Zhuge in Chinese, Jegal in Korean, Gia Cát in Vietnamese or Morokuzu in Japanese is a compound surname in East Asia. It is ranked 314th in ''

Hundred Family Surnames The ''Hundred Family Surnames'' (), commonly known as ''Bai Jia Xing'', also translated as ''Hundreds of Chinese Surnames'', is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames. An unknown author compiled the book during the Song dy ...

'' in China. The surname has often been synonymous with wisdom in Chinese culture, due to the fame of

Zhuge Liang Zhuge Liang ( zh, t=諸葛亮 / 诸葛亮) (181 – September 234), courtesy name Kongming, was a Chinese statesman and military strategist. He was chancellor and later regent of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. He is r ...

. It originated from a branch of the Ge family, who added a character to their name.尋根溯源中國人的姓氏: Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames According to the statistics, in 2018 there are around 16,000

Chinese people The Chinese people or simply Chinese, are people or ethnic groups identified with China, usually through ethnicity, nationality, citizenship, or other affiliation. Chinese people are known as Zhongguoren () or as Huaren () by speakers of sta ...

who have the last name Zhuge.

List of notable people

Zhuge

* Zhuge Feng (諸葛豐; fl. 1st century BC),

Western Han dynasty The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and a wa ...

official * Zhuge Gui (諸葛珪; fl. 2nd century AD),

Eastern Han dynasty The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and a w ...

official * Zhuge Xuan (諸葛玄; died 197), Zhuge Gui's cousin, Eastern Han dynasty official *

Zhuge Jin Zhuge Jin (174 – July or August 241), courtesy name Ziyu, was a Chinese military general and politician of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Born in the late Eastern Han dynasty, Zhuge Jin started his career i ...

(諸葛瑾; 174–241), Zhuge Gui's first son,

Eastern Wu Wu ( Chinese: 吳; pinyin: ''Wú''; Middle Chinese *''ŋuo'' < Eastern Han Chinese: ''*ŋuɑ''), known in historiography as Eastern Wu o ...

general of the

Three Kingdoms period The Three Kingdoms () from 220 to 280 AD was the tripartite division of China among the dynastic states of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu. The Three Kingdoms period was preceded by the Eastern Han dynasty and was followed by the Wester ...

Zhuge Ke Zhuge Ke (203 – November or December 253), courtesy name Yuanxun (元逊), was a Chinese military general and politician of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was the eldest son of Zhuge Jin, a military gene ...

(諸葛恪; 203–253), Zhuge Jin's first son, Eastern Wu general and regent **

Zhuge Rong Zhuge Rong (after 204 - 253), courtesy name Shuchang, was a military general of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was the third son of Zhuge Jin, a military general who served under Wu's founding emperor Sun Q ...

(諸葛融; died 253), Zhuge Jin's third son, Eastern Wu general *

(諸葛亮; 181-234), Zhuge Gui's second son,

Shu Han Han (; 221–263), known in historiography as Shu Han ( ) or Ji Han ( "Junior Han"), or often shortened to Shu (; pinyin: ''shŭ'' < Middle Chinese: *''źjowk'' < Eastern Han Chinese: *''dźok''), was one of the three major states that compet ...

statesman and military strategist of the Three Kingdoms period ** Zhuge Zhan (諸葛瞻; 227–263), Zhuge Liang's son, Shu Han general ***

Zhuge Shang Zhuge Shang (after 243 - died 263) was a military officer of the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was the eldest son of the Shu general Zhuge Zhan and a grandson of Zhuge Liang, the first Chancellor (China), Chancellor ...

(諸葛尚; died 263), Zhuge Zhan's son, Shu Han military officer ** Zhuge Qiao (諸葛喬; 199-223), Zhuge Jin's second son and Zhuge Liang's adopted son, Shu Han official *** Zhuge Pan (諸葛攀), Zhuge Qiao's son * Zhuge Jun (諸葛均; fl. 2nd and 3rd centuries AD), Zhuge Gui's third son, Shu Han official *

Zhuge Dan Zhuge Dan (died 10 April 258), courtesy name Gongxiu, was a Chinese military general and politician of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. When he held key military appointments throughout his middle to late career, h ...

(諸葛誕; died 258), Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang's cousin,

Cao Wei Wei (Hanzi: 魏; pinyin: ''Wèi'' < Middle Chinese: *''ŋjwei^C'' <

general of the Three Kingdoms period ** Zhuge Jing (諸葛靚), Zhuge Dan's son, Western Jin dynasty official *** Zhuge Hui (諸葛恢; 284–345), Zhuge Jing's son, Western Jin dynasty official * Zhuge Xu (諸葛緒; fl. 255–260s), Cao Wei official ** Zhuge Chong (諸葛沖), Zhuge Xu's son, Western Jin dynasty official. *

Zhuge Changmin Zhuge in Chinese, Jegal in Korean, Gia Cát in Vietnamese or Morokuzu in Japanese is a compound surname in East Asia. It is ranked 314th in ''Hundred Family Surnames'' in China. The surname has often been synonymous with wisdom in Chinese culture ...

(諸葛長民; died 413),

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general * Zhuge Shuang (諸葛爽; died 886),

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdo ...

general *

Zhuge Yujie Zhuge Yujie (; born May 1971), is a Chinese politician, and the current Secretary-General of the Party Committee of Shanghai. Having spent his entire career in Shanghai, Zhuge has served variously in state-owned enterprises supporting the Port of S ...

, (诸葛宇杰; born 1971), Chinese politician

Jaegal

Jaegal Sung-yeol Jaegal Sung-yeol (Hangul: 제갈성렬, Hanja: 諸葛成烈) (born 24 March 1970 in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do) is a former speed skater from South Korea. At the 1992 Winter Olympics, he finished 12th in the 500 m long track speed skating 　 ...

(諸葛成烈; born 1970), former speed skater *

Jegal Sam Jegal Sam (, born November 1925) is a South Korean pianist, known as one of the oldest in the country. As a first-generation pianist, he served as vice chairman of the South Korea Music Association, music director of the Busan International Musi ...

(諸葛森; born 1925), pianist

Gia Cát

Gia Cát Thi ''Gia'' is a 1998 American Biographical film, biographical Drama (film and television), drama television film about the life and times of one of the first supermodels, Gia Carangi. The film stars Angelina Jolie as Gia and Faye Dunaway as Wilhelm ...

(諸葛施; died 1796), one of the editors of the book Việt Điện U Linh Tập.

Morokuzu

* Morokuzu Nobuzumi (諸葛信澄; 1849–1880), educator of the

Meiji period The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization ...

* Morokuzu Muneo (諸葛宗男; born 1946), public policy professor at the

University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...

References

External links

Chinese surname history: Zhuge
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