LO
Other possible spelling for my last name: LU, LOW
This identifies the specific branch I belong to:
The Lo's of the Faan Yeung clan
Other possible spelling for my last name: LU, LOW
This identifies the specific branch I belong to:
The Lo's of the Faan Yeung clan
Names in italics indicates that they are phonic transliteration from Chinese.
Lo is the 42nd most populous last name in China. Descendants of the Lo's live all over China.
). Qi () was relatively powerful compared to the 1,800 Chinese feudal states existed before the start of the "Spring and Autumn Period (
)" (722B.C.- 481B.C.). At the start of the Spring and Autumn Period (), there were a few hundreds states left, as a result of conqests and alliances. The feudal state of Qi () was one of the four strongest at the time.
) was founded in the 11th century B.C., possibly around the year 1046 B.C., by Jiang Ziya (
), given name Jiang Shang (
), of the clan Lyuu (
). Because he was the first ruler of Qi (), he was also known as Qi TaiGong (
), or the founding Duke of Qi. He received his title and land for helping the Western Chou (
) Dynasty's King Wen (
) and his son destroy the Shang (
) Dynasty. About the size of the state of New York at its largest, the feudal state of Qi () was located in the modern Shandong (
) province in China.
) seventh generation descendant (his great-grandson's great-grandson's son) was Jiang Chi (
). Jiang Chi () was the tenth ruler of the feudal state of Qi (), and he was known as Qi WenGong (
), or Duke Wen of Qi. He ruled Qi () from 815 B.C. to 804 B.C. Jiang Chi () had a son named Jiang Kao (
), who had a grandson named Jiang Hoi (
). Jiang Hoi () was an official in the feudal state of Qi (), and he carried a hereditary title of a Marquess of Qi (
) (note: a marquess is one level lower than a duke). Around the year 720 B.C., Jiang Hoi () was given land, in an area called the County of Lo, which was located southwest of today's Changqing District (
), in the city of Jinan (
), Shandong () province. It is from the county of Lo that Jiang Hoi () took his last name, and he is known as Lo Hoi (
). Lo Hoi () is recognized as the first generation of the Los, and his descendants have been using the last name "LO" ever since.
) Dynasty (221-206 B.C.)
) lived in an area called Deuk Seui (
). The area eventually became Faan Yeung Deuk (), and it is from this, where the Lo's clan name Faan Yeung () came from.
His son, the fourteenth generation Lo Saang (
), was sent by the first emperor of China, Qin ShiHuang (
) to the East Sea to search for the eternal youth elixir. Since no such thing existed, he was not successful at finding the elixir.
) Dynasty (206 B.C. - 220 A.D.)
). Lo Waan () was born in the same village and on the same date as Liu Bang (
), who was born a commoner and became an emperor. Near the end of the Ch'in () Dynasty, Lo Waan () fought alongside Liu Bang (), and Lo Waan () eventually became a general among the insurrectionists who toppled the Ch'in () Dynasty. After the fall of the Ch'in () Dynasty in 206 B.C., Liu Bang () became Emperor Gaozu of Han (
), or the first emperor of the Han () Dynasty, and Lo Waan () was given the title Yahn Wen (
), or the Duke of Yahn. A few years later, Emperor Gaozu of Han () decided that in order to prevent future challenges to his power, only his relatives and descendants with the lastname Liu could be granted land and titles, and all of his former compatriots had to be eliminated. Fearing for his life, in the second month of the year 191 B.C., Lo Waan () led an army of a few hundred thousands men against the Han () emperor. Knowing that he was going to be defeated, he fled with his family and a few thousands of his men to an area near the Great Wall of China. In the fourth month of the same year, Emperor Gaozu () died, and Lo Waan () fled outside the Great Walls to the Xiongnu's (
) territories. He was given the title TungHur (
), or Duke Eastern Hur, by the Xiongnu. A year later, Lo Waan () passed away.
Lo Waan () never returned to China. His grandson, the twenty-first generation Lo Yin (
) led an army in 151 B.C. to destroy the Xiongnu, and returned to China. The emperor of the time, Emperor Jing of Han (
), rewarded Lo Yin () with the title of a Marquess, for the defeat of the Xiongnu, who posed a constant threat at the Chinese border.
