Taishan surnames › The 罗 surname
Lineage of the 罗 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 article "Zhao", at Tianchou Village in Doushan the Bai originally lived in the east and the Luo in the west; after Zhongbao Gong of the Zhao moved there, the Luo, though they did not move elsewhere, gradually declined. Daxiang Village and Dingfeng Village, under the Tiantou Village Committee of Chixi Town, both have Luo as one of their long-settled surnames, and the villagers are Hakka; according to Chixi Town's village records, the Luo ancestors came one after another from various parts of Xinning County and settled there after the Zeng and the Wu. Further, according to Luo Kunlie's "A Study of the Origins of the Luo of Guangdong (continued)" (whose lineages are mostly based on the 1997 "Genealogy of the Luo of Xingning"), Rurong (born in the 23rd year of Kangxi) and Ruhuang, sons of Qiyou of the 21st generation of the Zhaoyuan Gong line of Xingning, moved from Xingning to Tuichelang Village (推车蓢) in Taishan County; but elsewhere the same article says that Rurong was a "15th-generation descendant of Yuanshan Yuan" of the Yingyuan Gong line, who moved from Huangniping Tuan in Longchuan to Tuichelang Village (推车崀) in Taishan County.[1][2][3][4][edit]
据「赵氏」一文，斗山田稠村原来白姓居东、罗姓居西，赵氏仲宝公移来以后，罗姓虽未他迁，但渐趋式微。赤溪镇田头村委会的大巷村、定丰村都以罗姓为世居姓氏之一，村民属客家民系；据赤溪镇的村落资料，罗姓先祖在曾氏、吴氏之后陆续从新宁县各地迁来定居。另据罗昆烈「广东罗氏源流考（续）」（谱系多据1997年《兴宁罗氏族谱》），兴宁昭远公一系二十一世起有之子如瑢（生于康熙二十三年）、如瑝由兴宁迁居台山县推车蓢村；但同文另一处又说如瑢是英远公一系「元善元十五世裔孙」，由龙川黄泥坪团迁居台山县推车崀村。
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.
- Luo of Tianchou Village 田稠村罗姓
- Settled · 斗山 Doushan田稠村 Tianchou Village
The line below: how it relates to the one above, its sources do not say.
- Luo of Daxiang Village, Chixi 赤溪大巷村罗氏
- Settled · 赤溪 Chixi大巷村 Daxiang Village
The line below: how it relates to the one above, its sources do not say.
- Luo of Dingfeng Village, Chixi 赤溪定丰村罗氏
- Settled · 赤溪 Chixi定丰村 Dingfeng Village
The line below: how it relates to the one above, its sources do not say.
The line in detail
Luo of Tianchou Village[1][edit]
田稠村罗姓
Lived in the west of Tianchou Village (originally called Tianliao Village)
居田稠村（原称田寮村）之西
According to the article "Zhao", at Tianchou Village the Bai originally lived in the east and the Luo in the west, with a stream flowing south between them; the place was later named Zhongjian Lane after this. After Zhongbao Gong of the Zhao moved there, the Zhao grew ever stronger; the Bai later moved east and founded Fuhua Village of their own, and the Luo, though they did not move elsewhere, gradually declined. The article does not say when, or from where, the Luo came to Tianchou.
据「赵氏」一文，田稠村原来白姓居其东，罗姓居其西，中有小溪南流，后以此名为中间巷。赵氏仲宝公移来以后，赵族日壮，白姓后东迁另立伏华村；罗姓虽未他迁，但渐趋式微。文中没有说罗姓何时、从何处来田稠。
Settled: 田稠村 Tianchou Village
The line below: how it relates to the one above, its sources do not say.
Luo of Daxiang Village, Chixi[2][edit]
赤溪大巷村罗氏
After the Zeng, came one after another from various parts of Xinning County and settled
在曾氏之后，从新宁县各地陆续迁来定居
Daxiang Village is in the southwest of Chixi Town, under the Tiantou Village Committee; its long-settled surnames are Zeng, Li and Luo. In the Ming, the Zeng ancestors led their clansmen from Fujian to Xinning County in successive moves, and their descendants then moved to this village; after them, the ancestors of the Li, Luo, Zhong and other surnames also came here one after another from various parts of Xinning County and settled. The villagers are Hakka and speak Hakka. The village has a Luo family hall (the Luo ancestral hall).
大巷村在赤溪镇西南部，属田头村委会，世居姓氏为曾、李、罗。明代曾氏先祖率领族人陆续从福建迁居新宁县，子孙再迁居该村；随后李、罗、钟等姓先祖也陆续从新宁县各地来此定居。村民为客家民系，通用客家话。村中有罗家祠（罗氏宗祠）。
Settled: 大巷村 Daxiang Village
The line below: how it relates to the one above, its sources do not say.
