From Kongwen Kuwa to the Baizhu family, they were all important ministers of the Yuan Dynasty for seven generations. They made immortal contributions to the prosperity of the Yuan Dynasty, and their achievements are recorded in the annals of history. "The six generations before Baizhu all had the surname Zha'er. During the years of Yuan Dade (1297 to 1307) and Zhizhi (1321 to 1323), the surname was changed to Bai." "The eighth generation worshiped Dulin, and his father worshiped him. At this time, the corruption of the Yuan Dynasty was declining, and Zhu Yuanzhang's uprising was rising. In the early Ming Dynasty, Bai Dulin came to the Ming Dynasty and was ordered to move from Zhuozhou, Hebei to Dalisha Garden to this day" ("Shaanxi General History"). According to the genealogy of Baijia Village, the ancestors of the first six generations of Baijia Village were buried in Jilan, Inner Mongolia (today’s Muhuali Tomb, a cultural relics holy site in Yulin City, our province). From the seventh generation to the twelfth generation, they were all buried in the ancestral graves in Baijia Village, Dali County. Each major branch of the family after the thirteenth generation has its own ancestral tomb.
Today, the descendants of the Bai family in the "Mongolian Village" have been "Chinese" and are no different from other residents.
In addition, there are more than 100 households with the surname Bai in Fengbai Village, Guandao Township, Linwei District, Weinan City, but their origins are unknown.
The surname is Ye Shi
Folk historical research, the royal family of the Yuan Dynasty, in 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang sent general Xu Da to lead the Ming army to attack Dadu, Emperor Shun fled, and the Yuan Dynasty fell. In 1370, Emperor Shun died of illness at the age of 51. In fact, he faked his death. In order to avoid being hunted, he hid his name in the Central Plains. Because he loved making leather goods, he was not good at planting. He was good at raising horses, wool and rabbits, and he made a living by selling his leather. He left behind his family's motto of being humble and understanding people, and changed his name to a surname, in order to protect the lives of future generations and avoid the disaster of genocide. His descendants were good at tannery. However, intermarriage is closed and only within the clan. According to the ancestral records of the descendants of the Wang family in Tianjin, "During the Taiping Army period, my ancestor was responsible for the production of leather boots for the Qing army's military uniforms, which were supplied by tanners with the surname. It is said that they were descendants of Yuan Taizu who changed their surname. They were fortunate enough to know each other, restrained their speech, and were good at doing things." Leather shield, armor, refused to intermarry with foreigners." His descendants are unknown and cannot be traced.