Near the end of the Han () Dynasty, the thirty-second generation Lo Jik (
) was an Imperial Secretariat, or a ShangShu (
) in the Han Emperor's imperial court. As the Imperial Secretariat, Lo Jik () wielded actual decision-making power in the imperial government.
) Period (220 - 280 A.D.)
), was a Wei SiKong (
), or a minister of the interior (in charge of waterworks & construction) in the Kingdom of Wei (), which was one of the three regimes competing for control of China during the "Three Kingdoms ()" period, after the fall of the Han () Dynasty.
) Dynasty (581 - 618 A.D.)
) was a poet during the Sui () Dynasty.
) Dynasty (618 - 907 A.D.)) Dynasty, the Los were very active in politics. The forty-sixth generation Lo Sing Hing (
) was an Imperial Secretariat () under the third Tang emperor Gao Zong (650-683). The fiftieth generation Lo Waai San (
) was an Imperial Secretariat, or a ZaiXiang (
) under the tenth Tang emperor Xuan Zong (712-756). The fifty-second generation Lo Maai (
), and the fifty-third generation Lo Gei (
) were both Imperial Secretariats () to the thirteenth Tang emperor De Zong (780-805).
) Dynasty (960 - 1279 A.D.)) Dynasty, in the year 1219, the seventy-fourth generation Lo Wai Yum (
) became a Juren (
), or a provincial graduate, in the Imperial Examination (
), which determined candidates who were allowed to enter the Imperial bureaucracy.
During the late Song () Dynasty, the seventy-sixth generation Lo Tin Bou (
) moved to an area that was used to be called ChaoZhou. His second son, the seventy-seventh generation Lo Chin Sei Long (
) moved to the now Mei County (
), which in the 1200's was part of ChaoZhou. His grandson, the seventy-ninth generation Lo Lap Kai (
), who was born in around the year 1300, and his descendants have lived in Mei County () ever since.
), located in the town of Bai Gong (
), Mei County (or MeiXian) (), GuangDong Province (
), in southeastern China (
). The traditional language dialect of my family is called Hakka (or KeJia)
(
). According to some written history, My family probably migrated from central China in order to get away from the unrest in that region at the time. My siblings and I are the twenty-third generation in the GuangDong branch of the family. That makes us the ninety-eighth generation in the family, since my ancestor Lo Hoi (), who was the first one to use the last name "LO", around 720 B.C.. My siblings and I are young for our place in the family tree. Many of my distance cousins are much older than I am. A second cousin, who is a politician in MeiXian (), is about 35 years older than I am. My great grandfather, Lo Gan Fuu (
), was a scholar, and he was the principal of the local high school. He was also active in the underground resistance society called the TongMengHui (
), or the United League or Revolutionary Alliance. Founded in 1905, the aim of the TongMengHui () was to revive China, restore Chinese rule, expel foreigners, establish a republic, and to distribute land equally among the people. After the Hsinhai Revolution (
), which started on October 10, 1911, and ended on February 12, 1912 with the abdication of the last Qing Emperor, the Qing (
) Dynasty fell (Chinese rule restored to China), and the Republic of China was established. My great grandfather was then appointed the first chief executive of MeiXian ().
Here are some pictures of the family village in China. Yes, that's my dad in the middle picture, taken when he visited the village in 1996. I just visited the village in the summer of 2001, so there are more pictures to come.
Click on the images for larger ones:
| This is the house my great-grand-father built for his twelve sons. My grandfather was the fourth. My dad still owns two of the rooms in that house. |
| This is the house my great-grandfather grew up in. |
| Some miscellaneous farm house. |
RESOURCES: Chinese wikipedia links to the following:
Shang Dynasty
Spring and Autumn period
Western Chou Dynasty
Feudal state of Qi
Jiang Ziya
Jiang Chi
Shandong province
Liu Bang
Han Dynasty
Emperor Jing of Han
Kingdom of Wei
Si Kong/minister of interior
Tang Dynasty
Imperial Examination
Song Dynasty
Qing Dynasty
TongMenHui
Hsinhai Revolution
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Modified Monday, March 26, 2007. 19:53
Created February 2002