Surname Overview
Overview
Jie (jié) is a currently rare surname, with Xiangcheng recorded as its commandery seat. It is distributed today in Panshi, Jilin; Yangquan and Linfen, Shanxi; Huoshan, Anhui; and Tongjiang, Sichuan, among other places.
Jie Surname
Population reference (not a current census): 17Jie / Jie
Origins
Late Tang Surname Change
A genealogy of one Jie lineage in Zhangping, Fujian, states that its ancestors were originally surnamed Ge and that an ancestor serving as Minister of War in the late Tang was punished after offending the emperor's maternal relative, with the character changed by removing the 'grass' radical and adding the 'standing' radical. The origin of this branch still requires further study.
Historical Records
Song-Dynasty Attestation
The Gujin xingshi shu bianzheng records that a Jie surname existed in Linchuan, Jiangxi, during the Song period, without identifying its origin. The Qing scholar Zhang Shu suggested that it may have changed from the surname Jie or resulted from a copying error.
Commanderies and Clan Halls
Commandery and Hall Names
The Jie surname's commandery seat is Xiangcheng. Its recorded hall names are Xiangcheng Hall, Guangchang Hall, and Jieyang Hall, each established from a commandery designation.
Migration and Distribution
One northeastern Jie lineage is said to have moved from Dengzhou Prefecture in Shandong to Gejiatun in Suizhong County, Jinzhou Prefecture; in the seventeenth year of the Jiaqing era (1812), another branch moved to Chaoyang County, Liaoning. Later descendants also spread across Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, and Inner Mongolia, while Jie residents are also recorded in Longyan, Fujian, and Funing, Hebei.
Genealogy and Generation Names
Suizhong-Chaoyang Generational Names
A Suizhong-Chaoyang Jie lineage records the generational sequence as “Shun, Sheng, Wan, Zhong, Ting, Hai, Yongxiang, Ji, Rong.” The three generations Wan, Zhong, and Ting correspond between the two branches, which are recorded as belonging to one clan and having transmitted only ten generations to date.
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