The origin and migration distribution of the surname Lai

The surname Lai comes from the surname Jiang. The surname Lai is a Chinese surname, ranking 98th in "Hundred Family Surnames", accounting for about 0.18 of the country's total population, about 2.5 million people. The following is the origin and migration distribution of the surname Lai that I have compiled for you. I hope you like it!

Origin of the surname Lai

There are three origins of the surname Lai (L?i Lai):

1. Coming from the surname Ji, he is a descendant of Jichang, King Wen of Zhou Dynasty, and takes the name of his country. According to materials such as "Tongzhi? Clan Briefing" and "Wenwen Tongkao", King Wu of Zhou had his younger brother Shuying who was granted the title of Lai State. In the fourth year of Lu Zhaogong, he was destroyed by King Ling of Chu. After that, the country was named after his surname. . Historically known as Lai's authentic sect. It is the Lai family of Henan.

2. Coming from the surname Jiang, he is a descendant of the Yan Emperor Shennong, and takes the name of his country. According to the "Manuscript of Chinese History", "The History of the Origin of Yan and Huang" and other materials, there are four descendants of Emperor Yan, belonging to the four clan tribes of the ancient Qiang people. One of them is Lieshan clan. In ancient times, Lie and Li Tong were also pronounced Lai, so Lieshan, Lishan, and Laishan clans all had the same name. In ancient times, the Lieshan clan lived in the Fenshui Basin of Shanxi Province. Later, one branch moved eastward and established the Lai Kingdom in Lixiang County, Henan Province during the Shang Dynasty, which was attached to the Shang Dynasty. When King Wu of Zhou conquered the Shang Dynasty, the Lai people moved south. Later, they accepted the title of viscount from King Wu of Zhou and became Laizi Kingdom (today's Baoxin Town, Xi County, Henan Province). In the fourth year of Duke Zhao of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period, King Ling of Chu destroyed him, and his people moved to Yan. Their descendants took the name of the country and called them Lai. It is the Lai family in Hubei or Henan.

3. The surname Lai is derived from the ethnic minority:

① The surname Lai of the Achang ethnic group is derived from the Achang language? Lalai? , because the last sound is homophonic with the Chinese word "Lai", so the surname is Lai.

② In addition, Manchus, Taiwanese aborigines, Mongolian and other ethnic minorities all have the surname Lai.

The ancestor of the surname: Shuying. The Zhou Dynasty was founded by Ji Fa, a descendant of the Yellow Emperor Ji. In order to strengthen his rule, King Wu granted the same surname to the princes. According to historical records, King Wu of Zhou granted his younger brother Shu Ying Yu Lai (in today’s Henan Province). In the fourth year of Lu Zhaogong (538 BC), Lai was destroyed by King Ling of Chu. Later, his descendants took the country as their surname and called it The surname is Lai. Therefore, Shuying is revered as the ancestor of the Lai surname.

