Pronunciation of surname

"Qi" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, beside the sound of "Qi" in the upper half and "Si" in the lower half, refers to the belt used by the ancients to tie shoelaces, but when it is used in sacrificial ceremonies, it means solemnity. "The Book of Rites" says: "Step on the coffin", which means putting on leg wraps and tying your shoelaces. It also means light blue. In the poem "East Gate Out of Zheng Feng", there is "wearing a towel and clothing, enjoying with a staff", that is, "a woman wearing pale moxa."

In addition, "Xunzi Wang Ba": "The lady's love, eyes want to lick the color, ears want to lick the sound, mouth wants to lick the taste, nose wants to lick the taste, and heart wants to lick the fragrance. These five things are inevitable. " "Qi" here means "extreme". Today, there are still the usage of "elaborate" and "read aloud" when writing letters, but it is not common in modern Chinese.

At present, most surnames are distributed in Shandong. Qi surname originally evolved from Ji surname. According to the Yellow Emperor Century, the Yellow Emperor was born in Shouqiu and grew up in Jishui, so he took Ji as his surname. Di Ku, surnamed Ji Mingjun, is the great-grandson of Xuanyuan Huangdi.

According to the national population statistics, there are now more than 50,000 people surnamed Qi in China. Due to historical reasons, there have been several major historical immigrants. The population of Qi is mainly distributed in Liaoning, Shandong, Hunan, Hubei, Shanxi, Heilongjiang and other provinces. Celebrities in history include Yao. In northern areas such as Henan, there is the county king of Tang Dynasty, and in southern areas such as Hunan, there is Beihai Hall.

After Ji Jun's death, it flourished, and some people lived in Daixian (now Daixian in Shanxi and Yuxian in Hebei). Sun, the fiftieth, was sealed in, and the fief ruled Qishan (now Shaanxi). After the Qin Dynasty destroyed the Han Dynasty and Zhao Wei, the people surnamed Ji, who lived together in the Jin Dynasty, moved to Qilian Mountain outside the customs because of frequent wars in the mainland, so they took the mountain "Qilian" as their surname.

Jilin is the thirty-fifth grandson of Ji Rong. He has two sons, Qi Lianxun and Qi Lianyou. It is said that at that time, only a few elders with Ji surname still kept Ji surname, and most descendants have evolved into Qi Lianxun. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang set out to destroy the Qin Dynasty and compete with Xiang Yu for the world. Ji Lin led Qi Lianxun, Qi Yulian and others to Liu Bang, and made great contributions to Liu Bang's eastward expedition to the west.

In 202 BC, Liu Bang pacified the world and established the Han Dynasty as emperor. Ji Lin was awarded by Liu Bang for his meritorious service in catching thieves and robbers, and was named Doctor Jinan of Qi County. At that time, the fief was the home of Nanchuan County, which is the Licheng area in Jinan, Shandong Province today. Gave me a last name at the same time. Since then, most people living in Henan have moved to settle down, and the surname Ji and Qilian have also been unified into the matriarchal family.

Some followed Qilian's past habits and changed to Qi. This history is recorded in Lin Wen's family history. Before the Song Dynasty, it was also a mother, and this compound surname gradually evolved into a single surname Qi, and Ji Lin was the ancestor of Qi.