Bi (b ì) surname

It is inherited from King Wen of Zhou, with its ancestor being Duke Bi Gao, and is the 125th surname of contemporary China. The ancestors of the Bi family, who migrated to Hongdong Dahuaishu during the Ming Dynasty, were people from Pingyang Prefecture, Hongdong County, Zhaocheng County, and other places. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, they were ordered to move to other places in Hongdong Dahuaishu. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, their descendants were distributed in Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Shanxi and other places.

The earliest record of the surname Bi can be found in the Zhou Dynasty's "Shiben".

There are three main sources of surnames: ① Originating from the Ji surname. According to the "Genealogy Table of Prime Ministers" in the New Book of Tang, at the end of the Shang Dynasty, the eleventh son of King Wen of Zhou, named Gao, joined King Wu of Zhou in attacking the Shang Dynasty and made many great achievements. After the establishment of the Western Zhou Dynasty, he was responsible for handling prisoners detained by King Zhou of Shang, adopting a lenient policy, rehabilitating many wrongful convictions, and commending loyal ministers who suffered as a result of direct remonstrance. Therefore, he enjoyed a high reputation among the people and became one of the "Four Saints of the Early Zhou Dynasty". Because he was granted by King Wu of Zhou to the State of Bi in the northeast of Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, he is called Bi Gonggao. Bi Gonggao was a minister in charge of the orders of King Kang of Zhou. He and other ministers assisted in politics, which led to significant economic and cultural development in Zhou, forming the 'Chengkang governance'. His descendants took Guo as their surname and called him Bi Derived from the surnames of ancient ethnic minorities. According to the "Annals of the Official Family" in the Book of Wei, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Northern Xianbei tribe had the surname Chulian, which was changed to the Han surname Bi after Emperor Xiaowen of Wei moved the capital to Luoyang. According to Sui Shu, countrymen from Bi came to China in ancient times, some of whom took Bi as their surname. ③ Derived from the surname based on the place of residence. According to the "Genealogy of Clans" in the "Tongzhi", the descendants of Gao were all from the Jin Dynasty and were enfeoffed in the Wei Dynasty. Among their descendants who lived in the Bi region, they took Bi as their surname.

The counties with the surname Bi mainly include Hanoi County, Dongping County, Taiyuan County, and Henan County. Henan Commandery: In the second year of Emperor Gaozu of Han (205 BC), Sanchuan Commandery of the Qin Dynasty was renamed Henan Commandery, with its capital located in Luoyang (now northeast of Luoyang City, Henan Province). Equivalent to the area south of the Yellow River, downstream of the Luoshui and Yishui rivers in present-day Henan Province.

The main hall name of the Bi surname is Qingshen Hall. Qingshen Hall: During the Song Dynasty, Bi Shi'an, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, was an honest and cautious official with the legacy of Zhuge Liang. At the beginning of Jingde, he proposed strategies such as selecting generals, recruiting soldiers, and managing finances to the emperor. The emperor appointed him as the Deputy Prime Minister of Tongping.

The main hall couplets of the Bi surname include: Ministry of Personnel Qingran (Bi Zhuo); Hanlin Lianjie (Bi Shi'an). Ji Jia Bi Liang (Bi Gonggao); Guaxie Duke Hou (Bi Wan). Bi Zhuo, who was drunk while holding a claw in the Ministry of Personnel; Tao Wennu avenged herself by killing a thief (Bi Zhu). Kill thieves, seek revenge, and uphold the old standards (Bi Zhu); Holding a turtle and drinking wine, looking up at the first type (Bi Zhuo). The county belongs to Henan, with a flowing and fragrant string of ancestral martial arts; Tang Kaipei De, four Yi Ye Shao family voices (Bi Clan Ancestral Hall couplet).

[Celebrities] 61 cases of Bi's name were included in the Dictionary of Chinese Names, and 74 cases were included in the Dictionary of Chinese Names in Past Dynasties. During the Spring and Autumn Period, a historical figure surnamed Bi, there was Bi Wan in the state of Jin, who served as a tribute to Duke Xian. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was Bi Zhongjing, a native of Xuchang, who served as the governor of Yanzhou in Northern Wei. In the Song Dynasty, there was Bi Sheng who invented movable type printing, as well as Bi Shi'an, a Hanlin scholar who served as a supervisory censor, Left Attendant, and Minister of Personnel.