Lu (surname 魯)

For other Chinese surnames also romanized as "Lu", see Lu (surname).

The Chinese surname 魯 (simplified: 鲁; pinyin: lǔ; Jyutping: lou⁵) is listed 49th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.^[1] As of 2008, 魯 is the 115th most common surname in China.^[2]

魯

Pronunciation	[lù] (Mandarin) [lɔw˩˧] (Cantonese)
Language(s)	Chinese
Origin
Language(s)	Old Chinese
Word/name	State of Lu

Origin

According to several ancient genealogy texts including the Tang dynasty Yuanhe Xing Zuan, Xing Pu (姓谱), and Xingshi Kaolue (姓氏考略), the surname 鲁 originated from the ancient State of Lu, which was founded by Bo Qin, son of the Duke of Zhou, during the 11th century BC. During the Warring States period, Lu was conquered in 256 BC by the state of Chu, one of seven major powers of the period. Many of Lu's people subsequently adopted the name of their former state as a surname. It is considered a derivative of Ji (姬), the royal surname of the Zhou royal family.^[3][4]

Notable people

• Lu Ban (507–440 BC), carpenter, engineer and inventor of the state of Lu
• Lu Su (172–217), politician and diplomat serving under Sun Quan of Eastern Wu
• Lu Xun (1881–1936), one of Republican China's most influential writers
• Lu Diping (1887–1935), Kuomintang general and provincial governor
• Lu Gwei-djen (1904–1991), academic and wife of Joseph Needham
• Lu Dadong (1915–1998), politician, Communist Party chief of Chongqing and governor of Sichuan
• Lu Ping (1927–2015), politician and diplomat
• Lu Guanqiu (1945–2017), entrepreneur, one of the wealthiest people in China
• Lu Zhishen, a character in the classic novel Water Margin

See also

• Meng (surname).

References

1. "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
2. "中国最新300大姓排名（2008）" [300 most common surnames in China (2008)]. Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
3. 鲁姓起源 [Origin of the Lu surname] (in Chinese). Government of Henan. 2011-09-05. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
4. 鲁姓起源,名人及家谱 [Origin and famous people of the Lu surname] (in Chinese). Shangdu. 2008-07-17. Archived from the original on 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-02-05.