Migration distribution of the surname Lai

The surname Lai originated in today’s Henan Province. According to "A Study of Surnames", the earliest family with the surname Lai lived in the ancient Yingchuan area (now Yuzhou, Henan) and was a descendant of Shuying, the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, some people with the surname Lai moved to the south. It is recorded in the "Yuanhe Surname Compilation": In the Han Dynasty, there were Lai Xian, the prefect of Jiaozhi (now northwest of Hanoi City, Vietnam), and Lai Wen, the prefect of Lingling of Shu (now part of Hunan Province). ? During this period, the Lai surname living in Yingchuan developed most prosperously, and it was called "Yingchuan County". During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, people with the Lai surname joined the ranks of people migrating from the north to the south to avoid the chaos. The Lai surname can be found in Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong and other provinces. According to the "Lai Family Genealogy", in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Lai Zhongzhong served as the magistrate of Qianzhou (now part of Jiangxi Province). His descendant Lai Guang moved to Songyang (now part of Zhejiang Province). By the time Lai met, he had become a major local commander. Emperor An personally inscribed "Songyang County" as a gift to Lai Yu, so the prominent family took "Songyang" as the county name and respected Lai Guang as the founding ancestor. In addition, some of Lai Guang's descendants moved to Jiangxi, where they developed into a large county commander and the governing county was Nankang County. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the government was clean and the people were harmonious, and the Lai surname became more and more prosperous. The branches of the Lai surname spread out and became lush and green. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, a large number of people with the Lai surname migrated south. It can be said that this was another great migration of the Lai surname in history after the Southern and Northern Dynasties. This move to the south made the Lai surname, which originated in Henan in the Central Plains, even more popular throughout the south. In addition, in the Song Dynasty, a branch of the Lai surname flourished in Wuzhi, Henan, and the county was governed as Hanoi County. In the early Ming Dynasty, some people with the Lai surname moved to Sichuan and Yunnan, and most of them integrated into the Achang ethnic group. In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, some people with the surname Lai entered Taiwan. According to records, Lai Yun crossed the sea from Zhangzhou, Fujian, to Taichung to establish his foundation. After that, people from Fujian and Guangdong moved to Taiwan and then moved overseas. Today, most people with the surname Lai live in Guangdong, accounting for about 54% of the country's Han population with the surname Lai. The surname Lai is the 98th most common surname in China today. It has a large population, accounting for about 0.17% of the country's Han population.

Historical celebrities surnamed Lai

Lai Pei: A native of Yudu (now Yudu County), Jiangxi Province, he was a Jinshi during the Qianyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. He was appointed as the school secretary of Chongwen Hall. He did not go and retired. Living in the countryside, people call the place where he lives "Secretary Lane".

Lai Ying: A native of Guangchang, he was a Jinshi during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. He was deeply supported by the people for his uprightness, courage to admonish, and consideration for public opinion.

Lai Li: A native of Nankang (now part of Jiangxi Province), he served successively as Wugong (now part of Shaanxi Province) and magistrate of Yuanjiang County in the Ming Dynasty. He was widely praised for his integrity and uprightness as an official.

Lai Jing: A native of the west of the city, he was a painter of the Ming Dynasty. He was proficient in poetry, calligraphy and painting, and was known as the "Three Masters" at the time.

Lai He: native of Changhua, Taiwan Province, writer. In the vernacular literary movement, there was a clear anti-colonialism and anti-feudal tendency. His creative purpose was to adhere to realism for life. He was later persecuted and died of illness by the Japanese authorities.

Lai Ning: During a battle to put out a wildfire, an asbestos man from Sichuan Province, regardless of his personal safety, fought in the fire for four or five hours. In order to protect national property, he acted heroically. Dedicating yourself at the age of 14. The Central Committee of the *** Youth League and the State Education Commission awarded him the glorious title of "Heroic Youth". Call on young people of all ethnic groups across the country to learn from Lai Ning.

Lai Wenzheng: A native of Jingnan (now Jiangling, Hubei Province). In the Southern Song Dynasty, he led tea farmers and tea vendors in Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan and other places to rebel twice, and was later lured to surrender. , died in Jiangzhou.

Lai Lusun: A native of Ninghua (now part of Zhejiang Province) in the Yuan Dynasty, he was a filial son. During the Yanyou period, the Jiangxi bandits made trouble and wanted to kill his mother. Lu Sun covered his mother with his body and said, "You would rather kill me than hurt my mother." ?His mother was sick and thirsty and lacked water, and her grandson salivated over her.

Lai Hanying: A native of Huaxian County, Guangdong, and a general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He successively served as the Fourth Right Commander of the Heavenly Kingdom Palace, the Fourth Right Inspection Officer of the Palace, and Deputy Prime Minister of Xia Guan. Later, he died in the Yang Wei incident. When it was said that the Heavenly Kingdom failed, he fled to Kowloon and later returned to his hometown.

Lai Shilong: A member of the Qing Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, a scholar of Xuande, and an official editor. He once offered suggestions to quell Deng Mao's rebellion, recruited more than 100,000 scattered thieves, and made outstanding achievements.