Luo of Dingfeng Village, Chixi[3][edit]
赤溪定丰村罗氏
After the Wu, came one after another from various parts of Xinning County and settled
在吴氏之后，从新宁县各地陆续迁来定居
Dingfeng Village is in the southwest of Chixi Town, under the Tiantou Village Committee; its long-settled surnames are Wu, Luo and Zhong. In the Ming, the Wu ancestors led their clansmen from Fujian to Xinning County in successive moves, and their descendants then moved to this village; after them, the ancestors of the Zhong, Luo, Yang and other surnames also came here one after another from various parts of Xinning County and settled. The villagers are Hakka and speak Hakka.
定丰村在赤溪镇西南部，属田头村委会，世居姓氏为吴、罗、钟。明代吴氏先祖率领族人陆续从福建迁居新宁县，子孙再迁居该村；随后钟、罗、杨等姓先祖也陆续从新宁县各地来此定居。村民为客家民系，通用客家话。
Settled: 定丰村 Dingfeng Village
The line below: how it relates to the one above, its sources do not say.
46th generation from Zhu Gong Wan courtesy name Mingliang[4][edit]
珠公四十六世 万 字明亮
Born in the 4th year of Jiaxi under Emperor Lizong of the Southern Song (1241)
生南宋理宗嘉熙四年（1241）
Ancestral home: Tongshui Township (Xixia), Jishui County, Ji'an Prefecture, Jiangxi; his forebears moved to Ninghua County, Fujian, to escape unrest
原籍江西吉安府吉水县潼水乡（熂下），其先祖因避乱徙福建宁化县
According to the 1997 "Genealogy of the Luo of Xingning", he had three sons: Ji (courtesy name Liangyuan), Shi (courtesy name Zhaoyuan) and Ze (courtesy name Yingyuan); at the end of the Southern Song, the three brothers, fleeing war, went together from Fujian into Guangdong.
据1997年《兴宁罗氏族谱》，生三子：吉（字亮远）、世（字昭远）、则（字英远）；南宋末年，兄弟三人因避乱战相率由闽入粤。
Moved away to: Tongshui Township, Jishui County, Ji'an Prefecture, Jiangxi 江西吉安府吉水县潼水乡, Ninghua County, Fujian 福建宁化县
Source text (Chinese)
1997年《兴宁罗氏族谱》载：珠公四十六世万公，字明亮，生南宋理宗嘉熙四年（1241），生三子：吉、世、则；长子吉公字亮远；次子世公，字昭远；三子则公，字英远。原籍江西吉安府吉水县潼水乡（熂下）其先祖因避乱徙福建宁化县，已居数代。于南宋末年，因避乱战，兄弟三人相率由闽入粤
[4]
13th-generation descendant of Ze Gong Zhaoyuan personal name Shi; known by birth order as the Seventy-third Lang First-generation founding ancestor of the settlement[4][edit]
崱公十三世裔孙 昭远 名世，行七十三郎 开基一世始祖
County magistrate of Anxi, Fujian
任福建安溪县尹
After leaving office, traveled to eastern Guangdong and moved with his whole family to Yangtian Shexia, Daping, Xingning
解组后游粤东，举家迁居兴宁大坪洋田社下
Second son of Wan Gong; first-generation founding ancestor of the settlement at Daping, Xingning.
万公次子，兴宁大坪开基一世始祖。
Sources differ: Number of sons: the "Lineage Table of Zhaoyuan Gong" in "A Study of the Origins of the Luo of Yuzhang" gives six sons (Youming, Youliang, Youzhong, Youshen, Youchen and Youxin); the "Genealogy of the Luo of Xingning" gives five (Youming, Youliang, Youchen, Youwen and Youzhong); the author notes: "they differ slightly; yet to be verified." The article also says that "from Zhaoyuan Gong to the present there have been between twenty-two and twenty-four generations", which does not agree with what it says later: that Rurong, son of Qiyou of the 21st generation, was born in the 23rd year of Kangxi (1684), and that Zongri, son of Shining of the 24th generation, was born in the 33rd year of Qianlong (1768).
儿子的人数：《豫章罗氏源流考》的《昭远公世系表》作六子（友明、友亮、友忠、友绅、友臣、友信），《兴宁罗氏族谱》作五人（友明、友亮、友臣、友文、友忠），作者按「略有出入，待考」。又文中说「昭远公历传至今，已历二十二世至二十四世之间」，与下文二十一世起有之子如瑢生于康熙二十三年（1684）、二十四世仕宁之子宗日生于乾隆三十三年（1768）不合。
Moved away to: Yangtian Shexia, Daping, Xingning 兴宁大坪洋田社下
友亮
Son of Zhaoyuan; the Youliang Gong branch grew the most numerous.
