The House of Zhu () was the ruling house of the

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...

(1368–1644) and the Southern Ming (1644–1662) in

Chinese history The earliest known written records of the history of China date from as early as 1250 BC, from the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC), during the reign of king Wu Ding. Ancient historical texts such as the ''Book of Documents'' (early chapter ...

. After the fall of the Ming dynasty, the

Manchu The Manchus (; ) are a Tungusic East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia. They are an officially recognized ethnic minority in China and the people from whom Manchuria derives its name. The Later Jin (1616–1636) an ...

-led

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

started persecuting the Zhu clan, hence a number of members of the clan have changed their surnames to Zhou,

Wang Wang may refer to: Names * Wang (surname) (王), a common Chinese surname * Wāng (汪), a less common Chinese surname * Titles in Chinese nobility * A title in Korean nobility * A title in Mongolian nobility Places * Wang River in Thaila ...

, Gao, Guang, Dong,Royal Family Zhu Changed Family Name to 'Dong', went to Guang Dong, and Settled in Zhuang He
(in Chinese) Zhang, Zhuang, and Yan. Some of them changed their family names back to Zhu after the fall of the Qing.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhu, House of Ming dynasty Individual Chinese surnames

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