Surname Overview
Pronunciation and Overview
The surname 潞 is pronounced Lù. It is relatively rare today and was not included in the old Hundred Family Surnames.
Lù Surname
Surname profileLù / Lu
Origins
The Wei-Clan State of Lu Origin
The State of Lu in the Spring and Autumn period was a branch of the Red Di and bore the ancestral name Wei. After Jin destroyed the state, its descendants adopted Lu as their surname.
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The Jiang-Clan Canlu Origin
Another lineage traces to Canlu of the Jiang clan, identified with the Yan Emperor, and took its surname from the fief of Lu.
Northern Wei Surname Change
A Lu lineage in Henan arose when the Moluzhen clan changed its surname during the Northern Wei period.
Historical Records
Historical Attestation
The Treatise on Clans in Zheng Tongzhi records the surname and states that the State of Lu was in Lu County, Shangdang; Jin destroyed it in the fifteenth year of Duke Xuan of Lu, after which its descendants adopted the state name as their surname.
Migration and Distribution
Commandery Associations and Distribution
Its commandery associations include Neihuang and Shangdang. Present-day distribution includes Taiyuan, Yuncheng, Changzhi and Jincheng in Shanxi, as well as Chengdu in Sichuan and Yinchuan in Ningxia.
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