Bei / Bei
Bei is a traditional Chinese surname found among multiple ethnic groups. It has the readings bèi and bó, and its main origins involve ethnic minority lineages and imperial bestowal of surnames.
The surname has four lines of origin: descendants of Boding, a Western Qiang leader of the Quanrong; descendants of Xiao Zhi, whose surname was changed to Bei and later written as Bo; descendants of Bodanchar of the Mongol Kiyad; and Chinese forms adopted by the Manchu Bodori and Sumo Boshulu lineages.
At the end of King You of Zhou's reign, Boding served as a right-wing leader in the Quanrong army and pursued and killed the king. Some of his descendants took the surname from his name and became the Bei lineage.
The recorded commanderies include Liaodong, Lanling, Tianshui, Piling, Shangdang, Donghai, Henan, and Taishan. Hall names include Tianshui, Piling, Liaodong, Shangdang, Donghai, Henan, and Taishan halls.
Bei lineages are distributed in Tongwei, Jiuquan, and Lanzhou in Gansu; Duyun in Guizhou; Ordos in Inner Mongolia; Changzhou in Jiangsu; Xiji in Ningxia; Changzhi in Shanxi; Suizhou in Hubei; as well as Yunnan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
Historical figures include the Jin general Bodingfang; the Jin officials Bodeyu and Boluhan; the Yuan official Bo Chong; and the Qing general Bolun.
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