Meaning: The surname 劳 (Lao) originates from the Han Dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE) and is derived from a place name. During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, a man named Lao Bing was enfeoffed as Marquis of Lao for his merits, and his descendants adopted the place name 'Lao' as their surname. Another theory suggests that the surname originates from Mount Lao in the state of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period, where inhabitants took the name of the mountain as their surname.
Lao Chongguang (劳崇光)
A Qing dynasty official, Jinshi in 1832, served as Governor of Guangxi, Viceroy of Liangguang and Viceroy of Yunnan and Guizhou, authored 'Chang Xing Xing Zhai Shi Wen Gao'.
Lao Shaoke (劳绍科)
a Ming Dynasty scholar and official from Panyu, Guangdong, who served as a county magistrate and rose to the position of a judicial commissioner in Sichuan.
Lao Pei (劳培)
A democratic revolutionary in the late Qing Dynasty, who joined Catholicism in 1899, preached in Chaozhou and Jieyang with Father Liu Yinjun, founded the 'Morning Post' in Singapore in 1905, and died in the Guangzhou Uprising in 1911, one of the 72 Martyrs of Huanghuagang.
'劳' is a surname that symbolizes hard work and diligence. It has ancient roots, either from a place name in the Han Dynasty or from a mountain in the Spring and Autumn period.