Li was born with the surname Yuan, and his blood ancestors were (one surnamed Yuan and the other surnamed Ji). He was appointed as Shun Dali (the official in charge of criminal law), so he took the official family as Li (Li and Li have the same ancient characters), first Li and then Li. When he arrived, the hereditary officials were angered by telling him. He was killed, and his son Li Zhen fled with his mother Qi and his family.

Later, he settled in Lu Yi in eastern Henan. In order to survive by eating plums (fruits of woody plants) along the way, to repay Plums for saving his life, to avoid the pursuit, and to manage, He Zizhen began to change his surname to Li, and since then, China has a surname of Li. The ancestor of this surname is Loretta Lee, and Li Er is the eleventh.

Population distribution:

In the Song Dynasty, there were about 5.6 million people surnamed Li, accounting for 7.2% of the national population, ranking second only to Wang Xing in the Song Dynasty. The province with the largest surname of Li is Hebei, accounting for 1 1.6% of the total population of Li in China. The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Hebei, Sichuan, Henan and Shandong, and the population of Li in these four provinces accounts for about 44% of the total population in China.

Secondly, it is distributed in Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Hunan and other places. The whole country has formed a crescent-shaped plum gathering area around the Central Plains, which consists of three plum gathering centers in Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Hunan and Jiangxi.