Mi / Mi
The Mi surname mainly originates from the Si and Mi surnames. It is widely distributed and accounts for about 0.02% of China’s Han population, with Jiangxi and Hunan together accounting for about 95% of the country’s Han people bearing the Mi surname.
One branch of the Mi surname originated from the ancient State of Mi during the Xia dynasty and took the state’s name as its surname.
The Hundred Surnames Textual Study records that the Mi surname descended from the Mi clan among the same-surname feudal lords of the Xia dynasty.
The Mi surname’s commanderies and hall names are Donghai, Ruyang, and Nanyang.
After Chu destroyed the State of Mi, its former people were first settled around Jingshan in Hubei, then moved to the Yueyang area, where a city of the State of Mi was built.
Mi Fang of the Three Kingdoms, courtesy name Zifang, was from Ju in Donghai and the younger brother of Mi Zhu. He served as governor of Nanjun and defended Jingzhou together with Guan Yu.
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