昭远之子，友亮公房人丁最为繁衍。
4th-generation descendant of Zhaoyuan Gong Ming[4][edit]
昭远公四世裔孙 铭
Youliang Gong branch. Had eighteen sons.
友亮公房。生子十八人。
Source text (Chinese)
友亮公房昭远公四世裔孙铭公，铭公生子十八人
[4]
璥
Son of Ming Gong. Had three sons: Tinggong, Tingjian and Tingrang.
铭公之子。生三子：廷恭、廷俭、廷让。
Sources differ: The same passage first speaks of Ming Gong's "third son, Jing Gong", and the next paragraph of "Ming Gong's fourth son, Jing Gong".
同一处先说铭公「其三子璥公」，下一段又说「铭公第四子璥公」。
21st generation Qiyou[4][edit]
二十一世 起有
The line of Jing Gong came down to Qiyou in the 21st generation. Had three sons: Ruguan, Rurong and Ruhuang; Ruguan moved from Daping, Xingning, to Shiyatou, Yaji Yue, Longchuan County.
璥公一系传至二十一世起有。生三子：如琯、如瑢、如瑝；如琯从兴宁大坪迁居龙川县亚髻约石牙头。
Source text (Chinese)
其三子璥公。传至二十一世起有；起有生三子：如琯、如瑢、如瑝。如琯从兴宁大坪迁居龙川县亚髻约石牙头
[4]如瑢
Born in the 23rd year of Kangxi (1684)
生于康熙二十三年（1684）
Moved, together with his five sons, from the old home at Daping, Xingning, to Tuichelang Village, Taishan County
与五子同期由兴宁大坪故居迁居台山县推车蓢村
Son of Qiyou. His five sons, Mingqin, Mingju, Minghong, Mingjing and Minglun, moved with him to Tuichelang Village, Taishan County. His third son, Minghong, had one son, Shixiu; Shixiu had four sons, the eldest of whom, Zongchuan, moved from the old home in Taishan County to Dawan, Yingde, and early in the Daoguang period moved again to Tianxin, Shikenglang, Liannan County.
起有之子。五子明钦、明钜、明洪、明经、明纶与他同期迁居台山县推车蓢村。三子明洪生一子仕秀；仕秀生四子，其长子宗传由台山县故居迁英德大湾，道光初年再迁连南县石坑崀田心。
Sources differ: The section on the Yingyuan Gong line in the same article says otherwise: "Rurong, 15th-generation descendant of Yuanshan Yuan, moved from Huangniping Tuan in Longchuan to Tuichelang Village in Taishan County". There, Rurong is a descendant of Yuanshan of the Yingyuan Gong line and came from Longchuan, and the village name is written Tuichelang (推车崀); here, he is a son of Qiyou of the Zhaoyuan Gong line and came from Daping, Xingning, and the village name is written Tuichelang (推车蓢). Both passages say that Rurong's third son was Minghong and his grandson Shixiu, and that Shixiu's eldest son Zongchuan moved from Tuichelang Village in Taishan (in either spelling) to Dawan, Yingde, and then to Tianxin, Shikenglang, Liannan.
同一篇文章的英远公世系一节另说：「元善元十五世裔孙如瑢，由龙川黄泥坪团迁居台山县推车崀村」——那里如瑢是英远公一系元善的后裔，由龙川迁来，村名作「推车崀」；这里是昭远公一系起有之子，由兴宁大坪迁来，村名作「推车蓢」。两处都说如瑢三子明洪、孙仕秀，仕秀长子宗传由台山推车崀（蓢）村迁英德大湾、再迁连南石坑崀田心。
Settled: 推车蓢村 Tuichelang Village
Moved away to: Daping, Xingning 兴宁大坪
6th generation Tingjian[4][edit]
六世 廷俭
Son of Jing Gong (Jing Gong had three sons: Tinggong, Tingjian and Tingrang).
璥公之子（璥公生三子：廷恭、廷俭、廷让）。
Source text (Chinese)
璥公生三子：廷恭、廷俭、廷让；由六世廷俭至二十四世仕宁
[4]descendant24th generation Shining[4][edit]
二十四世 仕宁
Had three sons: Zongri, Zongyue and Zongxing. Zongxing's sons Yaoguan, Yaohuan, Yaogui and Yaoguang moved in the Daoguang period of the Qing from the old home in Taishan County to Shikenglang and Yatian Village in Zhaigang Town, Liannan County; Zongyue moved far away to Guangxi, and the details are lost. This passage says this branch had an old home in Taishan County, but does not say when, or by whom, it moved to Taishan; elsewhere the article says Shining was a descendant of Rurong (see "Sources differ" below).
