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What's the origin of this surname? Are there any famous people in history?
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Langya County, now Zhucheng County, Shandong Province.

【 Zhi's Origin 】

There are two sources of branch surname: ① According to legend, in the Yao and Shun era, there was a nobleman named Zhi Fu, and his descendants took Zhi as their surname, which was called Zhi Shi. (2) In ancient Central Asia, there was a country called Yueshi (also called Yueshi). After he entered the Central Plains, some people took the country name as their surname, also known as Zhi's.

The fame of wisdom

Famous Confucian scholars in history include Fu Yao in the Han Dynasty, Buddhist scripture translators with wisdom books in the Three Kingdoms period, Buddhist scripture translators with Zhidun in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, painters supporting the Central Plains in the Five Dynasties, painters supporting the announcement in the Song Dynasty, Sichuan painters' sub-branch in the Yuan Dynasty, and painters supporting the Ming Dynasty.