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The Zhu clan is also found in Korea and is known as 주 (朱; Ju, Joo); it is the 32nd most common name in Korea though it is combined with the Zhou (周) surname (see List of Korean surnames). Zhu (朱) is technically a branch of the Cao (曹) surname. Nowadays, Zhu is 14th most common, while Cao is 27th most common in terms of population size ...
In 2013 it was found to be the 10th most common name, shared by 25,200,000 people or 1.900% of the population, with the province with the most being Hunan. Derived from the Zhou dynasty, it has been one of the ten most common surnames in China since the Yuan dynasty. It is the 5th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.
The scholar Yuan Liang (袁良), the earliest Ru'nan Yuan known by name, was an aide to the heir apparent, the future Emperor Ming of Han. His grandson Yuan An (袁安) made the family's fortunes, rising rapidly through the bureaucracy from 70 AD onwards, reaching the post of Minister over the Masses and playing an important role in policy ...
Zhu Yuanzhang, the future Hongwu Emperor, was born in 1328 in Zhongli (鍾離) village, located in Haozhou (present-day Fengyang, Anhui). He was the youngest of four sons in a poor peasant family. [12] [13] He was given the name Zhu Chongba (朱重八) at birth, [14] but later used the name Zhu Xingzong (朱興宗) in adulthood. [15]
Zhù (Chinese: 祝) is a Chinese surname.(Chuk or Chok in Cantonese), meaning ‘wizard’, ‘prayers’, or ‘to pray’ in ancient Chinese.The origin of the name is either from Zhu (祝), an official post in ancient China [when?] in charge of chanting prayers during religious worship, or (ii) from Zhu (祝), the name of a fief located in modern-day Shandong province during the reign of ...
Prior to this, Zhu was the leader of the Red Turbans and had been appointed as the Duke of Wu (吳國公) by the emperor of the rebel Song dynasty, Han Lin'er, in 1361. [4] (Wu was the name of an ancient state and later the region on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.) On 4 February 1364, Zhu Yuanzhang declared himself the King of Wu ...
King Yuan of Zhou (Chinese: 周元王; pinyin: Zhōu Yuán Wáng [2]), personal name Ji Ren, was a king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty. [3] He ruled from 476 BC to 469 BC. He was succeeded by his son, King Zhending .
[Sanguozhi zhu 3] Sun Quan was reluctant to send one of his sons to be a hostage in the capital, so he had another discussion with only his mother Lady Wu and Zhou Yu. [Sanguozhi zhu 4] Zhou Yu said: "In the past, when the Chu state first came into existence, its territory covered only part of the Jingshan Mountains and less than 100 square li.