Lei Fang. The grandson of Emperor Yan Shennong, the ninth generation Lei Ming, was rewarded by the Yellow Emperor for his achievements. Lei was sealed in Fangshan, and his family was called Shi, which was one of the ancient vassal states. The descendants of some families take the country as their surname and call Lei their surname. They are revered as the ancestor of Lei's surname.

Lei is a multi-ethnic and multi-source surname with a long history, ranking 78th in the current surname list, belonging to the surname series, with a population of about 3.602 million, accounting for 0.23% of the total population in China.

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Celebrity surnamed Lei:

Rey 1

Poyang (now Boyang, Jiangxi Province) was a famous minister in the Eastern Han Dynasty and an official to a counselor. I have an indissoluble bond with Chen, a native of the same county, which is a model of making friends. As the saying goes, "glue is stronger than thunder and Chen."

2. Leibiao

A famous pharmacologist in Southern Dynasties and Song Dynasty, he is famous for his three volumes of Treatise on Leigong's Processing. Some of them are still in use today.

3. Lei Huan

Astronomers in the Jin Dynasty. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was always purple gas (star name) between bullfights. Lei Huan knew Fengcheng had a sword. Sikong zhanghua appointed him as Fengchengling, and found Longquan and Taiya swords under the prison.

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