Comed from the surname Jiang, he is a descendant of the Yan Emperor Shennong and named after his country. According to the "Manuscript of Chinese History", "The History of the Origin of Yan and Huang" and other materials, there are four descendants of Emperor Yan, belonging to the four clan tribes of the ancient Qiang people. One of them is Lieshan clan. In ancient times, Lie and Li Tong were also pronounced Lai, so Lieshan, Lishan, and Laishan clans all had the same name.
In ancient times, the Lieshan clan lived in the Fenshui Basin of Shanxi Province. Later, one branch moved eastward and established the Lai Kingdom in Lixiang County, Henan Province during the Shang Dynasty, which was attached to the Shang Dynasty. When King Wu of Zhou conquered the Shang Dynasty, the Lai people moved south, and later accepted the title of viscount from King Wu of Zhou and became Laizi Kingdom (today's Baoxin Town, Xi County, Henan Province). In the fourth year of Duke Zhao of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period, King Ling of Chu destroyed him, and his people moved to Yan. Their descendants took the name of the country and called them Lai. It is the Lai family in Hubei or Henan.
Surname and reputation
1. Lai Gong, a figure in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Zeng Jian proposed that Liu Bei should be proclaimed emperor. His son Lai Xiong once served as Prime Minister Zhuge Liang's Lingshi of Xicao.
2. Lai Pei, a native of Yudu (now Yudu County), Jiangxi Province, was a Jinshi during the Qianyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. He was appointed as the school secretary of Chongwen Hall. He did not go and retreated to the countryside. People call him where he lives. For "Secretary's Lane". ?
3. Lai Wenguang, a general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was granted the title of King Zun. He served as a civilian official during the Jintian Uprising and later became a general; after the fall of Tianjing, he became the leader of the Eastern Nian Army. He was later defeated and captured and killed by the Qing army.