Origin of Luo Family Tree Luo Family Name Brief Introduction of Luo Family Name

I. Origin of surname:

The first origin: from the geographical point of view, it comes from Guluo river basin and belongs to the name of Juyi.

Guluoshui, the Luohe River, originated in Zhangshan, Luoxian County, Guguanghan County (now the eastern foot of Huashan Mountain in Luonan County, Shaanxi Province).

"Luo" was originally written as "Luo" in ancient times. The "Luo God" mentioned in ancient books is Luo Min, the goddess of Luoshui, which is said to be on the bank of Luoshui (Luopu), where Luoshen often haunts. There is also a Beiluo River, which originates from Dingbian County, Shaanxi Province and flows southeast through Zhidan County, Luochuan City, pucheng county and other places.

In ancient times, people who lived on the bank of Luoshui took the place name as their surname and called it Luoshi, which was later simplified to Luoshi. It is one of the very old surnames.

The second origin: from Da Shi, from the ethnic Gaoluo tribe in the Spring and Autumn Period, belonging to the tribal name.

Around the ancient Xia, Shang and Zhou nationalities, many nationalities began to appear. There are Sanmiao, Yong, Shu, Zongmao, Wei, Lu, Peng, Pu, Wu, Yue, Ba, Yelang, Yunnan, Jun, Kun, Migration, Ranmang and Baima in the south and southwest. There are Dongyi in the East, commonly known as "Jiuyi", including Yi Tu, Yuyi, Fang Yi, Huangyi, Baiyi, Chiyi, Xuanyi, Fengyi and Yeung Yi. There are East Lake, Qiaozhen and Sushen in the northeast; There are Stone, Qiang, Faqiang, Fangfang, Earthwork, Gui Fang, Rong and Di in the northwest and north.

There are many nationalities in Rong and Di, such as, Dongshan Gaoluo, Lushi,,,, Jiashi, Fei, Drum, Xianyu, Yangbi, Rong Zhi, Mianzhu, Yirong, Dizhirong, Yiqu, Dali and Wushi.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was the Dongshan Gaoluo clan among the Xidi clan, which belonged to the Lushi tribe and was a strong department of Xidi. It is the descendant of Zhu Rong, the grandson of Zhuan Xu. According to the history book Zhi Shi, this family is the descendant of Lu.

The last ruler of the Lushi tribe was named "Shu Shu", and it was recorded in the history book "Family Name": "Lu was born in this country after being the seventeenth son, and Lu has it because of his surname."

Big surname, one of Zhu Rong's eight surnames; Ji's surname is Zhou, and there are obviously Zhu Rongqun and Ji's Miao nationality.

Through frequent and fierce competition, by the end of the Warring States period, the Chinese nation had developed and strengthened, while some ethnic groups, such as Xiongnu, Nanyue, Luoyue, Minyue and Qiang of Shi Qiang, had developed and strengthened, while others had declined or even disappeared due to military, political and economic failures. Such as Wei, Yong, Lu, Peng and Gui Fang, they may be completely assimilated by other nationalities and no longer recorded, which also shows from the side that their backwardness has caused the complete loss of their own characteristics and assimilation by other nationalities. This assimilation was mostly carried out under the merger war at that time. During the Warring States Period, the State of Chu annexed more than 50 small countries, including Huaiyi, Dongyi, Baipu, Yunnan, Deng, Britain, Kui, Liuguo, Yong, Chen, Cai, Qi, Ju and Yue. However, the State of Jin annexed Gao Luojia, Gui Zhuan, Lu Jia, Jia Jia, Liu Xu, Fei, Peng, Gu, and Lu Hun's glory and glory in Dongshan. Some of these ethnic groups later disappeared in the historical competition.

After the Gaoluo family of Xidi Dongshan was annexed by the State of Jin, its clan's rescue slips were changed to Roche, and they gradually merged into the people of Jin.

The third origin: it comes from the surname Jiang, a branch of the Murong clan of Xianbei nationality in the Five Lakes and Sixteen Kingdoms period-the Bourone clan of Tuguhun, which belongs to the localization of clan names.

