The surname Gui (gu ì)

The Chengji family, with its ancestor being Guiyi, is the 190th contemporary surname in China. The ancestors of the Gui family who migrated to Hongdong, Hongdong, and Zhaocheng counties during the Ming Dynasty were people from Pingyang Prefecture, Hongdong County, and Zhaocheng County. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, they were ordered to move to other places in Hongdong, and by the end of the Qing Dynasty, their descendants were distributed in Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shaanxi, Gansu, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei, Hunan, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Shanxi, and other places.

The earliest record of the surname Gui can be found in the Eastern Han Dynasty's "Customs and Customs: Surnames" chapter.

The surname originates from the Ji surname. According to the "Preface to the Gui Family Genealogy", after the fall of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, there was a descendant of the royal family named Ji Zhen who served as a scholar in the Qin Dynasty. Qin Shi Huang burned books and buried scholars, and Ji Zhen was also killed in the pit. His younger brother Ji Mu, in order to avoid being implicated, asked Ji Zhen's four sons to change their surnames to avoid trouble. The eldest son is Gui Yi, the second son is Yang Tu, the third son is Yang Award, and the fourth son is Yin Zang. The descendants of Gui Yi are surnamed Gui. According to the "Gui Family Genealogy", Emperor Qin Shi Huang burned books and buried scholars. Gui Zhen became a scholar and changed his surname to Ji, while his grandson changed his surname to Ji. Gui, Yang, Jian, and Yin were homophones during the Qin and Han dynasties.

The county lords of the Gui surname mainly include Tianshui Commandery, Youzhou Commandery, and Yan Commandery. Tianshui Commandery: First established in the third year of Yuanding in the Western Han Dynasty (114 BC). The capital was located in Pingxiang (now northwest of Tongwei County, Gansu Province). Equivalent to the areas east of Tianshui and Longxi in present-day Gansu Province.

The main hall name of the Gui surname is Minsi Hall. Minsi Hall: During the Song Dynasty, Guiqing was a high-ranking official in the Southern Tang Dynasty, serving as the Shangzhu State of Yin Qing Guanglu Dafu. He was also the commander-in-chief of Jin Sikong and Qing Bian. After entering the Song Dynasty, he was appointed as a censor and served as an imperial censor in the palace. He served as an official in two dynasties, was honest and loved the people, and the people built temples to worship him.

The main Tang couplets of the Gui surname include: Famous for Chinese Studies (Gui'e); Tang Yin Bi Shi (Gui Wanrong). Folding prisons into books, Tang Yin compares affairs (Gui Wanrong); Upholding righteousness in times of adversity, Guimu Daguan (Guishi). The principal agreed on a grand ceremony (Gui'e); The key to governing lies in the righteous heart (Gui Liangyan).

[Celebrities] The Dictionary of Chinese Names includes 30 cases of Gui's family, and the Dictionary of Chinese Names of Past Dynasties includes 37 cases. During the Han Dynasty, there were historical figures with the surname Gui, including the Governor of Yangzhou, Gui Bao; During the Qin Dynasty, there was a scholar named Gui Zhen, whose son Gui Yi; During the Tang Dynasty, Gui Zhongwu; In the Song Dynasty, there were the father and son of the court officials Gui Wanrong and Gui Xisun, who were from Ciqu; In the Ming Dynasty, there were two great generals, Gui Yong and Gui Yanliang, who were from Cixi; In the Qing Dynasty, there was a scholar named Gui Fu and a famous minister named Gui Zhongxing.

According to the seventh national census, there are 2818 people surnamed Gui in Shanxi Province, 201 in Linfen City, and 13 in Hongdong County.

The ancestral shrine of the Gui surname is enshrined in the No.1 altar of the Ancestral Hall on the Great Huai Tree.

Genealogy: The main genealogies of the Gui surname include: "Thirteen Volumes of the Family Genealogy Manuscripts of the Gui Family in Siming, Yinxian County, Zhejiang Province" (archived in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province); The first two volumes of the tenth volume of the Guishi Genealogy of Jiangxia in Wuchang, Hubei (Wuhan map).

According to the incomplete version of the "Gui Family Genealogy" from the Republic of China, the genealogy of a branch of the Gui surname in Yongjia, Zhejiang is as follows: "Zhenjia Sheng Xian, Mingde Houchang

Migration: One of the ancestors of the Fengtai Gui family migrated from under the big locust tree in Hongdong, Shanxi during the Ming Dynasty to Laohe Lane, Guijizhuang District, Fengtai County. The ancestor of the Gui family in Shouguang, named Heng, moved from Hongdong, Shanxi to the Gui family in Shouguang City, Shandong Province during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty.