Bi / Pi
The surname Bi mainly traces its founding ancestor to Bi Gonggao, son of King Wen of Zhou, who received Bi as his fief and gave rise to the surname.
Some Bi families arose through surname changes among ethnic minorities, while a small number came from the Western Regions state of Bi and adopted its name as a surname.
In the Han dynasty, Bi Lan lived in Dongping; during Wei of the Three Kingdoms, Bi Gui was from Dongping; by the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Bi clan of Dongping Commandery was already a prominent local lineage.
Among 23Mofang genetic-testing users, Bi users' registered ancestral regions are concentrated in Shandong, Liaoning, and Hebei, accounting for 26.7%, 8.3%, and 8.3%, respectively.
The Bi lineage of Yunzhong in Daizhou during the Song dynasty was represented by Bi Shi'an; the Southern Song general Bi Zaiyu was ancestral to Yanzhou.
Existing Bi genealogical records cover Wuxi in Jiangsu, Shexian and Tongcheng in Anhui, Weihai in Shandong, and other places; the hall name of the Wanti Bi genealogy is Chengqi Hall.
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