What is the origin of Zhuge's surname?

First of all, according to the Tongzhi Genealogy, Zhuge family is a descendant of Ying Ge, and is called Zhuge because it lives in Zhucheng.

Secondly, from the reflection, Wu Zhi and Zhu Gejin Biography, it can be known that Ge, a native of Langya, moved to another place, and there was already a local person named Ge. In order to distinguish two Kochi people, he called Kochi in each county Zhuge;

The third is to give the surname. According to "Customs Tong", Emperor Xiaowen was killed for his meritorious service in Ying Ge, so he posthumously named his grandson as the marquis of each county and called Zhuge's.

Migration distribution

As early as Shang Dynasty, it was said that Borg, the descendant of Boyi, was made a vassal. Later, one of his descendants moved to Zhucheng (now Zhucheng in Shandong Province) and Yang Du (now Yishui in Shandong Province). Because the local surname is Ge, the later surname is "Zhuge".

Ying Ge (General Chen She) of the Qin Dynasty made many exploits in the peasant uprising, but he was killed by slanderers. Later, Liu Che, the Emperor Gaozu, gave his descendants the title of "Zhu and Ge" because of his injustice.

In addition, there is a surname "Zhan Ge". In the language family of Qi people, the two sounds of "Zhan" and "Zhu" are indistinguishable. After a long time, it was misinformed as "Zhuge". Zhuge Fu's surname is a noble family in Langya County. Qin Shihuang settled in the county seat. It is equivalent to Zhucheng, Linyi and Jiaonan in Shandong.

Zhuge's family ranks 4 14 among hundreds of surnames. According to incomplete statistics, Zhuge has a population of 37,000, ranking 544th.

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