Taishan surnames › The 朱 surname
Lineage of the 朱 families of Taishan
Translated from the Chinese, each part followed by its Chinese original. Places in Taishan are given with their pinyin; the sources’ own words (Source text) are in Chinese.
Compiled from the sources listed at the end. Every generation and every branch gives its source, and “Source text” shows the source’s own sentences; one that gives none is marked “no source”. Where a source says generations are lost or unknown, a dashed line marks the gap; where sources disagree, both are given.
According to the genealogies of the Zhu across Taishan, the Zhu began moving to Taishan in the Song, in three main waves: subjects of the Song, driven by war, drifted to the northwest of Taishan and now live in Zhudong, Pinggang, Paobu and Dancun in Fucheng Town and in Zoucun of Sanba Town and in Sanhe, with Wenhuan Gong as their first ancestor in Guangdong; the descendants of Helü, son of Zhu Shaodi, a capped-and-belted battalion commander (guandai qianhu zhihuishi) of the Ming, live in the walled town of Guanghai; and the Hakka Zhu who drifted to Sijiu and Sanhe in the Qianlong reign of the Qing moved again to the Chixi Peninsula after the 6th year of Xianfeng. Later their descendants spread further, to the Haiyan area and overseas.[1][2][3][edit]
据台山朱氏各地族谱记载，朱氏徙入台山始于宋代，主要分三期：宋时臣民因兵乱流徙台山西北部，今聚居附城镇朱洞、平岗、泡步、淡村及三八镇邹村、三合，入粤始祖为文焕公；明朝冠带千户指挥使朱少弟之子鹤侣的后裔，居于广海城；清乾隆年间流入四九、三合的客家朱氏，咸丰六年后再迁赤溪半岛。其后子孙又向海宴地区及海外拓展。
- First ancestor in Guangdong Wenhuan 文焕
- Founded a line Lanyu 兰玉 (Renlong)
- Founded a line Yuanda 源达
- Founded a line Helü 鹤侣
- First ancestor in Guangdong Zhangfu 章甫
- First migrant ancestor Tenglong 腾龙 (art name Renzhai)
Lineage chart
Each box is a stretch of the line; a name leads to its entry and sources below. Each branch ends in the villages it settled - a linked one opens its village page. Scroll sideways when the chart is wide.
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- Wenhuan 文焕 First in Guangdong
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- Settled · 广海 Guanghai朱家巷 Zhujiaxiang乐家村 Lejia Village东荣里 Dongrongli
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- The Zhu of Shanju, Shalan 沙栏山咀朱氏
- Settled · 沙栏 Shalan山咀 Shanju
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- Qianpo 前坡
- Settled仑定村 Lunding Village
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- Fengsu 凤素
- Settled仑定村 Lunding Village
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- The Zhu of Chunchang 春场朱氏
- Settled春场 Chunchang
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- Settled五村 Wucun Village
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- Qiyi 启义 Founding ancestor
- Settled莲塘村 Liantang Village
Where the surname lives, by town - the sources do not say which branch:
- The 朱 families by town
- 附城 Fucheng (today 台城街道 Taicheng Subdistrict)朱洞 Zhudong平岗 Pinggang泡步 Paobu淡村 Dancun Village
- 三八 Sanba (today 白沙镇 Baisha Town)邹村 Zoucun Village
- 广海 Guanghai朱家巷 Zhujiaxiang乐家村 Lejia Village东荣里 Dongrongli
- Elsewhere朱屋 Zhuwu朱沙湾 Zhushawan禾义路 Heyilu仑定村 Lunding Village春场 Chunchang五村 Wucun VillageHaiyan area (now divided into the three towns of Shalan, Haiyan and Wencun) 海宴地区（现分为沙栏、海宴、汶村三镇）Shanju, Shalan 沙栏山咀
- ElsewhereChixi Peninsula 赤溪半岛
The line in detail
颛顼 高阳氏
Ancient emperor
古帝
Tradition holds that Cao Xie was his descendant.
