As of 2013, Lu 陆 is the61st most common surname in China.[1] It is shared by 4.2 million people, or 0.33% of the Chinese population. Lu 陆 is predominantly a southern surname.Jiangsu province has the highest number of Lu's, accounting for 23% of the national total.Guangxi is a close second, with 21%.Guangdong,Shanghai,Zhejiang,Guizhou, andAnhui, all southern provinces, account for another 33%.[2] Lu 陆 is the 6th most common surname in Guangxi's capital and largest city ofNanning and the 10th most common name inShanghai.[4]
According to tradition, there are three main sources of the Lu 陆 surname:
1. FromLuzhong (陆终), a great-great-grandson of the legendary emperorZhuanxu. Luzhong's father Wuhui (吴回) was put in charge of fire byEmperor Ku and given the title of Zhu Rong. Luzhong's clan migrated toPinglu County,Shanxi, and later moved to Pinglu ofShandong, in present-dayWenshang County.[2][5]
3. From the Tian (Chen) lineage of theGui clan (妫), the ruling family of theState of Chen during theSpring and Autumn period.Chen Wan (later called Tian Wan), a prince of Chen, escaped to theState of Qi after losing a power struggle in his home state. Tian Wan's descendants prospered in Qi and eventually usurped the throne of the kingdom, which became known as Tian Qi. During theWarring States period,King Xuan of Qi enfeoffed his youngest son Tian Tong at Lu 陆 (in modernLaoling,Shandong), which was named after a branch of the Luzhong clan. Tian Tong's descendants adopted Lu as their surname.[2][5]
During theXianbeiNorthern Wei dynasty,Emperor Xiaowen (reigned 467–499 AD) implemented a drastic policy ofsinicization, ordering his own people toadopt Chinese surnames. The Bulugu (步陆孤) tribe of Xianbei adopted Lu as their surname. The Xianbei people have since completely assimilated into theHan Chinese.[5] The Xianbei Lu later became highly prosperous. Out of the four most prominent Lu 陆 clans in history, which were based in the commanderies ofHenan,Henei,Pingyuan, andWu, two (Henan and Henei) traced their ancestry to the Bulugu tribe.[5]
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