Lùn Surname

Surname Overview

Lun is a currently rare surname, found today in Jiuquan of Gansu and Taiyuan and Yangquan of Shanxi; it does not appear among the top 1,000 surnames in mainland China, and is absent in Taiwan.

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Origins

Three Origins

The surname has three origin branches: one came from the Gar family of Tubo and was sinicized from an official title; one came from the Tang-period prefecture of Lונchuan and was based on a place name; and one came from the Jin-period office of Guolun and was later sinicized as the single surname Lun.

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Historical Records

Documentary Attestations

The Zheng Tongzhi: Shizu Lue records it as a prominent Tubo surname and names Lun Qinling as the son of Lu Dongzan. The Xing shi kao lüe also cites the Xiqin lu for General Lun Shuda and the Tang shu for the use of “Lun” as the title of a Tubo chancellor.

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Migration and Distribution

In the second year of Shengli under the Tang, Lun Gongren, a descendant of Gar Dongzan, led 7,000 Tuyuhun encampments to submit to Tang, became Right Jade-bell Guard General, and settled in Liangzhou, present-day Wuwei, Gansu. Descendants of the Lun lineage are also recorded in Tongren, Zeku, and Tongde in Qinghai's Huangnan region.

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Notable People

Historical Figures

Recorded historical figures with the Lun surname include the Tang-period Tubo minister Lun Qinling, the Tubo general Lun Zanren, the Tang general Lun Gongren, and the Song-period Lun Jiuling and Ming-period Lun Zhongli.

Reference: 论姓_论姓的来源和历史_百家姓