相传曹挟为其后裔。
Source text (Chinese)
相传古帝颛顼高阳氏后裔曹挟
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曹挟
According to tradition, enfeoffed at Zhu by the Zhou (southeast of present-day Zou County, Shandong Province)
相传周封于邾（今山东省邹县东南）
Tradition holds that the people of his state took the state's name as their surname, the Zhu; when the state of Zhu was destroyed by Chu in the Warring States period, the remaining clan dropped the "city" radical and took the surname Zhu.
相传其国民以国为姓，称邾氏；战国时邾国为楚所灭，其遗族去邑为朱姓。
Source text (Chinese)
相传古帝颛顼高阳氏后裔曹挟，周封于邾（今山东省邹县东南），其国民以国为姓，称邾氏。战国时邾国为楚所灭，其遗族去邑为朱姓
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Wenhuan First ancestor in Guangdong[1][4][edit]
文焕 入粤始祖
Jinshi (palace graduate) in the 2nd year of Jiaxi of Emperor Lizong of the Southern Song; reviewing official (pingshi) of the Court of Judicial Review
南宋理宗嘉熙二年进士，大理寺评事
According to the Qingyuan "Liangyue Zhu Family Genealogy", his forebears lived in Guanzhong, Shaanxi, and later moved to Fujian
据清远《两岳朱家族谱》，先祖居陕西关中，后徙于闽
The genealogies of the Zhu of Zhudong, Pinggang, Paobu and Dancun in Fucheng Town and of Zoucun in Sanba Town and Sanhe record that their ancestors moved to Taishan in the Song, and take Wenhuan Gong as their first ancestor in Guangdong. Son: Jixian. The "Southern Daily" says that according to tradition Wenhuan was a sixth-generation descendant of Zhu Xi, and also that, according to tradition, he had three sons, who moved to Xinning (today's Taishan), Nanhai and other places.
附城镇朱洞、平岗、泡步、淡村及三八镇邹村、三合的朱氏，族谱记其先祖于宋时徙入台山，以文焕公为入粤始祖。子继贤。《南方日报》称：相传文焕为朱熹六世孙；又相传有三子，分别迁往新宁（今台山）、南海等地。
Sources differ: There are two accounts of how he came to Guangdong. The account of rallying to defend the emperor (the genealogy of the Zhu of Shangxiayue, Qingyuan): in the 2nd year of Deyou, when the Yuan general Bayan took Lin'an, he raised a volunteer force to come to the emperor's aid and escorted the emperor south; the court halted at Guangzhou, and when the reign name was changed to Xiangxing it moved to Yashan; summoned to resist the Yuan on the North River, he was defeated and died for his country, and his son Jixian carried his body away and buried it at Hengshili, Qingyuan; the article says that his family came to Guangdong with the Song court and drifted to Taishan. The account of the three brothers Dragon, Tiger and Phoenix fleeing the war (a legend recorded in the Zhu genealogies of Zhudong, Pinggang and Paobu): Wenhuan Gong failed in an attempt to impeach a powerful minister at court and was banished to Lingnan.
