Zhu surname, one of the Chinese surnames, is a typical multi-ethnic and multi-original surname, mainly derived from the Ji surname, Qi surname, Zi surname and ethnic minority surname change surnames. Zhu He was the ancestor of the surname De.
The surname Zhu ranked 17th in the Song Dynasty version of " Hundred Family Surnames "; by 2013, the surname Zhu ranked 13th in China by population, mainly distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui regions, accounting for about 1.2% of the national population, and the total population was about 15 million.
In Chinese history, the Zhu surname has established two dynasties. In addition to the Ming Dynasty established by Zhu Yuanzhang, the other is Houliang established by Zhu Wen during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
The surname Zhu, the Ming Dynasty's national surname, is the 13th largest surname in China today. It is one of the Chinese surnames with a population of more than 10 million. It has a population of more than 1% of the Han population. The Zhu surname 17th among the hundreds of surnames ("Zhu" Qin Youxu).
The Zhu surname has established two dynasties in Chinese history, namely the Ming Empire established by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty Taizu, and the Houliang established by Zhu Wen during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
The Zhu surname originated in the area of Zhecheng County, Shangqiu City, Henan Province. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, King Xuan of Chu defeated Cao and was wielded in Zhu (now southeast of Qufu, Shandong). Later, some people of Zhu moved south to Anhui Danyang , Jiangsu Dantu and other places; in the middle of the Warring States Period, King Xuan of Chu destroyed the turmoil and moved the turist to Chu (now northwest of Huanggang , Hubei ).
During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Zhu surname was spread throughout the Central Plains and East China. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Zhu family continued to migrate south, but the main breeding areas were still in most parts of the Huai River and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. During the Tang Dynasty, the surname Zhu appeared in Guangdong. The Ming Dynasty was the heyday of the Zhu family. The Zhu family quickly developed to the whole country. Some people moved to Taiwan, who lived in coastal areas such as Fujian and Guangdong. During the Qing Dynasty, some people moved far away to Southeast Asia and some European and American countries and regions.
Origin and evolution of the Zhu surname
The origin of the Zhu surname mainly has four major branches: The descendants of the Zhu Xiang family , the Cao surname, the Li surname and the Zi surname.
The first branch was from Zhu Xiang's family. Fuxi was an era earlier than Huangdi . Legend has it that Fuxi formulated the definition and transmission rules of the surname He. The Zhuxiang clan uses red heart wood and vermil as the totem and is active in the Huaiyang area of Henan Province. The Zhu family has a history of more than 5,000 years. The first celebrity with the surname Zhu was Shunchen Zhu Hu. The Zhuhu clan may be descendants of the Zhu Xiang clan. Zhu Hu's descendants performed well. Celebrities such as Zhu Zhang, the famous hermit of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhu Mao, the Qi man during the Warring States Period, , Wei State , and Zhu Jin, the Marquis of Zhongyi of the Western Han Dynasty, are all called descendants of Zhu Hu. It was active in the Hebei-Shandong-Henan region in the pre-Qin period.
The second branch comes from the surname Cao. In the early Shang Dynasty, a branch of the Cao tribe in Caoyang, which lived in the east of Lingbao, Henan, was divided into Zhuyang, southwest of Caoyang, and was called the Zhu clan. The Zhu people moved with the Cao people. During the Shang Dynasty, they moved to the place where the Zhu Xiang family lived in Huaiyang, Henan Province. In the Spring and Autumn Period, they were Zhuyi of , Chen State, . At the beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty, King Wu of Zhou granted his son-in-law Guiman in Chen, seized Zhuyi and merged it into Chen State, and appointed Cao, a descendant of the Zhu people in Cao, to be named Nanzu Village, southeast of Qufu, Shandong Province, and established the Zhu State, and became a vassal of Lu State . In 614 BC, he moved to Yi, and now Jiwang City in the southeast of Zoucheng, Shandong Province. Some of the people of Zhu moved south to Zhufang, and now the southeast of Dantu in Jiangsu Province. In the middle of the Warring States Period, King Xuan of Chu destroyed the Kingdom of Zhu and moved the people of Zhu to the land of Chu, which is now northwest of Huanggang, Hubei. The people of Zhu then took Zhu as their surname and then left the town to be named Zhu.
The Zhu family of Cao is the most important component of the Zhu family. In the pre-Qin period, the Zhu family of Cao was always active in Henan, Shandong, Suzhou and Hubei regions, and the Zhu family of Cao was also 2,400 years old. During the Han Dynasty, Pei State (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu) became the most important reproduction center and birthplace of the Zhu family.
