu's surname is the surname of the northern region, which naturally suffered a serious impact. The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Gansu. The surnames of Lu in these three provinces account for about 46% of the total population of Lu, followed by Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanxi and Shaanxi, and the surnames of Lu in these four provinces are concentrated by 28%. The population of Lu surname in Zhejiang province accounts for about 18% of the total population of Lu surname, making it the largest province of Lu surname. The population movement of Lu surname in the whole country moved from north to southeast and also to northwest, and the center of Lu surname drifted from north to southeast, forming two large population gathering centers of Lu surname in Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Longqin. /xuexi/
The distribution and atlas of contemporary Lu surname
The population of contemporary Lu surname has reached more than 5.7 million, making it the 43rd surname in China, accounting for about .46% of the national population. In the 6 years since the Ming Dynasty, the population of the surname Lu has increased from more than 55, to 5.7 million, an increase of more than 1 times. The growth rate of the population of the surname Lu is still lower than that of the whole country. Since the Song Dynasty, the population of the surname Lu has shown a downward trend in l years. At present, the distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Shandong and Henan, which account for about 26% of the total population of Lu. Secondly, it is distributed in Hebei, Liaoning, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Heilongjiang and Zhejiang, and the surname of Lu in these six provinces is concentrated by 29%. The whole country has formed the distribution characteristics of the surname Lu with Lu Yu as the center and gradually spreading to the northeast, southeast and southwest. During the 6-year period, the degree and direction of the population movement of the surname Lu were very different from those of the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties. The detour from southeast to central China, north China and west China is very strong, which is greater than the migration from north to south.
The surname Lu is distributed in the population of Henan, Shandong, Beijing, Tianjin, northwestern Shaanxi, most of Hebei, most of Heijiliao, central and southeastern Inner Mongolia, most of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, northeastern Hubei, southeastern Fujian, Taiwan Province, southeastern Guangxi and most of Yunnan. Generally, the surname Lu accounts for more than .56% of the local population, and the central area can reach more than 1.2%. The coverage area of the above areas accounts for the total land area. In northeastern Hebei, eastern Inner Mongolia, western end of Liaoning, border area of Heiji, Ningxia, eastern Gansu, southwestern Shaanxi, northeastern Sichuan, central Hubei, southwestern Anhui, northwestern Jiangxi, most of Fujian, most of Guangxi, southeastern Guangdong and northwestern Yunnan, the surname Lu generally accounts for .42%-.56% of the local population, and its coverage area accounts for about 15% of the total land area.
the traditional culture of the surname Lu
The county names and hall numbers of the surname Lu mainly include Hedong, Dongping, Donglai, Yang Zhai, Puyang, Luoyang, etc. Besides the same name as the county names, the hall names of the surname Lu also include Weibin, etc. The name of Weibin Hall codes out Lu Shang, the ancestor of Lu family. Lu Shang, Jiang Ziya, is said to have fished in seclusion on the bank of Wei River, met Zhou Wenwang, was honored as a Buddhist, assisted Zhou Wuwang in destroying the business, and was sealed in Qi.
There are the following five important couplets of Lu surname;
vertical positive color; Clip bags to store talents.
Yueyang Xianke; Weishui Senior Citizen.
Jian ying is pregnant with Wei water; Spring flowers are all over Yingzhou.
The old man abandoned his fishing rod and became Emperor Zuo; If you pay less, you will be more talented.
To store talents by putting them in bags, and to promote the magnanimity of sacred work; Standing in the right direction, ignoring the legacy of uncle hui.
family motto
the family instruction of Lu surname is the most authentic and easily accepted by the Ming scholar Lv Kun. Lv Kun, a native of Ningling, Henan Province, was a scholar in Wanli, and worked as an assistant minister to the Governor of Shanxi and the Ministry of Punishment. Lv Kun's thought is eclectic, claiming that he is neither Confucian nor Taoist nor Zen, and that Confucianism is also Taoist and Zen. Adhere to the monist view that everything in heaven and earth is just gathering and dispersing in one breath, and oppose the neo-Confucianists' view that reason comes before qi, and also oppose the Buddhist theory of reincarnation. Advocate the idea of paying full attention to its survival, the life and death of the people and the evil of the people. In educational thought, he opposed being born with knowledge, and thought that only by continuous learning can new knowledge be obtained. It is advocated that as long as reading is clear about the general idea, it is not necessary to find chapters and sentences and stick to the words of the family. Advocate the cultivation of morality such as being good at heart, having recognized, being good at saving the lost. He attaches great importance to the character education of his children, and thinks that if there is no good character, it is worth a penny to win three yuan and one official? Emphasize the need to be virtuous, do fair things, and be a mature person. To be honest, we must put justice above everything.
At present, there are 198 genealogies of Lu family in Shanghai Library.
celebrity frequency and clan sages
The Dictionary of China's Personal Names has included 25 celebrities of the past dynasties, accounting for .55% of the total number of celebrities, ranking 37th in celebrity surnames; Lu's famous litterateurs accounted for .74% of all litterateurs in China, ranking 28th. Lu's famous medical scientists accounted for .45% of the total number of medical scientists in China, ranking 49th. The famous artists named Lu accounted for .43% of the total number of artists in China, ranking 55th.
The important figures of Lu surname in history are: Lv Buwei, the prime minister of Qin Dynasty; Lv Zhi, Emperor Gaozu of the Western Han Dynasty; Eastern Han Dynasty famous Lu Bu; Lu Meng, the famous Dongwu of the Three Kingdoms; Lu Chen, a philologist in the Western Jin Dynasty, and Lu Jing, a phonologist; Lv Guang, the monarch of the sixteen countries in the Eastern Jin Dynasty; Tang Dynasty philosopher Lv Cai, Prime Minister Lv Jin, and famous Taoist Lv Dongbin; In the Northern Song Dynasty, Shangshu left servant to shoot Lv Dafang, prime ministers Lv Mengzheng, Lv Duan, Lv Yijian and Lv Gongzhu, and scholar and epigraphist Lu Dalin; Lv Benzhong, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, and Lv Zuqian, a philosopher and writer; Ming Dynasty painter Lv Ji, scholars Lv Kun and Lv Nan, and opera theorist Lu Tiancheng; Lv Liuliang, a thinker in the Ming and Qing Dynasties; Dasen Lu, a democratic revolutionary in the Republic of China, and Lv Yanzhi, an architect; Contemporary linguist Lv Shuxiang, historian Lv Simian and Lv Zhenyu, meteorologist Lv Jiong, painter Lv Fengzi, national musician Lv Wencheng and Buddhist scholar Lv Cheng.
blood type of Lu surname
The blood type distribution of Lu surname population is: O type accounts for 33.8%, A type accounts for 28.6%, B type accounts for 28.8%, and AB type accounts for 8.8%.