其入粤有两说。勤王护驾说（清远上下岳朱氏族谱）：德祐二年元伯颜陷临安，公招募义兵勤王，护驾南来，驻跸广州，祥兴改元移驻崖山，奉召拒元于北江，失利殉国，子继贤负尸葬于清远横石里；文章称其家眷随宋室入粤，流入台山。龙虎凤三兄弟逃兵乱说（洞、平、泡朱氏族谱所记传说）：文焕公于朝廷弹劾权臣失败，被贬岭南。
Source text (Chinese)
时下聚居于台山市西北部的附城镇朱洞、平岗、泡步、淡村暨三八镇邹村及三合的朱氏据他们的族谱记载，其先祖是这个时期徙入台山的。入粤始祖系文焕公
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文焕公系南宋理宗嘉熙二年进士，大理寺评事
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据广东省清远市上下岳朱氏族谱载：“（宋）德祐二年，元伯颜陷临安，入寇上北狩。益王即位福州，檄诏诸路勤王。公投袂奋兴，招募义兵，亲率入口。旋护驾南来，驻跸于广州。祥兴改元，移驻崖山。公奉召督师，拒元于北江。贼众我寡，失利殉国。子继贤从征，乘夜负尸潜奔葬於清远横石里
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其家眷随宋室入粤，流入台山
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洞、平、泡朱氏族谱记载一个这样的传说：“文焕公於朝廷弹劾权臣失败，被贬岭南
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据清远《两岳朱家族谱》记载，朱文焕先祖居陕西关中，后徙于闽。朱文焕21岁登进士第，官至大理寺评事
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相传，广东朱氏入粤始祖是朱熹六世孙朱文焕
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相传，朱文焕有三子，分别迁往新宁（今台山）、南海等地
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兰玉 人龙
In charge of the imperial examinations (gongju)
职司贡举
Lived in Shashui Village, Nanxiong; when the Consort Hu affair brought disaster, crossed the mountains southward, headed for the walled town of Gugang, went on to Changsha, and finally came to Zhudong. Moved to Taishan at the end of the Southern Song or in the Yuan and settled in Zhudong, Fucheng
居南雄沙水村；因遭胡妃酿祸，越岭而南，望古岗城而至，再至长沙，终至朱洞。於南宋末或元代徙入台山附城朱洞定居
One of three brothers, Lanyu the eldest, with younger brothers Lanmao (Renhu) and Lanrui (Renfeng). His descendants filled every natural village under the Zhudong district, and branched out to neighboring Pinggang and Paobu, to Yanglan and Xinyi in Sanhe, and to Jiayanglu in Kaiping City.
兄弟三人，兰玉居长，弟兰茂（人虎）、兰瑞（人凤）。其子孙住满朱洞管区属下所有自然村庄，又分支拓展至毗邻的平岗、泡步和三合的洋栏、新一及开平市加羊路。
Sources differ: The brothers' move south comes from a legend recorded in the Zhu genealogies of Zhudong, Pinggang and Paobu; the article points out that the "Consort Hu affair" fits the time of Wenhuan Gong but does not fit the time of his descendants.
兄弟南迁之事出自洞、平、泡朱氏族谱所记传说；文章指出，“胡妃案”在年代上与文焕公有关连，而与其裔孙在年代上有出入。
Settled: 朱洞 Zhudong, 平岗 Pinggang, 泡步 Paobu, 洋栏 Yanglan, 新一 Xinyi
Moved away to: Jiayanglu, Kaiping City 开平市加羊路
兰瑞 人凤
Said to have moved here together with Lanyu Gong
据说随同兰玉公一起徙入
Younger brother of Lanyu.
兰玉之弟。
景文
By the time of Jingwen Gong, the descendants of Lanrui Gong had opened up the two great branches of Dancun and Zoucun, and had also moved out to Najin in Sanhe, Danzao in Xinhui City, Caobu in Zhongshan City and other places.
兰瑞公祖裔到景文公时，拓展了淡村和邹村两大支脉，还分流徙入三合那金及新会市丹灶、中山市曹步等地。
Settled: 淡村 Dancun Village, 邹村 Zoucun Village, 那金 Najin
Moved away to: Danzao, Xinhui City 新会市丹灶, Caobu, Zhongshan City 中山市曹步
源达
Moved from Sijiu, Kaiping City, to the Haiyan area
从开平市四九徙入海宴地区
According to village histories and traditions and the genealogies of the Zhu of the Haiyan area, the Zhu of Zhuwu, Zhushawan, Heyilu and other places are his descendants.
据村史传说和海宴地区朱氏族谱，朱屋、朱沙湾、禾义路等地的朱氏是其子孙。
Settled: 朱屋 Zhuwu, 朱沙湾 Zhushawan, 禾义路 Heyilu
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少弟
At the end of the Yuan, after helping Emperor Taizu of Ming, Zhu Yuanzhang, put down the turmoil of the Yuan, made a commander (zhihuishi) and transferred to the Front Guard of Guangzhou Prefecture; in the 24th year of Hongwu of the Ming transferred as capped-and-belted battalion commander (guandai qianhu zhihuishi) of Wenhai, and ordered to build the walled town of the Guanghai Garrison against Japanese pirates
元末随明太祖朱元璋削平元乱后，封指挥使，调任广州府前卫；明洪武二十四年调任文海冠带千户指挥使，奉令兴建广海卫城防倭
A native of Ningguo Prefecture, Nanjing; later went back to Nanjing
南京宁国府人；后回南京
According to the village history and traditions and the genealogy of Dongrongli (Laozhu Village), Guanghai, the Zhu there grew from the descendants he left behind. When he went back to Nanjing he left behind his wife, née Guan, with one son, Helü.
