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 ...
. 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 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 war ...
official
* Zhuge Gui (諸葛珪; fl. 2nd century AD), Eastern Han dynasty official
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Zhuge Xuan
Zhuge Xuan () (died February 197) was a government official who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He is best known for briefly serving as the Administrator of Yuzhang Commandery (around present-day Nanchang, Jiangxi) in t ...
(諸葛玄; died 197), Zhuge Gui's cousin, Eastern Han dynasty official
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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 in ...
(諸葛瑾; 174–241), Zhuge Gui's first son, Eastern Wu general of the
Three Kingdoms period
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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 (諸葛融; died 253), Zhuge Jin's third son, Eastern Wu general
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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 ...
(諸葛亮; 181-234), Zhuge Gui's second son, Shu Han statesman and military strategist of the Three Kingdoms period
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Zhuge Zhan
Zhuge Zhan (227–263), courtesy name Siyuan, was a military general and official of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was a son of Zhuge Liang, the first Imperial Chancellor of Shu.
Early life
When Zhuge Zhan ...
(諸葛瞻; 227–263), Zhuge Liang's son, Shu Han general
*** Zhuge Shang (諸葛尚; died 263), Zhuge Zhan's son, Shu Han military officer
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Zhuge Qiao
Zhuge Qiao (204–228), courtesy name Bosong, was an official of the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was the adopted son of Zhuge Liang, the Imperial Chancellor and regent of Shu from 223 to 234. His biological father ...
(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
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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,
Zhuge Jing
Zhuge Jing (fl. 257-284), courtesy name Zhongsi, was a Chinese military general and politician of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Though originally from Cao Wei, he was sent to Wu as a hostage during the rebellion of his ...
(諸葛靚), Zhuge Dan's son,
Western Jin dynasty
Western may refer to:
Places
*Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
*Western, New York, a town in the US
* Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western world, countries that i ...
official
*** Zhuge Hui (諸葛恢; 284–345), Zhuge Jing's son, Western Jin dynasty official
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Zhuge Xu
Zhuge Xu ( 255–260s) was a Chinese general and politician of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China.
Life
Zhuge Xu was from Yangdu County (), Langya Commandery (), which is in present-day Yinan County, Shandong. He was ...
(諸葛緒; fl. 255–260s), Cao Wei official
** Zhuge Chong (諸葛沖), Zhuge Xu's son, Western Jin dynasty official.
* Zhuge Changmin (諸葛長民; died 413),
Eastern Jin dynasty
Eastern may refer to:
Transportation
*China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai
*Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways
*Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991
*Eastern Air Li ...
general
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Zhuge Shuang Zhuge Shuang () (d. 886) was a general of the History of China, Chinese Tang Dynasty, who controlled Heyang Circuit (河陽, headquartered in modern Jiaozuo, Henan) for some time and who vacillated between allegiance to Tang and to the Qi state of t ...
(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 Kingdom ...
Chinese
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* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...
Meiji period
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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 b ...
See also
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Zhuge Village
Zhuge Village or Zhugecun () is a historic village located in Zhuge town (), Lanxi, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China. Originally called Gaolong (), the village changed its name to Zhuge during the Ming Dynasty due to the prevalence of the Zhuge s ...
