Lu / Lu
The Lu surname derives from the Ji surname, Xianbei, Mongolian, and Manchu groups. One Ji-surname branch came from the fief of a Wei state grandee at Wulu and was later shortened from Wulu to Lu.
Non-Han origins include the Xianbei Aluhan clan, which adopted Lu during Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei; the Mongolian Baogu clan; and the Henan Tang Lu surname among the Zhuang, descendants of a clan whose original totem was the deer.
The Fengsu Tong records that a Wei state grandee in the Spring and Autumn period held Wulu as his fief; the surname tradition also records the Aluhan clan adopting Lu during Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei.
The principal commanderies are Puyang, Fufeng, and Dingxing. Hall names include Puyang Hall, Fufeng Hall, Dingxing Hall, and Benren Hall.
During the Song dynasty, the Lu surname was mainly distributed in Zhejiang and Guangdong; during the Ming dynasty, mainly in Shandong, Hebei, Jiangsu, and Henan; among contemporary users, ancestral places are concentrated chiefly in Shandong, Hebei, and Liaoning.
Lu You was a Qing dynasty figure, styled Youshang and known as Langao; he served as an Investigating Censor of Jiangnan Circuit and an Assistant Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, among other posts.
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