Ci / Ci
The surname Ci is pronounced cí and is relatively rare, with multiple ethnic and ancestral origins. It is outside the top 500 surnames in mainland China, ranked 606th in Taiwan, and associated with the commanderies of Gaoyang and Zongyang.
The recorded origins of the Ci surname include Ji, Gui, and Jiang lineages, as well as sinicization among the Manchu.
Han-period records mention Ci Ren, while Tang-period records in Zizhi Tongjian, Book of Tang 69, mention Ci Shuangyu; both appear among early recorded figures of the Ci surname.
The Ci surname uses the halls Taiyuan, Guiyang, Nanping, Dunzhou, Chenzhou, Gaoyang, and Zongyang, all established from commandery associations.
One recorded Ci lineage moved from Shucheng in Luzhou Prefecture to Weixian, later produced a Shouguang branch, and then extended eastward to Wendeng, forming the Cijiatan branch.
The Ci lineage in Wendeng has a woodblock movable-type edition of the Ci Genealogy from the 29th year of Guangxu. The Wendeng and Anhui branches share the generation-name sequence “Yang Chong Wen Qi Cheng, Jia Shang Xiu Yu Yue.”
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