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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 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. [8] [9] He was given the name Zhu Chongba (朱重八) at birth, [10] but later used the name Zhu Xingzong (朱興宗) in adulthood. [11]
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 ...
Zhu Bajie, [a] also named Zhu Wuneng, [b] is one of the three helpers of Tang Sanzang, along with Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing, and a major character of the 16th century novel Journey to the West. Zhu means " swine " and Bajie means " eight precepts ".
Zhuangyuan, or trạng nguyên in Vietnamese, variously translated into English as principal graduate, primus, or optimus, [1] was the title given to the scholar who achieved the highest score on highest level of the Imperial examination, Metropolitan examination [] (in the Tang dynasty) and Palace examination [] (in the Song dynasty) [2] in ancient China and Vietnam.
Zhu Yuanyuan (Chinese: 朱媛媛; pinyin: Zhū Yuányuán; born 18 March 1974) is a Chinese actress. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Zhu is noted for her roles as Tao Hua and Song Yu in the film and television series The Forest Ranger and The Forest Ranger respectively.