The third branch comes from the surname Li. DuyaoSon Danzhu, the son of Emperor , took his name as his clan. Because Danzhu is enfeoffed in the Danshui River Basin, it is located in the Zhejiang River area in Henan Province and is called Danzhu in ancient times. Shun conferred Danzhu as the Marquis of Fangyi, so he was called Fanghou, and was different from the surname Li. After the Danzhu tribe was defeated by Shun, its clan members scattered in Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Hubei, Hunan and other places. One of them was named Danzhu. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, its descendants developed into prominent families in the Xiangxian County of Pei State. The Zhu family of the Li family also has a history of 4,000 years. The fourth branch of
comes from the surname Zi. King Cheng of Zhou conferred the concubine's brother Wei Ziqi in Song Dynasty to worship Shang.By the late Warring States Period, in 286 BC, Qi destroyed the Song Dynasty. The descendants of Zhu, the descendants of Song Weizi, who lives in Dangshan, Jiangsu, took the ancestor's name as their surname. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, it moved to Henan Nanyang . It developed into a large family of Zhu in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Until the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Zhu surname in Nanyang was still a famous family among the Zhu surname. The Zhu family surnamed Zi has a history of 2,300 years. The name of
Zhu and totem
Zhu, the original meaning is a tree. Because the heart of the tree is red, it is called red-hearted wood, and belongs to the pine and cypress. Guo Moruo's bronze inscriptions: Zhu is the first text of Zhu, and its original meaning is synonymous with the original and the last. The bronze inscription uses dots in the "wood" to indicate its place, which refers to things. Later it evolved from a point to a horizontal line. To make two horizontal lines means to cut off the upper and lower ends and store the middle section.
In ancient times, many red heart wood grew in Zhunyang area, Henan Province. The clans living here used red heart wood as their primitive totem, and the Zhuxiang clan was one of them. Zhu later evolved into Zhu. During the Spring and Autumn Period, this area belonged to the Chen State and was called Zhuyi. It is speculated that the character "Zhu" also evolved from the character "Zhu", and a castle was built in the land of Zhu, and naturally it was formed by adding a town beside the character "Zhu".
Zhu family population distribution
Contemporary, the population of the surname Zhu has reached more than 15 million, making it the thirteenth largest surname in the country, accounting for about 1.2% of the national population. In the 600 years since the Ming Dynasty, the population of Zhu's surname has increased from 1.86 million to 15 million, an increase of about 8 times. The increase rate of population of Zhu surname is much lower than the increase rate of population in the country. This may be related to the fact that the Zhu surname of the royal family changed their surnames because they were hunted down and avoided national disasters after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and the Zhu surnames changed from other surnames to their original surnames. The distribution across the country is mainly concentrated in five provinces: Jiangsu, Henan, Anhui, Zhejiang and Guangdong, accounting for about 44% of the total population of Zhu surname in the country. Secondly, it is distributed in eight provinces and cities, Hunan, Shandong, Hubei, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Hebei and Shanghai, accounting for about 34%. Jiangsu is the largest province in the surname Zhu, accounting for about 15% of the population in the country. The country has formed a high-density settlement area for the Zhu surname in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui.
Contemporary population distribution frequency, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangxi, the southeast of Shandong, eastern Hubei and Hunan, northern Fujian, central and northern Guangdong, most of Yunnan, southern Sichuan, southwestern Guizhou, and northern Inner Mongolia. The Zhu surname generally accounts for more than 1.32% of the local population, and some areas can reach up to 2.4%. The coverage area of the above areas accounts for 14% of the total land area, and about 45.5% of the people with the surname Zhu are living. In most parts of Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi and Gansu, Ningxia, Sichuan and Guizhou, Chongqing, Guangxi, western Hunan, eastern Guangdong and eastern ends, Hainan , southern Fujian, Taiwan, eastern Qinghai, northeastern Xinjiang, central and eastern Inner Mongolia, eastern Hebei, Beijing and Tianjin, and Heijilia, the Zhu surname generally accounts for between 0.66% and 1.32% of the local population. The coverage area above accounts for 46% of the total ten areas of the country, and about 52% of the people with the surname Zhu surname live.
The important couplets of Zhu's surname are as follows:
Read with a thorn and read diligently; break the threshold and show loyalty.
is the rule of the North Sea; sings all over Nanyang.
Luantai straight; deer cave hanging guide.
Wuyuan年官网; Hui Kingdom is full of honor.
The sea of jade has a thousand chances to explore the secrets of the Five Classics; the bookstore has thousands of volumes, and it is widely searched for the wonders of the Two You.
