Surname Overview
Surname attestation
Bei (邶), pronounced bèi, is presented by this source as a rare surname within the traditional Chinese surname system; the page reports that it is recorded in the Treatise on Clans of the Comprehensive Records.
Bei Surname
Surname profileBei / Bei
Origins
State-name origin account
Quoting the Treatise on Clans of the Comprehensive Records, the page says that Bei territory was absorbed into Wey after the Rebellion of the Three Guards, after which descendants used the former state's name as their surname. The page's author assesses this line as probably belonging to the Zi lineage.
Migration and Distribution
Recorded distribution
The source explicitly records the Bei surname in Yiyang, Jiangxi, but provides no migration history or population figure tied to a year.
Research Notes
Conflicting lineage attribution
The page also relays a passage from the Shijing Genealogical Prefaces as quoted in Research Notes on Surnames, which appears to identify the Bei surname with descendants of Huo Shu and the Ji lineage. The page explicitly rejects that interpretation, so it cannot establish a shared descent line.
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