刘累、鲁山与刘姓的祖源

刘累是陶唐氏的后裔,在夏朝时给帝孔甲养龙,因一雌龙死,刘累惧罪而逃至鲁县(今河南鲁山县),并老死在鲁县。刘累的后人春秋时到晋国做官,封于范,称范氏。后范大夫士会因故奔秦,当晋国召士会返晋时,士会有一子留秦,因是刘累之后而姓刘,汉高祖刘邦是其后裔,这是祁姓之刘。周成王封王季之子于刘邑,其后人亦姓刘,这是姬姓之刘。到汉代姬姓之刘与祁姓之刘混而为一,从此刘累就成为刘姓的共同祖先,鲁县就成为刘姓的祖居地。

On Liu Lei, Lushan and the Ancestors Origin of Liu

Liu Lei was the decendant of Tao Tangshi,he had raised dragon for King Kong Jia.A female dragon was dead,he was afraid of to be punished and escaped to Lu County and died there.There were two branches of Liu,one was the Liu from Qi,the other was the Liu from Ji.These two branches mixed together in Han Dynasty as Liu,So Liu Lei was the common ancestor of Liu,Lu County was the original family home of Liu.