During the late Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms and the Jin Dynasty, the northern Xianbei nationality in the sixteen countries of Wuhu had Tugu Hunbu, also known as Hu Tu and Hu Tu, which was one of the ancient nationalities in the northwest of China. Tuguhun Department was originally a branch of Murong Department of Xianbei nationality, and its ancestors were nomadic in Tuguhun Qingshan (now Yixian County, Liaoning Province). From the end of the 3rd century to the beginning of the 4th century, that is, from the 4th year to the 10th year of Jin Taikang (AD 283-289), Khan of Xianbei was involved in Tuguhun, an ordinary parent. Because of disagreement with his younger brother Ruoluo (Murong Hui, also known as Yi Luoxuan), it is necessary to open up new pastures and lead 1,700 households to be separated from Murong Xianbei people in Liaodong.

At the end of Yongjia in the Western Jin Dynasty (AD 3 13), Tuguhun went south from Yinshan Mountain, went south through Hetao, reached Dulongshan Mountain, and reached the northwest of Han and Han (now Linxia, Gansu), the land of Longxi. Taking this as a starting point, the descendants multiplied each other and expanded to the south, north and west, ruling the Shi and Qiang nationalities in southern Gansu Province, northwestern Sichuan Province and Qinghai Province, and there were many branches, among which the Bolona tribe lived in Bolona (now Fergana Valley in Central Asia).

Later, in the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Northern Wei Dynasty, the people of Polona tribe changed from Han people to Luo people under the promotion of the policy of nationalization of Tuobohong (Justin) promoted by Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The fourth origin: from the surname Jiang, from the Rouran nationality, an extension of the Xianbei nationality in the Sixteen Kingdoms period in Wuhu, which belongs to the Han clan name.

As far as the hereditary aristocrats of Rouran rulers are concerned, they are undoubtedly separated from the Tuoba Xianbei tribal alliance. Rouran, a leader belonging to the Northern Wei Dynasty, once said to Emperor Xiaoming of the Northern Wei Dynasty, "I am a minister who originated from the Great Wei Dynasty." Xu Yuan replied: "I have!" Express approval. Therefore, some historical books call Rouran Khan in Jiulu Luxury Lun as Xianbei Luxury Lun or Hexi Xianbei Luxury Lun, which shows that Rouran, Tuoba and Baldness all have the same ancestral origin and are all formed by the fusion of Xianbei and Xiongnu.

The gentle Wu Luohou and Wu Luolan changed their single surnames to Ubbelohde, Roche, Hou Shi and Lang after the Northern Wei regime implemented the policy of sinicization reform.

Two. Migration distribution:

Luo people are now mainly distributed in Guangdong.

Third, historical celebrities.

Luo Xuan: a Ming Dynasty official and envoy in Guizhou. During the orthodox years, he participated in the conquest of Lu Chuan, attacked ghosts and cried mountains, and died in an accidental battle.

Luo Zhong: A Ming Dynasty man, who lost his father when he was a child, was extremely filial to his mother, with extraordinary intelligence and courage. He was an official who went to the Qing Dynasty to join the army and maintain peace around Annan. Known for his filial piety, he once sent a letter to his family in North Korea.

Luo: In the Western Han Dynasty, a native of Langzhong, Sichuan, was named Chang Gong. A folk astronomer, he made a spherical astrolabe (also called a circular astrolabe) to demonstrate the astronomical phenomena. Although Luo's armillary sphere is still very simple, it is the earliest known armillary sphere. It is said that when the armillary sphere was first made, many people didn't believe it could be used. However, when Luo put the armillary sphere in the basement for demonstration, people were surprised to find that the stars marked on the armillary sphere were consistent with the actual astronomical phenomena. As a result, Luo became famous and the armillary sphere was widely known. Luo's armillary sphere was 300 years earlier than the same invention of western astronomer Taigu. In the first year of Taichu (l04 BC), Luo, Sima Qian, Xian Yu Chuan and others jointly published taichu calendar, which reformed the calendar. Luo's achievement is to clarify the theory of "Huntian" and change the "four points" in Zhuan Xu Calendar to "eighty-one points" in the calendar. A year is divided into four seasons and 24 solar terms, starting from the first day of the first month and ending on the thirtieth day of the twelfth month. This method can be traced back to the taichu calendar method in the Western Han Dynasty. Since then, people in China have enjoyed the benefit of "only looking at the calendar but not the sky" and will not miss the harvest in the farming season. It was Luo who revised this calendar. Luo was born in Langzhong. He gave up his wealth and studied astronomical phenomena all his life. After Charlotte Langzhong, a series of famous astronomers were born in Langzhong, which made irreplaceable contributions to astronomical research in China.

Fourth, the county appearance.

