Gaoyang County, Linfen County, Shandong Province, Hebei Province
The surname Ji is one of the Chinese surnames, ranking 122nd in "Hundred Family Surnames".
The origin of "Ji"
The surname Ji (Jǐ) has two origins: 1. It comes from the surname Jiang. According to "Compilation of Yuanhe Surnames" and "Tongzhi. According to "The Clan Brief - Taking the Country as a Clan", in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, in memory of the merits of the ancestors and kings, a descendant of Emperor Yan was granted the title of Yu Ji (in the southeast of Shouguang County, Shandong Province today), and the Ji State was established. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Ji State was When the country was destroyed by Qi, the descendants of King Ji's family took the name of the country and passed down the surname Ji from generation to generation. 2. In ancient times, there was the Ji clan, and the ministers of the Fuxi clan had Ji Dong, that is, their clan. Before Shun became emperor, there was a teacher named Empress Ji, who was also a descendant of the Guji clan.
Migration distribution
The Ji surname is not among the top 100 surnames in mainland China, but it is the 71st in Taiwan Big surname. The Ji surname is the descendant of Emperor Yan. It is said that the ancestors of the Ji surname established the vassal state Ji State in Ji Di (today's Nanji Tai Village, Shouguang, Shandong Province). In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Ji State was attacked and destroyed by the Qi State, and the descendants of the public ministers of the Ji State were The name of the country, "Ji", is used as a surname to commemorate. The Ji surname later developed into a prominent family in Tianshui County, Gansu Province, and was known as Tianshui Wang in the world. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Ji surname migrated to the coast. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it further migrated to Taiwan and gradually developed into a common surname.