Linghu
Linghu (Chinese: 令狐; pinyin: Línghú) is a Chinese compound surname. During the Zhou Dynasty, a general, Wei Ke (魏顆) scored many victories for Zhou and was granted the city of Linghu. All his descendants took the compound surname Linghu.
Lingu in regular script | |
Pronunciation | Línghú (Mandarin) |
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Language(s) | Chinese |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Chinese language |
Word/name | General Wei Ke (魏颗) |
Derivation | City of Linghu, Zhou Dynasty |
Notable people
- Bruce Linghu, Taiwanese politician and diplomat
- Linghu Chu, an official of Tang Dynasty
- Linghu Defen, a historian-official of Tang Dynasty
- Linghu Tao, an official of Tang Dynasty
- Ling Jihua (Chinese: 令计划; born 1956, originally Linghu Jihua) former Chinese politician as one of the principal political advisers of former leader Hu Jintao
- Fictional: Linghu Chong, the protagonist in Louis Cha's wuxia novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer
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