Surname Overview
Surname Status
The source explicitly classifies “丕” as a currently rare surname and as a Han Chinese surname; it does not identify it as a surname in another naming system.
Pī Surname
Surname profilePī / P'i
Origins
Two Origin Accounts
The source records two origin accounts: one traces the surname to descendants of Zhong Hui in the Shang period; the other traces it to Pi Zheng, a high official of Jin in the Spring and Autumn period, with descendants taking their grandfather's courtesy name as the surname. Both remain source-reported accounts.
Commanderies and Clan Halls
Commandery and Hall
The source lists Jiang Commandery as the ancestral commandery and records the written-form change “also written as 㔻.” The supplied material does not explicitly provide a hall name, so none is added.
Migration and Distribution
Current Distribution
The source says the surname is more commonly found today in Shanxi, specifically listing Changzhi, Xinzhou, Lüliang, and Yanbei. It provides no population figure or statistical year.
Notable People
Historical Figures
The source lists Pi Zheng, Pi Bao, and the Ming-period figure Pi Chengwen. Pi Zheng is described as a high official of Jin in the late Spring and Autumn period; Pi Bao is described as his son who went to Qin; Pi Chengwen is described as an instructor in Sanhe County during the Ming period. The source does not thereby establish a complete shared genealogy for the people listed.
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