jū Surname

Surname Overview

Ju, pronounced jū, is a rare surname currently used among Han Chinese.

Reference: 雎姓_雎姓的来源和历史_百家姓

Origins

Bird-Office Lineage Tradition

One tradition holds that Shaohao named offices after birds; the Jujiu clan served as sima and oversaw law, and the clan name was later shortened to Ju.

Reference: 雎:詳細字義,中國雎姓詳解,陝西雎姓祥解,引發的官司,古籍解釋,方言俗語,_中文百科全書

Historical Records

Dictionary Attestations

The Kangxi Dictionary records the Jujiu clan as holding the office of sima and notes that 雎 was also written 睢; it also cites Zhengzitong for the Ming Hongwu-era censor Ju Jia.

Reference: 雎:詳細字義,中國雎姓詳解,陝西雎姓祥解,引發的官司,古籍解釋,方言俗語,_中文百科全書

Migration and Distribution

Modern Distribution

The Ju surname is concentrated in Yangzhou, Yizheng, and Tieluyuan in Lintong District, Xi'an, with smaller populations in parts of Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, and Hebei.

Reference: 雎:詳細字義,中國雎姓詳解,陝西雎姓祥解,引發的官司,古籍解釋,方言俗語,_中文百科全書

Notable People

Historical Figures

Recorded historical bearers include Ju Zhen of the Han dynasty, Ju Mingyi, a scholar of the Yuan Hongwen Academy, Ju Jia, a censor during the Ming Hongwu era, and the Huaxian examination graduates Ju Ze, Ju Chun, and Ju Yuan of the Ming Chenghua era.

Reference: 雎:詳細字義,中國雎姓詳解,陝西雎姓祥解,引發的官司,古籍解釋,方言俗語,_中文百科全書

Genealogy and Generation Names

Tieluyuan Generation Names

In the lineage recorded on tombstones at Jugou in Lintong, Ju Xizhong and Ju Xigang were of the seventh generation, the eighth used the generation character Wen, and the ninth used Chuan. Both stones were erected in the 41st year of the Qianlong reign.

Reference: 雎:詳細字義,中國雎姓詳解,陝西雎姓祥解,引發的官司,古籍解釋,方言俗語,_中文百科全書