The state of Qin began in the Warring States period. During the Warring States Period, there was a royal family named Gongzi in the State of Qin. He is a fu master in the state of Qin. His family is well-off, and his descendants take him as their surname, hence the name Chi.

2. Take the residence as the surname

Ancient city walls were called cities or walls, and moats outside the city were called pools. People who live by the river protect the city take Chi as their surname. The idiom "the fire at the city gate hurts the fish in the pool" means that the water in the moat is used to put out the fire, and the fish in the water suffer.

3. Originated from the Di nationality.

It comes from the ancient Qiu Chi State in the northwest of China at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and belongs to the country name. The Kingdom of Qiu Chi refers to the pre-Qiu Chi regime established by Di Yang Maomao and the post-Qiu Chi regime established by Ding Yang in Wei and Jin Dynasties.

4. Originated from Korean nationality.

Belongs to the Chinese people and changed their surnames to China people. Chi Family Tree of Xiping in East Lake, Changle, Fujian was compiled by Wu Hang and (Ming Dynasty), published in the 14th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty, and rebuilt in 2000. It is now in the Standing Council of Chi Family Tree Compilation in Jiuchi Village, Changle District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province.

5. From Manchu

Manchu Chi Jia family, also known as Chi Jia family and Chi Jia family, originated from the World War II family, which was one of the "Thirty Surnames in the World" of Jurchen in the late Tang Dynasty. The Jin Dynasty was called the Nuzhen Red War clan, with the surname as the surname, and the Manchu language was C'ygiya Hala, Juhada, which was one of the oldest surnames of Manchu.

Later, Mongols were taken as surnames. After the mid-Qing Dynasty, Manchu and Mongolian Jia's multi-crowned Han surnames were Chi, Chi and Zhang.

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