据广海东荣里（老朱村）村史传说和族谱记载，当地朱氏是他遗下的子孙蕃衍起来的。回南京时留下夫人管氏带一子鹤侣。
鹤侣
Succeeded to his father's post as hereditary capped-and-belted battalion commander (guandai qianhu zhihuishi)
承父职为世袭冠带千户指挥使
Stayed in Guanghai with his mother, née Guan; the family has lived there for generations
随母管氏留在广海，世世代代在此居住
The Zhu of Zhujiaxiang in today's walled town of Guanghai and of Lejia Village, Dongrongli and other villages are his descendants.
今广海城的朱家巷及乐家村、东荣里等村落的朱氏，是其后裔。
Settled: 朱家巷 Zhujiaxiang, 乐家村 Lejia Village, 东荣里 Dongrongli
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朱熹
Great Neo-Confucian master of Fujian in the Song
宋时福建省理学大家
Source text (Chinese)
到宋时，在中国的福建省出了一位名声盖世的理学大家，中国古文化骨干之一的朱熹
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Zhangfu First ancestor in Guangdong[1][edit]
章甫 入粤始祖
Came from Jiangxi to Guangdong around the end of the Southern Song or in the Yuan, and made his living as a Confucian scholar in Jiaying Prefecture
约於南宋末年或元朝时从江西入粤，在嘉应州以儒学立业
A descendant of Quan Gong, a staff officer (canzuo) of Luling, Jiangxi. According to the "Chixi County Gazetteer" and the genealogies of the Zhu there, the first ancestor in Guangdong of the Hakka Zhu.
江西芦陵参佐铨公的后裔。据赤溪县志及该地朱氏族谱，为客家朱氏的入粤始祖。
Source text (Chinese)
据赤溪县志暨该地朱氏族谱记载，该支客家朱氏，其入粤始祖是章甫公。章甫公是朱熹的第七世孙，江西芦陵参佐铨公的后裔。约於南宋末年或元朝时从江西入粤，在嘉应州以儒学立业
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客家朱氏
His descendants wandered from place to place and drifted into Taishan in the Qianlong reign of the Qing, settling in the two areas of Sijiu and Sanhe; after fighting broke out between the Punti and the Hakka in the Wuyi region in the 6th year of Xianfeng, they moved on again, to live on the Chixi Peninsula
子孙经多处流徙，於清朝乾隆年间流入台山，分居四九和三合两个地带；咸丰六年五邑地区爆发土客相斗后，再流徙至赤溪半岛居住
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后其子孙经多处流徙，於清朝乾隆年间流入台山，分居於四九和三合两个地带。迨至咸丰六年，五邑地区爆发土客相斗，这两个地区的客家朱氏再流徙至本市东南临南海的赤溪半岛居住
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The Zhu of Wucun Village[1][edit]
五村朱氏
Haiyan area
海宴地区
The village was originally home to families of five surnames and was called Wucun ("Five Village"); later the Zhu of the village invited many clansmen to move in, and it became a large village inhabited by the Zhu alone. Historically, many of its villagers still traveled a long way to Zhudong, Fucheng, to worship Lanyu Gong.
该村原住五姓人家，叫五村；后来该村朱氏广招宗人入住，遂形成全部由朱氏聚居的大村庄。历史上该村不少村民仍远路到附城朱洞拜祭兰玉公。
Settled: 五村 Wucun Village
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Bing courtesy name Wenhuan, art name Shushi Founding ancestor[5][edit]
炳 字文焕，号漱石 始祖
A man of the Song
宋代人
The "Taishan Zhu Genealogy" (1994) takes him as its founding ancestor.
