Linghu

{{Infobox surname | name = | image = 令狐姓 - 楷体.svg | image_size = | caption = Lingu in regular script | pronunciation = Línghú <small>(Mandarin)</small> | language = Chinese | languageorigin = Chinese language | origin = General Wei Ke (魏颗) | derivation = City of Linghu, Zhou dynasty | meaning = | variant = | cognate = | derivative = | seealso = | family = }}

'''Linghu''' ({{Zh|c=令狐|p=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.

==Notable people== *Bruce Linghu<ref>{{cite web|date=6 December 2018|url=http://www.afr.org.tw/news_detail.php?lang=eng&id=121|title=AFR Vice Chairman Linghu appointed as Deputy Mayor of Taichung City|website=Association of Foreign Relations|accessdate=12 June 2019}}</ref> (born 1954), Taiwanese politician and diplomat *Linghu An (born 1946), Chinese politician *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 *Ling Jihua (Chinese: 令计划; born 1956, originally Linghu Jihua) former Chinese politician as one of the principal political advisers of former leader Hu Jintao *Fictional: Linghu Chong, the protagonist in Louis Cha's ''wuxia'' novel ''The Smiling, Proud Wanderer''

==References== {{Reflist}}

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