Family motto: Zhu Xi is a famous philosopher, educator and writer in the Southern Song Dynasty in my country. His Neo-Confucianism and educational principles are also reflected in his family precepts. The "Zhu Zi Xunzi Tie" was compiled from several family letters to educate his eldest son. Zhu Xi's way of training his son is reasonable and was imitated by hundreds of schools of thought in later generations. When studying, it is advocating thinking more, remembering more, and asking more questions. It is particularly emphasized that "when you have any doubts, you can write down the notes in a booklet", "when you see others' good words and deeds, you will respect them and record them", "when you see good words and words, you will borrow them and read them carefully, or pass them on them and consult them", and it is also emphasized that "no matter how good you are, you will only take good things." Zhu Xi asked his son to be humble first and be cautious in making friends. He divided his friends into two categories: good friends and bad friends. You should make good friends who are simple, loyal and trustworthy, able to point out your own faults, and alienate those who are flattering, arrogant, debauchery, and seductive. If you have low ambitions, vulgar interests, and cannot strictly restrain yourself, you will inevitably alienate good friends and get close to bad friends, and unknowingly enter the circle of villains.
Genealogy: Currently, 329 genealogy of the surname Zhu are collected in the Shanghai Library. Other units across the country and library managers from the United States, Japan and other countries also collect 766 genealogy of the surname Zhu.
generation ranking (the following are some regions)
Jiangsu Nanjing: Yunwen follows the ancestors' teachings, Qinwu's great king wins, follow the way and be good at auspiciousness, use good teachers and good teachers and good teachers
Beijing: Gaozhanqi sees, good fortune, good fortune, charity and Yibo promote, Jian Jingdi's previous advice
Jiangxi Wuyuan: A great scholar of great scholars, famous philosophers, all generations of wise voices, wise and wise, the country always stands forever, virtue and love can be reaped the world's long-term virtue and love, and be honest and honest, follow the ancient teachings, and uphold the ethical sayings, Sheng Honglie and Qianqian Ying present the scenery Lucky will continue
Jiangxi Ganzhou: Ming Chengcheng's national election, high talent, great scholars, wise scholars, holy temple, celebrating couplets
Sichuan Daxian: Wen Zhishi, good morals, learning, Guiyuan, bright, square, righteousness, righteousness, and righteousness, Xingtian court, Hui
Sichuan Zizhong: Xingpeng Shiqizong Zeng Wenzheng Guangyuan's aspirations, original aspirations, original aspirations, Fu Shoukang
Jiangsu Weiyang: With its auspiciousness, establishing its original aspirations, you will learn purely, and defeat Shaoxing's country
What are the famous people in history with the surname Zhu?
" Chinese Name Dictionary " included 653 celebrities in the past dynasty, accounting for 1.44% of the total number of celebrities, ranking eleventh among famous surnames; famous writers with the surname Zhu accounted for 0.92% of the total number of Chinese writers in the past dynasty, ranking 21st among the dynasty; famous medical scientists with the surname Zhu accounted for 1.9% of the total number of medical scientists in the past dynasty, ranking twelfth among the dynasty; famous artists with the surname Zhu accounted for 2.57% of the total number of Chinese artists in the past dynasty, ranking 6th.
The Zhu surname in my country has produced many aristocratic families and countless celebrities have appeared, and they have performed vigorously in the long river of the history. Since the pre-Qin period, 25 people named Zhu have successively established regimes such as Goguryeo , Qin, Han, Houliang, and Ming. Outstanding figures include: Minister of the Western Han Dynasty Zhu Maichen , King of Goguryeo Zhu Meng ; General of the Eastern Han Dynasty Zhu Yan ; famous monk Zhu Shixing of the Wei State during the Three Kingdoms; famous general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Zhu Xu; general of the Liang State in the Southern Dynasty Zhu Yi ; Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty Zhu Jingze , famous general Zhu Huan, famous general Zhu Huan, cede land to be called Zhu Zi of Qin, and Zhu Tao of King Ji; Zhu Wen, Taizu of Liang in the Five Dynasties; medical scholar Zhu Gong of the Song Dynasty, poet Zhu Dunru, poet Zhu Bian; philosopher and educator of the Southern Song Dynasty, scholar Zhu Zhen; medical scientist Zhu Danxi of the Yuan Dynasty, mathematician Zhu Shijie, geologist Zhu Siben, painter Zhu Derun, opera writer Zhu Kai; Yuan Ming Zhu Sheng, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, opera and playwright Zhu Quan and Zhu Youdun, historian Zhu Zaiyu; Zhu Zhiyu, a scholar in the Ming and Qing Dynasties; Zhu Da, a calligrapher and painter of the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Yizun, a writer of the literary philology, Zhu Junsheng; Zhu Jiahua, director of the Central Academy of the Republic of China, Zhu Zhixin, a democratic revolutionary Zhu Zhixin, a geologist and paleontologist Zhu Sen; Zhu De, a marshal of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Jingwu, an aesthetician Zhu Guangqian, a linguist Zhu Dexi, a chemical engineer Zhu Yajie, an electronicsist Zhu Wuhua, a physicist Zhu Renbao, an experimental biologist Zhu Xi, an ichthyologist Zhu Yuanding, a virologist Zhu Jiming, a theoretical physicist Zhu Hongyuan, and a soil chemist Zhu Zuxiang
