[Bish region]

Henan county, now three miles northeast of Luoyang, Henan province.

"The origin of Bi"

Bi surname originates from Ji surname. The fifteenth son of Gao was sealed in the state of Bi (now Xianyang North, Shaanxi Province), and the world called Bi. Bi was a lifelong minister with outstanding achievements. His descendants take the country as their surname and call it Bi. In addition, Lian changed his surname to Bi, also known as Bi.

[Bi's fame]

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Bi Wan, a doctor of the State of Jin, was a descendant of Bi and was sealed in Wei, becoming the ancestor of Wei surname in later generations. Later, he joined the "Teacher of Sanjin". Scholars in the Western Han Dynasty are as famous as Yanhe, who initiated the wind of talking clearly. Bi Sheng was the inventor of movable type printing. In addition, there are prime minister Bi Jian of Tang Dynasty, painter Bi Hong, painter Bi Maokang of Ming Dynasty, scholar Bi Yuan of Qing Dynasty and painter Bi Han.

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"Detailed version"

Bi Shi was inherited by Gao Bi.

Looking out from Dongping, Hanoi

The ancestor of the surname Bi is the fifteenth son Bi. Bi is a famous historical figure in The Book of Songs. His brother, King Wu, made him a monarch after he proclaimed himself emperor. Zhou Kangwang had ordered him to defend the eastern suburbs, so he wrote a pen name in the Book of Books. The content is roughly like this: "Kang Wang ordered the completion of his book, separated and became a suburb of Zhou, ending his life."

More than 3,000 years ago, Biguo was in the north of Chang 'an and Xianyang counties in Shaanxi Province, that is, the land on the north and south sides of the Weihe River. This place, also known as Bimo, Biyuan or Xianyang Garden, was highly valued by the royal family in the early years of the Zhou Dynasty, because Zhou Wenwang, Zhou Wuwang and Duke Zhou, who were famous all over the country, were buried here after their deaths.

In the history of more than 870 years in the Zhou Dynasty, this descendant named Bi has always enjoyed a good reputation in the world. Because in the Spring and Autumn Period, he became a doctor and was sealed in Wei by the State of Jin, and became the ancestor of Wei surname in later generations. The descendants of Bi Wan later carved up the original State of Jin with Han and Zhao, became princes, and became one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States. From this, we can see the prominent position of the descendants of Bi.

Since the descendants of Bi Wan once changed their surname to Wei and became a very proud surname during the Warring States period, what happened to the person named Bi at that time? This problem is not difficult to understand as long as you think about it a little, because the descendants of Bi who changed their surname to Wei in the Spring and Autumn Period were just one of many descendants of Bi. Although the rest of the descendants changed their surnames in the future, their direct descendants still retained the original Bi surname, which was passed down from generation to generation and has been used for more than 3,000 years.

This is how the current Bi surname was formed. People who count Wei are basically from the same clan. Regarding the origin of Bi surname, the textual research results of ancient surname classics are all the same. For example, in "A Study of Surnames", it is said: "When I finish my fifteenth year, I will take the country as my surname and look at Hanoi, Dongping and Taiyuan"; The prime minister's genealogy table in Tang dynasty pointed out: "after finishing"; "Wan Family Tree" also records that "Zuo Chuan has Bi Wan and Bi Yang".

Bishi's ancestral home was in Shaanxi, and later he mainly propagated in Henan and Shaanxi to the north of the Yellow River. In the Han Dynasty, a Bishi moved to Dongping, Shandong Province, and became a local family, producing many outstanding figures.

As long as you give a few examples, you can see the success of Dongping Bijia at a glance. For example, Cao Wei in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is as famous as the famous man who started the talk. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, four generations of a family were respected by the state secretariat; And Bi Kang, the Guangping magistrate who died in the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, were all from Dongping County, Shandong Province.