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Surname Attestation
The page explicitly lists “披” as a rare surname, pronounced pī, within its surname entries; the source does not state that it belongs to any particular ethnic group or modern national naming system.
Pī Surname
Surname profilePī / P'i
Historical Records
Documentary Record
The page says that the Surname Dictionary cites the Chinese Character Dictionary as recording the surname “披,” and that the latter in turn cites the Tongzhi. This is a chain of secondary quotations presented by the page and should not be treated as direct verification of the original texts.
Research Notes
Boundary Between 披 and 被
The page’s editorial note says that the Zheng Tongzhi, Clan Records actually has “被” and cites related passages from the Lüshi Chunqiu and Fengsu Tong. It explains that “披” and “被” may have been interchangeable in antiquity and could both be pronounced pī, while today “披” is pī and “被” is bèi, and both are surnames. Therefore, records of “被” should not be treated directly as original records of “披.”
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