Jī / Chi
Ji (Jī) is a relatively rare Han Chinese surname in current use. It is found in Beijing, Qingyuan in Liaoning, Datong and Jincheng in Shanxi, Tacheng in Xinjiang, Yifeng in Jiangxi, and other places; it is included in the surname sections of Zheng Tongzhi and Xu Tongzhi.
Traditions concerning the surname’s origins include descendants of Taishan Ji, a minister of the Yellow Emperor; descendants of the king of Yue who lived at Kuaiji and adopted it as a surname; a line associated with Jigu Gu, Marquis of Tizi and a Lesser Yuezhi; a Ji clan among the Northern Xiongnu in the Eastern Han; and the Northern Wei change from Tailuoji to Ji.
One lineage derives from the Zi clan: descendants of Duke Ji of Song adopted their grandfather’s personal name as their surname.
Descendants surnamed Ji among the migrants from the Great Pagoda Tree in Hongtong County, Shanxi, are distributed across Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Hebei, Zhejiang, and other areas.
Recorded figures include the Jiading-era presented scholars Ji Yinglong and Ji Yuan, Ji Shi, magistrate of Shishou in the Yuan dynasty, and Ji Zhao, prefect of Luanzhou in the Ming dynasty.
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