Lai Wenguang: A native of Guangxi, a general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He first followed Chen Yucheng to fight in Anhui and Hubei, guarding Huangzhou (today's Huanggang, Hubei Province), and was granted the title of King Zun. Later, he was captured in Wayaopu, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, and died heroically.

Lai Chuanzhu: A native of Gan County, Jiangxi Province, he joined the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army in his early years and has been holding important leadership positions in the party and the army. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, he successively served in Beijing He holds the positions of military region political commissar and national defense committee member, and was awarded the rank of general.

Lai Jifa: A native of Fujian Province, he participated in the revolution in his early years and served as political commissar of the Red Army and the Eighth Route Army. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as deputy director of the State Construction Commission, member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and member of the Central Committee.

Lai’s surname and Junwangtang number

1. Junwang

Yingchuan County: The county was established in the 17th year of the Qin Dynasty. It governed Yangzhai (today's Yuzhou, Henan), corresponding to the county area east of Dengfeng and Baofeng in present-day Henan, west of Weishi and Yancheng, south of Mi County, and north of Ye County and Wuyang. The founder of this branch of the Lai family is Shuying.

Nankang County: The county was established in the third year of Taikang in Jin Dynasty. The Eastern Jin Dynasty moved to Gan County, which is equivalent to the area south of Nankang, Gan County, Xingguo and Ningdu in present-day Jiangxi Province. The Lai family of this branch is after Lai Guang.

Henan County: In the second year of Emperor Gao of Han Dynasty, it was changed to Sanchuan County of Qin Dynasty and established as a county. Comparable to the lower reaches of Luoshui River and Yishui River south of the Yellow River in Henan Province, the upper reaches of Shuangjie River and Jialu River, and Yuanyang County north of the Yellow River.

Hanoi County: a county established by the Chu and Han Dynasties. Compared to the area north of the Yellow River and west of the Beijing-Hankow Railway in Henan Province today. The Western Jin Dynasty moved to rule Yewang (now Qinyang, Henan Province).

Songyang County: The old county name, in what is now southwest Zhejiang Province, was revoked in 1958 and merged into Suichang County. The founder of this branch of the Lai family is Lai Guang of the Jin Dynasty.

The 3rd generation grandson of Lai Guang, Yu Gong, served as the prefect of Jiangdong during the Ningkang period of Jin Dynasty. He wrote to the imperial court, and the Emperor of Jin personally wrote "Songyang County" to confer Songyang as a county. In the 22nd year of the Chenghua reign of the Ming Dynasty, the leaders of the Jiangxi Lai clan agreed to honor Yu Gong as the ancestor of the Jiangxi Lai clan and call him the Songyang Lai clan.

2. Hall name

Yingchuan Hall: The genealogy of the Lai family contains: The ancestor of the Lai family had the surname Ji. He is the ninth generation grandson Yinggong of Zhongshu, the thirteenth son of King Wen of Zhou Dynasty. During the reign of King Xuan, the seal of Yingchuan was granted to the state of Lai. After Ying Gong, in the fourteenth generation, the country merged with Chu, and his descendants lived in seclusion in Yingchuan, taking Lai as their surname and Yingchuan as their county. ?Therefore, Yingchuan is the birthplace of the Lai family, and the name Yingchuan originated from this place. Yingchuan is located in present-day Xinyang County, Henan Province.

Secretary Hall: Lai Di from the Tang Dynasty was smart since childhood and could write articles at the age of 7. At the age of 20, he understood the teachings of nine classics and hundreds of schools of thought. During the Qian and Yuan Dynasties, he won the imperial examination and worshiped the school secretary of Wenguan. He didn't want to do it and retreated to the countryside. People called his home "Secretary's Lane".

In addition, the main hall names of Lai include: Nankang Hall, Henan Hall, Xichuan Hall, Songyang Hall, and Wuchang Hall ?, ?Wumeitang?, ?Ximeitang?, ?Huaidetang?, ?Jixiantang?, ?Sijingtang?, ?Shuishengtang?, etc.