- Chu (surname)
Chu (), also denoted Zhu (according to Zhū in
Pinyin ) in Mainland China, is one of the most commonsurname s inChina , with apopulation of over tenmillion . It was the “empire’s surname” during theMing Dynasty .Chu is now the 13th most common surname in China. fact|date=September 2007
Another surname, (Pinyin: Qú) is also spelt as Chu in the present-day
Republic of China . A famous person named 璩 is the former journalist Melody Chu.Origination and distribution
The Chus originated from within the region between
Henan andAnhui provinces, also withinJiangsu province. During theMing dynasty , some Chus moved toTaiwan , and some then migrated to south-easternAsia ,Europe and America. Chu has been one of the most influential clan insouthern China over the history.People with the name 朱
Royalty
"Later Liang Dyansty (907 - 923 C.E.)"
* Zhu Quanzhong, founder of theLater Liang Dynasty , which ushered in the era of theFive Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms ; he reigned as the Taizu Emperor from 907 - 912
*Zhu Yougui , second emperor of theLater Liang Dynasty ; he reigned from 912 - 913 having murdered his father Zhu Quanzhong
*Modi Emperor , third emperor of theLater Liang Dynasty ; he reigned from 913 - 923 having deposed his brotherZhu Yougui for having killed their father,Zhu Quanzhong "Ming Dyansty (1368 - 1644 C.E.)"
*Hongwu Emperor , key leader of the rebel movement which ousted the MongolianYuan Dynasty ; founder of theMing Dynasty
*Jianwen Emperor , grandson of theHongwu Emperor ; second emperor of theMing Dynasty reigned from 1399 - 1402; overthrown by his uncle theYongle Emperor
*Yongle Emperor , fourth son of theHongwu Emperor and third emperor of theMing Dynasty ; reigned from 1403 - 1424; he was responsible for expanding China's influence throughout Asia, East Africa and perhaps beyond through his fleet of treasure ships led by theadmiral eunuch Zheng He ; he founded theForbidden City and theMing Dynasty Tombs
*Hongxi Emperor , eldest son of theYongle Emperor and fourth emperor of theMing Dynasty ; he reigned for one year, 1425
*Xuande Emperor , eldest son of theHongxi Emperor and fifth emperor of theMing Dynasty ; he reigned from 1426 - 1435
*Zhengtong Emperor , also known as theTianshun Emperor ; eldest son of theXuande Emperor and sixth emperor of theMing Dynasty ; he reigned twice from 1436 - 14449 and from 1457 - 1464
*Jiangtai Emperor , second son of theXuande Emperor and seventh emperor of theMing Dynasty ; he reigned from 1450 - 1457
*Chenghua Emperor , eldest son of theZhengtong Emperor and eighth emperor of theMing Dynasty ; he reigned from 1465 - 1487
*Hongzhi Emperor , third and eldest surviving son of theChenghua Emperor and ninth emperor of theMing Dynasty ; he reigned from 1488 - 1505
*Zhengde Emperor , eldest son of theHongzhi Emperor and tenth emperor of theMing Dynasty ; he reigned from 1506 - 1521
*Jiajing Emperor , grandson of theChenghua Emperor and eventh emperor of theMing Dynasty ; he reigned from 1522 - 1567
*Longqing Emperor , third son of theJiajing Emperor and twelfth emperor of theMing Dynasty ; he reigned from 1567 - 1572
*Wanli Emperor , third and eldest surviving son of theLongqing Emperor and thirteenth emperor of theMing Dynasty ; he reigned from 1573 - 1620
*Taichang Emperor , eldest son of theWanli Emperor and sixteenth emperor of theMing Dynasty ; he reigned only one year, 1620
*Tianqi Emperor , eldest son of theTaichang Emperor and seventeenth emperor of theMing Dynasty ; he reigned from 16216 - 1627
*Chongzhen Emperor , fifth son of theTaichang Emperor and eighteenth/last emperor of theMing Dynasty ; he reigned from 1628 - 1644
*Zhu Quan, Prince of Ning , Seventeenth son of theHongwu Emperor and younger half-brother to theYongle Emperor ; military commander, historian and playwright"Southern Ming Dynasty (1644 - 1662 C.E.)"
