Linghu

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Lingu in regular script
Pronunciation	Línghú (Mandarin)
Language(s)	Chinese
Origin
Language(s)	Chinese language
Word/name	General Wei Ke (魏颗)
Derivation	City of Linghu, Zhou dynasty

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.

• Bruce Linghu (born 1954), Taiwanese politician and diplomat
• Linghu Chu (766–837), an official of the Tang dynasty
• Linghu Defen (583–666), a historian-official of the Tang dynasty
• Linghu Tao (795–872), an official of the Tang dynasty
• Fictional: Linghu Chong, the protagonist in Louis Cha's wuxia novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer

Surname list

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