《台山朱氏族谱》（1994年）以其为始祖。
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Qiyi Founding ancestor[6][edit]
启义 始祖
The "[Zhu Family Genealogy]" recorded and compiled by Zhu Lihua (manuscript, 1985, with lineage tables) takes him as its founding ancestor; the family is scattered in Liantang Village, Taishan County, in Hong Kong and elsewhere.
朱丽华记编《[朱氏家谱]》（稿本，1985年，有世系表）以其为始祖，散居地为台山县莲塘村及香港等地。
Settled: 莲塘村 Liantang Village
Moved away to: Hong Kong 香港
Where they live[edit]
| 附城 Fucheng (today 台城街道 Taicheng Subdistrict) |
朱洞 Zhudong, 平岗 Pinggang, 泡步 Paobu, 淡村 Dancun Village [1] Source text (Chinese)
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| 三八 Sanba (today 白沙镇 Baisha Town) |
邹村 Zoucun Village [1] Source text (Chinese)
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| 三合 Sanhe | 洋栏 Yanglan, 新一 Xinyi, 那金 Najin [1] |
| 广海 Guanghai |
朱家巷 Zhujiaxiang, 乐家村 Lejia Village, 东荣里 Dongrongli [1] Source text (Chinese)
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| Elsewhere | 朱屋 Zhuwu, 朱沙湾 Zhushawan, 禾义路 Heyilu, 仑定村 Lunding Village, 春场 Chunchang, 五村 Wucun Village; Haiyan area (now divided into the three towns of Shalan, Haiyan and Wencun) 海宴地区（现分为沙栏、海宴、汶村三镇）; Shanju, Shalan 沙栏山咀 · By an incomplete count, of the more than 370 natural villages of the Haiyan area, the Zhu live in 39, numbering as many as ten thousand, third only to the Chen and the Li 据不完全统计，海宴地区三百七十多条自然村中，朱氏聚居的占三十九条，人口达一万之众，仅次于陈姓、李姓，居第三位[1] |
| Elsewhere |
Chixi Peninsula 赤溪半岛 · Hakka Zhu who drifted to Sijiu and Sanhe in the Qianlong reign of the Qing moved here after the fighting between the Punti and the Hakka in the 6th year of Xianfeng 清乾隆年间流入四九、三合的客家朱氏，咸丰六年土客相斗后迁此[1] Source text (Chinese)
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A place with a link was matched to its village page within the same town; the others are as the sources write them. See the villages of the 朱 surname.
References[edit]
- "Zhu", in the "Taishan Surnames" column of the Taishan Municipal Government website, December 19, 2017 「朱氏」，台山市人民政府门户网站「台山姓氏」栏目，2017年12月19日 (archived copy)
- "Zhu", in the "Taishan Surnames" column of the Taishan Municipal Government website, June 28, 2024 「朱氏」，台山市人民政府门户网站「台山姓氏」栏目，2024年6月28日 (archived copy)
- Zhu Daming, "Zhu", in "Origins of Taishan's Surnames" (vol. 1), compiled by the Committee for Cultural and Historical Materials of the Taishan CPPCC; reposted on the Taishan Classmates website in the thread "[Shared] Origins of Taishan's Surnames", August 2007 朱达明：「朱氏」，载《台山姓氏源流》（第一册），台山市政协文史资料委员会编；转载于台山同学网「[分享]台山姓氏源流」，2007年8月
- Chen Long and Chen Xinjie, "A Master of the South Whose Fame Spreads Far; Reason Put to Use, a Legacy That Lasts", "Southern Daily", September 10, 2015, reposted on Sina Guangdong 陈龙、陈欣捷：「岭表宗师名远扬 明理致用遗泽长」，《南方日报》2015年9月10日，转载于新浪广东
- Catalog entry for the "Taishan Zhu Genealogy" (1994, one volume), on the Yunjiapu genealogy website 《台山朱氏族谱》（1994年，一册）书目著录，载云家谱网
- Catalog entry for the "[Zhu Family Genealogy]" (recorded and compiled by Zhu Lihua, manuscript, 1985), on the Yunjiapu genealogy website 《[朱氏家谱]》（朱丽华记编，稿本，1985年）书目著录，载云家谱网
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