*Hongguang Emperor , born Zhu Yousong, Prince of Fu; Ming pretender and emperor of theSouthern Ming Dynasty which resisted theQing Dynasty
*Longwu Emperor , born Zhu Yujian, Prince of Tang; Ming pretender and emperor of theSouthern Ming Dynasty
*Yongli Emperor , born Zhu Youlang, Prince of Gui; Ming pretender and emperor of theSouthern Ming Dynasty
*Prince of Lu , born Zhu Yihai; a leader of theSouthern Ming Dynasty
*Koxinga whose title literally means "Lord with the Imperial Surname"; he was bornZheng Chenggong but given the right to bear the imperial surname, Zhu, by theLongwu Emperor , a pretender to the then collapsingMing Dynasty , for his noteworthy loyalist efforts; Koxinga founded the short-livedKingdom of Taiwan Government, Politics and Military
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Hua Mulan , allegedly disguised herself as a man to take her elderly father's place in the army; asserted by Ming historians as of the Chu clan though this assertion may have been politically motivated; later Qing historians, however, claim she was of theWei clan but again this could have been politically motivated
*Zhu Zhi , military general for theKingdom of Wu during theThree Kingdoms era of China
*Zhu Ran , military general for theEastern Wu during theThree Kingdoms era of China
*Zhu Zhixin , Revolutionary and comrade ofSun Yat-sen who namedZhixin High School after his dead comrade
*Zhu De , Founder of theRed Chinese Army , forerunner of thePeople's Liberation Army
*Zhu Jiahua , famous politician of theRepublic of China
*Zhu Rongji , former PRC Premier
*David S.C. Chu , United States Under Secretary of Defense appointed byGeorge W. Bush
*Jim Chu , Chief Constable of theVancouver Police Department Philosophy and Religion
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Zhu Xi ,Song Dynasty scholar and proponent forNeo-Confucianism
*Zhu Qianzhi , Chinese intellectual and historian; influencedMao Zedong Arts
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Zhu Da , Renowned painter and calligrapher of theQing Dynasty ; agnatic descendant ofZhu Quan, Prince of Ning
*Zhu Ziqing , Renowned contemporary writer and poetcience and Technology
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Zhu Shijie , one of the greatestChinese mathematicians
*Steven Chu , one of three co-recipients of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics
*Chu Ching-wu , renowned physicist; expert on superconductivityBusiness
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David Chu , Taiwanese-American founder ofNautica , men's designer outerwear companyports and Entertainment
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Choo Hoey , Singaporean musician and conductor; formerly Music Director of theSingapore Symphony Orchestra
*Ken Chu ,JVKV (former F4) member
*Julie Chu ,U.S. Olympic Team hockey player
*Zhu Jianhua ,P.R.C. Olympic high jumperReferences
* Brook Timothy, 1998, The Confucian of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China, University of California Press
* Chao Sheau-yueh J., 2000, In Search of Your Asian Roots: Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames, Clearfield
* Chi Li, 1967, The Formation of the Chinese People: An Anthropological Inquiry, Russell & Russell
* Mote, F.W., 1999, Imperial China, Harvard University Press
* Paludan Ann, 1998, Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial China, Thames & Hudson
* Paludan Ann, 1981, The Imperial Ming Imperial Tombs, Yale University Press
* Tan Thomas Tsu-wee, 1986, Your Chinese Roots: The Overseas Chinese Story, Times Books InternationalExternal links
* [http://english.people.com.cn/200602/16/eng20060216_243324.html Chinese surname history: Zhu]
* [http://www.yutopian.com/names/08/mulan.html Hua Mulan]
* [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1997/index.html Nobel Prize: Steven Chu]
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