Pingliang, Gansu
The origin of "Xi"
1. Descendants of Teacher Xi. According to the records of "The Genealogy of Wan Surnames", when Yao was the leader of the tribe, he met an old man who called himself Xi, and he sang against the soil (an ancient throwing game). Yao was very impressed after hearing this and worshiped him as his teacher. Teacher Xi is the ancestor of the Xi family. 2. Changed from the surname. During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a senior official named Ji Tan in the Jin State. Because he was responsible for managing the ancient books of the Jin State, he took Ji Tan as his surname. His 13th generation descendant is called Ji Xiang, who came from Xiang Yu's era in the late Qin Dynasty. Xiang Yu's name was in his surname. In order to avoid Xiang Yu's taboo, Ji Xiang changed his surname to Xi, and his descendants also changed their surname to Xi. .
Xi Peilan: a female poet of the Qing Dynasty, named Ruizhu, with the courtesy names Yuejin, Yunfen, Daohua and Huanyun. Because he was good at painting orchids, he named himself Peilan. The wife of Qing Dynasty poet Sun Yuanxiang. She was a poet at an early age and was the most outstanding female disciple of the famous poet Yuan Mei. The poems are fresh, interesting and full of imagination. Yuan Mei said that every word in his poems comes from the spirit of nature, and does not follow the wisdom of the ancients, but can make the secrets of heaven clear and wonderful, and the syllables are like Congcheng. He is the author of "Changzhen Pavilion Poetry Draft", "Bang Xinglou Tiaoqincao", etc.
Xi Murong: Not named Xi, Xi Murong’s full name is Mulun Xi Lianbo, which means big river, and Murong is a homonym of Mulun. (1943.11.12-) Female, Mongolian, Scorpio. Famous contemporary poet, essayist and painter. A Mongolian female poet who came to Ming'an Banner of the Chahar League was a descendant of the Mongolian royal family. Her grandmother was a royal princess, and she later settled in Taiwan with her family.