Taiyuan House: Also known as Taiyuan County. During the Warring States Period, Wang Xiang of Qin Zhuang established a county in (246 BC) and ruled Jinyang (now Taiyuan, Shanxi). At that time, his jurisdiction was Wutai Mountain, southern Guancen Mountain and northern Huoshan Mountain in Shanxi Province. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, its jurisdiction was in the Jinzhong area between Yangqu County, Jiaocheng, Pingyao City and heshun county.

Liangzhou: One of the thirteen thorn histories established by Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was changed to a state, which governed Longxian County (now Sol Zhang Autonomous County, Gansu Province). At that time, it governed Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia.

Guazhou: The former Anxi County, located at the westernmost end of Hexi Corridor, is located on the vast Gobi Desert in western Gansu, with Yumen in the east, Dunhuang in the west, Qilian in the south and desert in the north. This is an important town on the ancient Silk Road. Anxi, which means "national unity and western stability", was called Guazhou in ancient times. Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties were the land of Qiang and Rong, and Da Yue lived here in Qin Dynasty.

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General couplet of Luoxing ancestral hall

Four-character couplet of Luo Ancestral Temple

Loyal to death;

Filial piety message.

-anonymous writing Luo ancestral hall general union

Shanglian Hall refers to Luo Xuan, a Ming Dynasty man, who participated in the conquest of Lu Chuan during the orthodox years, attacked ghosts and cried mountains and died in battle. The second couplet refers to Luo Zhong, a man of Amin Dynasty, who lost his father in his childhood, was extremely filial to his mother, with outstanding intelligence and courage. He was an official who went to the Qing Dynasty to join the army and maintain peace in Annan region. Known for his filial piety, he once sent a letter to his family in North Korea.

The beginning of the calendar;

Filial piety message.

-anonymous writing Luo ancestral hall general union

The first part of the book refers to Han Nuo Xia Hong, who revised the Zhuan Xu calendar and wrote taichu calendar. The second couplet points out that Luo Zhong, who is famous for his filial piety, wrote to his family in North Korea.

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Luo's allusions and interesting stories

【 Legend of Luoshen 】

On both sides of the Luohe River (located in Luoning County, Luoyang City, Henan Province, which is a major tributary of the Yellow River), there is a well-known story of the goddess Fu Fei (also known as Luo Fei and Luo Qi).

Fu's daughter came to the world and came to the bank of the Luohe River because she was obsessed with the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Luohe River. At that time, the people living in the Luohe River Basin were a hardworking and brave people, and Luo was no exception. Fu Fei joined the Luo family and taught them to fish in the net. He also taught people with Roche the good methods of hunting, raising livestock and grazing that he learned from his father.

On this day, after work, Fu Fei picked up the lyre and played wonderful music. Unfortunately, this melodious piano sound was heard by Hebo on the Yellow River, and the prodigal son sneaked into the Luohe River. When he saw Fu Fei, he was immediately attracted by the beauty of Fu Fei. So Hebo became a white dragon, which set off a mysterious * * * in Luohe and swept Fu Fei.

Fu Fei was brought into Shuifu Palace by Hebo, and he was unhappy all day, so he had to use the lyre to relieve his sadness. At this time, Hou Yi came to Fu Fei. Hou Yi is a god who is good at shooting. He was banished to the world with his wife for shooting the son of the Nine Heaven Emperor. Hou Yi's wife, Chang 'e, secretly ate the fairy medicine, and returned to the Heavenly Palace alone, leaving Hou Yi alone.

When Hou Yi heard about Fu Fei, he was very angry. He rescued him from the palace, returned to Luo's house and fell in love with him. Hebo flew into a rage. When he heard about Hou Yi's love affair with Fu Fei, he became angry from embarrassment. He turned into a white dragon and sneaked into the Luohe River, devouring many fields, villages and livestock. Hou Yi was so angry that he shot Hebo in the left eye, and Hebo fled in a hurry.

Hebo knew that he was no match for Hou Yi, so he had to go to heaven to complain. The Emperor of Heaven knew what had happened and didn't talk to Hebo. Hebo can only return to Shuifu despondently, and he can no longer care about Hou Yi and Fu Fei.

From then on, Hou Yi and Fu Fei lived a happy life in Luoyang. Later, in recognition of them, the Emperor of Heaven named Hou Yi as the Zongbu God and Fu Fei as the Luoshen. People on both sides of the Luohe River built a magnificent "Luo Temple" in the old city of Dongguan. The story of Luo Shen has been handed down from generation to generation.