Bai (b á i) surname

The lineage is inherited from the Xiongnu, with its ancestors being Bai Gongsheng and Bai Bingbing. It is the 73rd surname among the top 100 contemporary surnames in China. Contemporary

The population of Bai is about 3.5 million, accounting for 0.29% of the total population in China. Ming Dynasty Hongdong Large Huai Tree

The ancestors of the Bai family of immigrants were Pingyang and Taiyuan prefectures, Ze, Lu, Liao, Fen, and Qin provinces, as well as Hongdong and Zhaocheng counties

Nationality. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was ordered to relocate the large locust trees in Hongdong to a different place. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, their descendants were distributed in Henan, Shandong

Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Inner Mongolia

Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Shanxi and other places.

The earliest record of the surname Bai can be found in the Eastern Han Dynasty's "Qian Fu Lun".

There are four main sources of surnames:

① Originating from the surname Mi. According to the records in "Shangyoulu" and "Yuanhe Xingzuan", it is said that Lu Zhong, a descendant of Emperor Zhuanxu in ancient times

She married the daughter of Guifang and had six sons. The sixth son was named Jilian and was given the surname Mi. Ji Lian's descendant, Ji Xiong, is very knowledgeable and has served as a teacher to King Wen of Zhou. Later, King Cheng of Zhou posthumously conferred titles on the descendants of previous meritorious officials, and the great grandson of Xiong was granted the title of Jingshan by King Cheng of Zhou, establishing the Jing Kingdom with its capital in Danyang. In 689 BC, the capital was relocated to Ying and the country was renamed Chu.

When it was transmitted to King Ping of Chu, Crown Prince Jian fled to the state of Zheng due to false accusations by Fei Wuji. After the establishment of the Crown Prince, he attacked Zheng as part of the Jin dynasty

The country's internal affairs were leaked and killed. The son of Crown Prince Jian, Xiong Sheng, fled to the state of Wu and sought refuge with Wu Zixu, who was in power in the state.

After Xiong Sheng arrived in the state of Wu, he gained a great reputation. Upon ascending the throne, King Hui of Chu summoned Xiong Sheng back to the state of Chu and appointed him as a court official, enfeoffed in Bai

Yi, also known as Bai Gongsheng. The former location of Baiyi is in Xixian County, Henan Province. Bai Gongsheng wanted to avenge his father and demanded several times that Chu Lingyin Zixi

Sending troops to attack Zheng, Zixi agreed to his request but did not send troops. But soon after, the state of Jin launched an attack on Zheng, and Zixi sent troops to rescue Zheng,

When Bai Gongsheng saw that Zixi was untrustworthy, he launched a coup, killed Zixi, imprisoned King Hui of Chu, and began to reform

Reforming the political system to win the hearts of the people was ultimately defeated by Ye Gonggao, who was stationed on the northern border and returned to Chu. Young Master

After the victory and defeat, he fled to the mountains and committed suicide. Their descendants took fiefdoms as their surname, called the Bai family, which is the Bai surname in Taiyuan and Henan.

It is historically known as the authentic Bai surname.

② Originating from the Ji surname. According to the "Genealogy Table of Prime Ministers" in the "New Book of Tang" and the "Compilation of Yuanhe Surnames", the fifth generation grandson of Zhou Taigong, Yu Zhong, was enfeoffed as a monarch in the state of Yu. During the Spring and Autumn period, the state of Yu was conquered by the state of Jin. Jing Boxi, a member of the Duke of Yu, married off as a concubine to Qin and accepted the fiefdom of Baili granted by the Qin king. Therefore, he used Baili Xi as his name. Bailixi gave birth to Meng Mingshi, who then gave birth to Xiqishu and Bai Bingbing. Bai Bingbing was appointed as a Grand Master of Qin. The descendants of Bai Yibing take Bai from their ancestors' names as their surname. It is the Bai surname from Shaanxi.

③ Originating from after Baifu. According to "Yuanmingbao" and "Tracing the Origin of Surnames", in ancient times, the leader of the Jiang tribe in northern China, Emperor Yan, had a minister named Bai Fu who was proficient in water conservancy and made contributions to dredging waterways. His descendants took Bai as their surname.

④ Derived from the surnames of ancient ethnic minorities. According to the "Brief History of Clans in Taipei County", there was Bai Yuanguang in the Tang Dynasty, who was originally a Turkic and later appointed as the Prince of Nanyang County. His descendants were surnamed Bai;