There are three identified sources:

A, is from jiang

For the surname, first to "lay.From jiang, is by the ancient tribal name and country name, GuYi name and last name.Descendants of yan, gong gong's from Sun Boyi (hall), is the teacher of emperor ZhuanXu, when emperor yao's side, in charge of the etiquette, when emperor shun formally appointed him rank.Yu exercise such right of administration, "yi with assisting, become a confidant of the yu.In searching out individuals to praise for "yi, emperor shun age" yi surnamed jiang, gives the surname for lv, and named him Lv Hou, lushi tribe."Yi the descendants of early activity in qinghai mountain area, due to the worship of the god of the mountain, has formed four yue tribes.In the era of yao and shun, Xia Yu, four YueCheng for tribal alliance the mountains of the priest.Lu and shen, are four yue tribes, belong to one of qiang people, is an important branch of jiang.

By the late primitive society, lv tribes qiang people to separate, and kinship "tribal by eastern gansu XiangDongQian again.Move first north of ShenChuan Lv Chuan (now northeast of zhidan apricot river).Apricot river originates in jingbian baiyu mountain, east flows into yan, after flowing into the Yellow River.Lu people along the yan river valley, the Yellow River, and "at the same time move so far in lu-liang mountains in central shanxi.Better today, 4 km southeast of xiangning, shanxi lu township of city waste is identified in the essences of shanxi.Lu in the xia, shang times have their countries, and then moved to east FenShui middle fertile plains, this ancient Lv Cheng sites exist.

In the shang dynasty has identified, lu shang for Lv Hou branches, sons, had assisted the king wen of zhou;Featuring.This period was identified originated.Lu shang, also called jiangshang at that time, people still call him with its progenitor surnamed jiang.

Shang dynasty last years, Shanghai no ers alliance, the leader of the Shanghai no lu he helped beat shang king zhou ji fa party Allies of the play.Ji fa to reward lv, after establishing the zhou dynasty named lu he Lv Hou.When king mu, Lv Hou phase to written statement about the penalty for zhou dynasty "lu punishment", it is one of the world's oldest law, to deal with the conquered people.The criminal law for five punishments (ink, Yi, (not 阝), palace, decapitation), a total of three thousand.

Zhou Xuan li-zhi wang to revive the zhou dynasty, strong business na, actual, jingchu and huai yi, change for Lv Hou FuHou, Lv Guohe sources from southwest mountains, moved to nanyang in henan, guarding the south.Tang dynasty SiMaZhen historical researches "lead" geography "cloud:" shen in nanyang county, nanyang ShenBoGuo also, lu also in nanyang county in the west also.""Including topography," exactly pointed out that in lu in the "nanyang county, west three miles.Tang, nanyang receives in this nanyang wolong district flow river town, the west "three miles" today ascending XianJing.This zone is the spring and autumn period and the previous, Lv Yi of the warring states period, qin and han dynasties, the ancient Shanghai no nie Yang, Lv Cheng site.

Shanghai no after migrating south, to the week you win ", the state of lu and the early years of the spring and autumn, powerful, chu states annexed cover to the north.In 688 BC, lv and shen, Zeng ChuWen king perished by the destroyer.ChuLing king, adherents of lu part was moved to hubei QiChun.

Nanyang Shanghai no perish by chu, chu families the incident of a so far east henan xincai southwest, setting up of a small country, for the client, chu shi dong lu, lu to distinguish it from nanyang.After dong lu and by song, and then become a dependency of the Chen, destroyed by the chu Chen, its belong to the chu.ChuPing king, make Cai Pinghou zionist (by king ChuLing Cai Guozeng).Cai Pinghou CAI from ShangCai moved to east lu, to the area then renamed XinCai.

West, east lu lu, after Shanghai no sons were for the surname, form identified the main vein.Lv Hou clade Sun Lvshang built by qi, after sun respectively the surname lu, qi for its origin.

Second, by westergren

Annals, according to the name of the source "and" clan ", contained in the spring and autumn jin state when lushi, split off from the coloring.Shanxi lu people, and by the state of jin, jinhou as principalities, to ji a surname westergren doctor.Westergren descendants have a surname of jin, ji, but because of sealing in the lu people, it still take over lu so number.JinHui male secretary lu nephews.Volume in the compilation and summary 41 huo zhou Lv Cheng article: "states west three mile, therefore, lu township, jin lu nephews city, also this is vicious, lu li in the southwest of the state, also to lv nephews, sui for Lv Zhou."Until its annexation by jin after Lv Yi, lv for city's nephews posterity, form identified.Is her experience for Shanxi Province.

Third, the surname is by minorities

Annals · clan "characteristics", the original xianbei ethnic minority group who initiate Lv Lingshi lushi, compound surname, etc.Northern wei emperor xiaowen moved the capital of luoyang, the compound surname word Chinese surname instead xianbei ethnic minority group, who identified instead of her experience.Initiate Lv Lingshi erros, and will, instead to identified.Than listed in the "annals · clan slightly khoo, deputy lushi after are identified.