As far as the whole country is concerned, there are five branches in the origin of Zhu's surname: Zhu Xiang's lineage, Cao's surname, Gou's surname, Zi's surname and the change of foreign surname.
1, the first one is Zhu Xiang. Zhu Xiang clan is a tribe with spiders as its totem. It lives in Huaiyang, Henan Province, followed by Zhu, with a history of more than 5,000 years.
2. The second expenditure came from Cao Shi. After Levin's Zhuan Xu, the fifth son of Lu Zhong, the son of the Yellow Emperor and Wu Hui, was surnamed Cao. Cao tribe took jujube as its totem, and began to live in Zhouzhi, Shaanxi Province, then moved eastward to Cao Yang in Lingbao East, Henan Province, and lived in Cao from Shun to the early Xia solstice and Shang Dynasty. In the early Shang Dynasty, Cao Dong moved to the east of hua county. In the early Shang Dynasty, Cao people were forced to move eastward to Dingtao, Shandong Province. There is a family named Zhu in Cao tribe, who lives in Zhuyang in the southwest. Zhu people moved with Cao people to Huaiyang, Henan Province, where Zhu Xiang's family lived in Shang Dynasty, and it was Chen City in the Spring and Autumn Period. In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, he sealed his son-in-law, seized the city and merged it into the State of Chen, and sealed Cao, a descendant of Zhu, as a vassal of Lu State, and established Zhu State in the southeast village of Qufu, Shandong Province. In the pre-Qin period, Cao Zhu lived in Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu, Hubei and other places, with a history of 2400 years. In the Han Dynasty, (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu) became the most important breeding center and birthplace of Zhu.
3. The third one comes from the name of raccoon. After the son of Emperor Yao, he was named after his surname. Because Danzhu was sealed in Danshui River basin, Xishui area in Henan Province was called Danzhu in ancient times. Shun named Dan Zhu as the square, so it was called Fang Hou, not raccoon dog. After the Danzhu tribe was defeated by Shun, the people scattered in Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Hubei, Hunan and other places, and one of them was named after Danzhu. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, their descendants developed into aristocratic families in Peiguo township. The history of the raccoon named Zhu is also 4000 years.
4. The fourth branch comes from the surname. Zhou Chengwang's name is Cabbage, and he is Shang Zhouwang's elder brother. He gave it to merchants as a tribute in the Song Dynasty. At the end of the Warring States Period, in 286 BC, the State of Qi destroyed the Song Dynasty. Descendants of Zhu, the son who lives in Dangshan, Jiangsu, take the names of their ancestors as their surnames. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, it moved to Nanyang, Henan Province, and developed into a large family named Zhu in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Until the Tang and Song Dynasties, Nanyang Zhu surname was still a famous family among Zhu surnames. The son surnamed Zhu has a history of 2300 years.
5. The fifth branch is the foreign surname. Since the Three Kingdoms, the important surnames changed from other surnames to Zhu are Hu, Kang, Li, Fan, Shu and Shi, especially Zhu. The surname of this country was given by the Ming emperor, which is rare in history.