Wei originated from Wei, a vassal state named Ji, which was enfeoffed in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, and was sealed in the north of Ruicheng County, Shanxi Province. After the state of Wei was destroyed by the State of Jin, it was given to the doctor Bi Wan, and later generations took the city as their surname and respected Bi Wan as their ancestors. The population of Wei is mainly concentrated in Henan, Sichuan and Hebei provinces, accounting for about 28% of the total population of Wei.

Wei surname distribution

In the early days, the Wei family mainly developed and multiplied in Shanxi, Henan and Shandong, and some of them still lived in Hubei and Hunan. Wei Ignorance has two great-grandchildren, one is to settle in Qinghe; One is Wei Han who lives in Rencheng. In addition, after Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, he moved the capital to Xianyang120,000 households. Some wei ren have moved to Shaanxi Province. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were Wei residents in some places in the south of the Yangtze River. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Zheng Chen and Chen Yuanguang joined Wei Youren and Wei Renpu to open Zhangzhou in Fujian, and then settled in Fujian. Wei Muzhong moved from Julu to Nanchang, Jiangxi in Tang Dynasty, which lasted 15 generations. The second son Wei Heng moved to Shanghang, Fujian, and the fifth generation Sun Bangzheng moved to Longchuan, Guangdong; The third son Li Wei stayed in the ancestral grave; Four sons, Wei Zhen, one moved to Jieyang, Guangdong, and the other lived in Haifeng.

Historical figures of Wei surname

1, Wei Xiang, male, weak, born in Dingtao, Yin Ji (now Shandong), moved to Pingling (now northwest of Xianyang, Shaanxi). Ministers in the Western Han Dynasty seldom studied the Book of Changes, which is the history of the death of counties. Showing the emperor's virtue, Mao Ling was ordered to take the highest position as a countermeasure and moved to Henan Taishou.

Wei Yan was born in Yiyang, Nanyang (now Nanyang, Henan). General Shu Han of the Three Kingdoms, tired of moving westward, sealed the southern Hou. The image of the inscription and postscript is taken from the "Images of the Three Kingdoms" printed by Bai Guangsong House in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty.

Wei Zhi, now called "Wei Zhi", was a statesman, thinker, writer and historian in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. He was called "a generation of celebrities" by later generations because of his outspoken suggestions and assistance in the great cause of "the rule of Zhenguan" initiated by Emperor Taizong.