139. Lou (lóu)
139. Lou (lóu)
Tracing the roots
The surname Lou is derived from the surname Si. After King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty, he granted the title of Duke Donglou to Qi (now Qixian County, Henan Province) after Xia Yu. During the Spring and Autumn Period, they moved eastward to Louyi in the present-day Zhucheng area of ??Shandong Province. His descendants all have the surname Lou.
Changing distribution
Before the Tang Dynasty, it was mainly distributed in Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, and Zhejiang. Two centers were formed in Shanxi and Zhejiang, and in Dongyang The county (now Jinhua, Zhejiang) formed a prominent family in the county. Since the Song Dynasty, it has been distributed in Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Shandong and other places, and is most concentrated in Wenzhou, Shaoxing, Jiading, Jiaxing and other places in Zhejiang.
A gathering of celebrities
Lou Shide: Minister and famous general of the Tang Dynasty. A native of Yuanwu, Zhengzhou (now Yuanyang, Henan). He once served as the supervisory censor, joined the army in response to the imperial edict, and made great contributions to Tubo, winning eight battles and eight victories. Later, he became the Prime Minister of Luantai, Tongfengge, and took charge of the affairs of the state and the border areas for 30 years. He is generous and tolerant of others. His younger brother became the governor of Daizhou. When he was about to take office, he asked: "Rongfeng has reached the end of his life. How can you avoid others' jealousy?" His younger brother said: "If someone spits on my face, I will wipe it off." "It's gone." He said: "Don't wipe it off, just let the spit dry up calmly." After his death, he gave it to the governor of Liangzhou, with the posthumous title of Zhen.
Lou Liang: a famous Neo-Confucianist in the Ming Dynasty. A native of Shangrao, Jiangxi. During the Jingtai period of the Ming Dynasty, he promoted people and went to Chengdu to teach. The famous politician and philosopher Wang Shouren (Yangming) worshiped him as his teacher when he was young. And get the enlightenment that "sage can learn from it".
Concubine Lou: formerly known as Lou Suzhen, a female poet and calligrapher in the Ming Dynasty. A native of Shangrao, Jiangxi. Erudite and politically knowledgeable. The direct wife of King Ning Zhu Chenhao. King Ning launched an army to rebel, but Concubine Lou refused to listen to her repeated advice. Defeated and killed. Before he died, he sighed and said: "In the past, Shang Zhou listened to the woman's words and died, but I did not listen to the woman's words and died. It's too late to regret!" The eldest daughter of Lou Chen in the Ministry of War. The granddaughter of the famous Neo-Confucianist Lou Liang.