A Historical Analysis On The Early History Of Lu's Family In Zhuanglang Garrison In Ming Dynasty

The Lu Family and its Troup which settled in Zhuanglang Garrison,and present yongdeng of Gansu Province through Ming Dynasty,Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China was an important political power and a significant unit deployed in northwestern frontier by the central government..Through a comparison study on the five visions in four periods of LU's Genealogy and by a collation and research with other literature in the same time,this article has found out these Genealogies' spreading,style,content,and authenticity,and has clarified some key and fundamental problems of the family's early history.In terms of its ethnicity,the Lu family originated from the Mongolian people at the end of the Yuan Dynasty,so they are not natives,and its army has many originations too.In terms of its surname,it originated directly from the family's third generation forefather LuShijia's first character,who lived in the early years of Yongle,and it was a surname bestowed by the military department according the according to the precedent in Hongwu years.In terms of origin,ancestors of Lu family recognized Zhanglang as their home,and Guangwu as their origin after the abolition of Qining Garrison.The biographies of Lu's ancestors reflected characteristic of accumulation.The statement of Tuohuan,their ancestor was Dingan King is obviously wrong,and the biographies of the other two former ancestors were added stories of their relatives during the same time according to History of Ming Dynasty.Lu family take their eldest son's marriage seriously,and the marriage always arranged between the same level of colleagues,and there were regular marriages between the same families,but they would not arrange marriages to climb up,and there were no marriage in their own family.The Lu family was used as military officers in the whole Ming Dynasty,and was forced to be Han,their power for government of native officers and people was bestowed power,and it varied in many times,but there was no such autonomy institution like Tusi in the time.In general,the ancestors of Lu's ancestors had complex and close relationship with King QI(duo er zhi ba)in later Yuan and early Ming Dynasty,which provided clauses for analyzing Lu's other branches and specifying their ancestor Tuohuan's real status.