[Luo's territory] Neihuang County, northwest of present-day Neihuang County, Henan Province.
[Origin of the Luo family] The surname Luo comes from the surname Jiang. Jiang Shang, Taigong of Qi, had a concubine named Luo, and his descendants were named after him and were called the Luo family. In addition, the Luo Ba family in the Northern Wei Dynasty changed their surname to Luo, and their descendants were also called Luo family.
The surname Luo is the 132nd ranked surname in China today. It has a large population, accounting for about 0.1% of the country's Han population. ?
Looking for the roots. There are five sources of the surname Luo:
1. It comes from the surname Jiang. According to the "Surname Genealogy" and "Yuanhe Surname Compilation", after Jiang Taigong, there was a son named Luo, and his descendants were named after him.
2. Comes from the surname Ying. According to "Historical Records", the great-great-grandson of Erai Ge was called Daluo, and his descendants were named after him.
3. In the Spring and Autumn Period, after Dr. Zheng Wang Sunluo.
4. According to "Historical Records: Biographies of Dongyue", the king of the sea in Dongyue, Yao, had a surname of Zou, and the name of Zou was Luo. It is also said that the surname Luo came after Sun Shaokang, a descendant of Xia Yu.
5. Change of surname from another clan. According to "Wei Shu·Guan Shi Zhi", in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the northerners had the surname Luo, and later changed their surname to Luo; in the Tang Dynasty, the Tuyuhun people had the surname Luo; in the Tang Dynasty, Luo Yuanguang's ancestor was a Parthian, and he was adopted as Luo Fengxian's adopted son, who changed his surname to Luo. Surnames; the Jurchen surnames Sanda and Duding in the Jin Dynasty were later changed to the Han surname Luo; the surname Sakda of the Eight Banners of Manchuria in the Qing Dynasty was later changed to the Luo surname; today the Manchu, Buyi, Tujia and other ethnic groups have this surname.
[Luo's reputation] The main people with Luo's name are as follows: During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was Luo Jun, the prime minister of Chenliu. He refused to provide food to Yuan Shu and was assassinated. His son Luo Tong became Sun Quan's general and was named Xin Yintinghou.
There was a famous general Luo Wenya in the Southern Dynasties.
In the Tang Dynasty, there was King Luo Bin, one of the "Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty" with outstanding literary talent. It is said that he could compose poems at the age of seven, and his literary talents became famous all over the world as an adult.
In addition, Luo Wuguang, the military governor of Huazhou, Luo Fengxian, the general, and Luo Wensheng, the editor of the Hanlin Academy in the Ming Dynasty, are also famous people named Luo in history.