生三子：宗日、宗月、宗星。宗星之子耀琯、耀瑍、耀璝、耀珖于清道光年间由台山县故居迁居连南县寨岗镇石坑崀、鸦田村；宗月远迁广西，详情失考。这一段称这一支在台山县有故居，但没有说何时、由何人迁到台山；文中另一处说仕宁是如瑢的后裔（见下「说法不一」）。
Sources differ: The section on the Yingyuan Gong line in the same article says otherwise: "Shining, a descendant of Rurong; his eldest son Zongri and second son Zongxing moved separately in the Tongzhi period of the Qing to Chengjia, Yajidong, Shikenglang and Yatian Village in Zhaigang, Liannan County". There, Shining is a descendant of Rurong (of the Yingyuan Gong line), Zongxing is the second son, and Zongri and Zongxing themselves moved to Liannan in the Tongzhi period; here, Shining is of the Tingjian line and had three sons, Zongri, Zongyue and Zongxing; Zongxing's sons moved from Taishan to Liannan in the Daoguang period, and Zongri's grandson Lianguang only in the 2nd year of Tongzhi (1863), while Zongri's sons Yaoqiu and Yaolin stayed in Taishan.
同一篇文章的英远公世系一节另说：「如瑢裔孙仕宁，其长子宗日，次子宗星，于清同治年间分迁连南县寨岗秤架、鸦髻洞、石坑崀、亚田村」——那里仕宁是如瑢（英远公一系）的后裔，宗星是次子，宗日、宗星本人于同治年间迁连南；这里仕宁是廷俭一系，生宗日、宗月、宗星三子，宗星之子于道光年间、宗日之孙联光于同治二年（1863）才由台山迁连南，宗日之子耀球、耀琳仍留台山。
son宗日
Born in the 33rd year of Qianlong (1768)
生于乾隆三十三年（1768）
Sons: Yaoqiu, Yaolin, Yaowei and Yaogan; Yaogan had no heir; Yaowei had one son, Lianguang, who in the 2nd year of Tongzhi (1863) moved from Taishan County to Jidong Village, Zhainan Town, Liannan County.
子耀球、耀琳、耀威、耀玕；耀玕无嗣；耀威生一子联光，联光于同治二年（1863）由台山县迁居连南县寨南镇鸡洞村。
Sources differ: The article says "Zongri had three sons" but lists four: Yaoqiu, Yaolin, Yaowei and Yaogan.
文中说「宗日生三子」，却列出耀球、耀琳、耀威、耀玕四人。
Source text (Chinese)
宗日公生于乾隆三十三年（1768），宗日生三子：耀球、耀琳、耀威、耀玕；耀球、耀琳仍留住故居台山县，耀玕无嗣，耀威生一子联光；联光于同治二年（1863）由台山县迁居连南县寨南镇鸡洞村
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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 罗 surname.
References[edit]
- "Zhao", in the "Taishan Surnames" column of the Taishan Municipal Government website, July 7, 2019 「赵氏」，台山市人民政府门户网站「台山姓氏」栏目，2019年7月7日 (archived copy)
- Written by Zhu Yiguang, chief compiler Zhong Riping, "Natural Villages of Chixi Town - Daxiang Village, Tiantou Village", in the "History and Culture" section of the Chixi Town People's Government website, Taishan, May 20, 2025 朱奕光撰稿，钟日平总纂：「赤溪镇自然村落情况-田头村大巷村」，台山市赤溪镇人民政府网站「历史文化」，2025年5月20日
- Written by Zhu Yiguang, chief compiler Zhong Riping, "Natural Villages of Chixi Town - Dingfeng Village, Tiantou Village", in the "History and Culture" section of the Chixi Town People's Government website, Taishan, May 19, 2026 朱奕光撰稿，钟日平总纂：「赤溪镇自然村落情况-田头村定丰村」，台山市赤溪镇人民政府网站「历史文化」，2026年5月19日
- Luo Kunlie, "A Study of the Origins of the Luo of Guangdong (continued)", in the "Luo Clan Return to Roots" column of the Luoshi Jiayuan website, October 8, 2006 罗昆烈：「广东罗氏源流考（续）」，罗氏家园「罗氏归宗」栏目，2006年10月8日
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