Song Dynasty geographer - Lai Wenjun
Lai surname is a surname originating in the north, in the historical evolution has become a typical southern surname with Guangdong as the main place of residence, Lai surname talent, especially in the Song and Ming dynasties Jiangxi Wan'an as the prosperity, so there are: "one county two generations of talent, Jiangxi Wan'an Lai Clan Xing" The good story has been passed down through the world. Lai is one of the top 100 surnames with the largest number of Chinese, with a population of about 2.2 million, and has a great influence in Guangdong, Jiangxi and Taiwan in China. There are 17 celebrities with the surname Lai, and the main Lai names in history are: Lai Xian of the Western Han Dynasty, Lai Wenya of the Guanglu Qing of the Tang Dynasty, Lai Wenjun, a geographer of the Song Dynasty, Lai Zuo, a painter, Lai Liang, a writer of the Yuan Dynasty, Lai Zhen and Lai Jing of the Qing Dynasty, Lai Hanying and Lai Wenguang, famous generals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, lai Chuanzhu, general of the People's Republic of China, and so on.
Founding General - Lai Chuanzhu
The surname Lai belongs to the Yandi series, and the origin of the surname mainly comes from three aspects:
1. From the surname of Jiang, he is a descendant of the Shennong clan of The Yandi Emperor, and the name of the country is recorded in the "Chinese Historical Manuscript" and the "History of yanhuangyuanliu", and there are four descendants of the Yandi, one of which is the Lieshan clan. In ancient times, Lie and Li Tong had another sound, so the Lieshan clan, the Lishan clan, and the Laishan clan were all the same. In ancient times, the Lieshan clan settled in the Fenshui River Basin of Shanxi, and later moved eastward, and established a lai state in Lixiang County, Henan during the Shang Dynasty, and attached itself to the Shang Dynasty. When King Wu of Zhou was cutting down merchants, the Lai people moved south, and then accepted the viscount title of King Wu of Zhou as Lai Ziguo (lai ziguo) (present-day Baoxin Town, Xi County, Henan Province). In the fourth year of the Spring and Autumn Period, king Chu Ling destroyed the Lai zi kingdom, and his people moved to Yandi, and his descendants took the name of the country as the Lai clan, becoming the Lai clan of Hubei or Henan.
2. From the surname Of Ji, he is a descendant of Ji Chang, the King of Zhou Wen, and takes the name of the country. According to the Tongzhi Clan Sketch and the Literature Tongkao, King Wu of Zhou had a younger brother Shuying who was enfeoffed in the State of Lai, and was destroyed by King Chu Ling in the fourth year of Duke Lu Zhao, and was later named after the state. The history is called lai shi zhengzong.
3. Modification from ethnic minorities.
King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom - Lai Wenguang