How did the Qi family originate?

Qi (Qi Lian, Qi Wu, Qi Liu and Qi Lian come from the same family, the ancestor Ji Lin - Qi Wulin)

Distribution area: According to national population statistics, There are currently more than 50,000 people with the Qi surname in the country. Due to historical reasons, several major historical migrations have occurred. They are now mainly distributed in Guangrao, Lijin, Laizhou, Gaomi, Pingdu, Changle, Xinyang, Shandong, and Hebei Botou and Zhangwu in Hubei, Jianli, Jiangling and Hanchuan in Hubei, Taiyuan, Datong and Changzhi in Shanxi, Nenjiang in Heilongjiang, Qingyuan and Chaoyang in Liaoning, Wuhai in Inner Mongolia, Yifeng in Jiangxi, Jianning in Fujian, Qijiang in Chongqing and other places .

The little-known "Qi"

How to pronounce "Qi"? What's the meaning? I believe many people will have such questions when they see this word.

Qi, Congsi, has many sounds, meanings and usages. In the oracle bone inscriptions, the upper part "Qi" is the image of a shoe, and the lower part is "Si", which refers to the straps used by ancient people to tie shoes. When used in important ceremonies such as sacrifices, it means solemnity. "Poetry·Zheng Feng·Out of the East Gate" contains the text "Only clothes and Qi scarf, you are happy to be my member", "Qi scarf" means "green moxa-colored women's clothing", here, Qi means pale gray. In "The love of a lady, the eyes desire the color, the ears desire the sound, the mouth desires the taste, the nose desires the smell, and the heart desires the loss. These five qualities are inevitable for human affection." ("Xunzi·Wang Ba" "), Qi means "extreme" or "very". This meaning is often used in letter expressions such as "Yu Qi detailed", "Nian Zi Qi Qie", etc., but it is no longer common in modern Chinese. In addition, Qi also has meanings such as carrying, footprints, and standards. As a surname, Qi is closely related to compound surnames such as Qi Gong, Qi Wu, Qi Mu, and Qi Lian.

Legend from Xiqi Village

There are two villages named after the character "Qi" in Lijin Town, Lijin County, Dongying City, one is called Xiqi Village and the other is called Qijiajia He, more than 90% of the villagers in the two villages have the surname "Qi". "Our village used to be called Qijia Miaozhuang. Because 'Qijia Miao' and 'Qijia Jiahe' were close and easy to confuse, it was renamed Xiqi Village in 1961. In fact, from our point of view, Xiqi Village Qi Village and Qijia Jiahe Village are originally one big family, but in general, people with the Qi surname in Xiqi Village are generally of higher seniority than those in Qijia Jiahe Village. In addition, because many of the ancestors with the surname Qi live in Xiqi. So the Qi Zu Tomb is now also in Xiqi Village," Qi Yuehai, secretary of Xiqi Village, told reporters. Speaking of the settlements of people with the surname Qi in Shandong, Qi Yuehai also mentioned Pingdu Shaliang Village at the intersection of Jiaozhou, Pingdu, and Jimo cities in Shandong. “I was there in about 2000, and there are many people there. There are people with the surname Shaoqi, but the overall scale is not as good as our Xiqi Village and Qijia Jiahe."

According to Qi Yuehai, the Qi family has been a rare surname in the world since the surname was established in the Han Dynasty, but there are many talented people. Before the Tang and Song Dynasties, there were mostly military officers; in the Yuan Dynasty, the reproduction and development of the Qi family reached its peak, but soon turned downhill; in history, the greatest misfortune of the Qi family occurred in the early years of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, three brothers among the ancestors of the Qi family were serving as high-ranking officials under Emperor Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty. One was a general and the two were marquises of ten thousand households. Later, Emperor Jianwen's uncle, King Yan Zhu Di, launched the "Jingnan Campaign" to usurp the throne. Because the three brothers were unwilling to surrender to Zhu Di, they suffered the disaster of annihilation of the nine clans implicated. Fortunately, someone in the court secretly tipped off the news, and the three brothers were able to escape overnight with their families. From then on, the central government began to carry out crazy suppression of the Qi surname, which was very cruel. Therefore, people with the Qi surname were either killed or lived incognito in other places. At that time, Xiqi Village was remote and uninhabited. One of the three brothers fled here. Although the extremely difficult environment was difficult for people to survive, they escaped the attention of the pursuers. The Qi people were able to retain their surname here for generations. live.

"I heard from the old man that in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the Northeast was banned, and the court allowed the disaster victims to go to the Northeast to open up wasteland and build villages and villages. At that time, Shandong and Hebei were suffering from successive famines. In order to escape the famine and make a living, some people dragged their When our family went to Guandong, some people from our village went to the Northeast, so some people with the surname Qi in the Northeast should be from the same group as us," Qi Yuehai said.

The surname Qi was given to Liu Bang, the founder of Han Dynasty

Although all Chinese people are descendants of Yan and Huang, not all families were given surnames by the emperor. According to the "Chinese Surname Dictionary" The Qi family is a rare surname in history and is an imperial clan with a history of more than 2,200 years.

The surname Qi originally evolved from the surname Ji. According to the "Century of Emperors", Huangdi was born in Shouqiu and grew up in Jishui, so he took Ji as his surname. Emperor Ku's surname was Ji Mingjun, and he was the great-grandson of Emperor Xuanyuan Huang. After Ji Jun, the population flourished, and some of them settled in Dai County (today's Dai County, Shanxi and Yu County, Hebei). The fiftieth emperor's grandson Jirong was granted the title of King Wu of Zhou Dynasty, and the martial arts of the fiefdom governed Qishan (today's Shaanxi Province). After the Qin Dynasty destroyed Han, Zhao and Wei, the people surnamed Ji who lived together in the Jin area moved collectively to settle at the foot of the Qilian Mountains outside the Pass in view of the frequent wars in the hinterland, so they took the mountain "Qilian" as their surname. Ji Lin is the thirty-fifth generation grandson of Ji Rong. He has two sons named Qi Lianxun and Qi Lianyou. It is said that only a few elders with the Ji surname still retained the surname Ji at that time, and most of the descendants have evolved into the Qilian family. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang launched an army to destroy Qin and competed with Xiang Yu for dominance in the world. Ji Lin led Qi Lianxun, Qi Lianyou and others to defect to Liu Bang and followed Liu Bang in the east and west campaigns, making great contributions. In 202 BC, Liu Bang pacified the world and established the Han Dynasty as emperor. Because of Ji Lin's meritorious service in defeating bandits, he was highly appreciated by Liu Bang and was granted the title of Jinan doctor of Qijun. The fiefdom was then Jiananzhijun, which is today's Licheng area of ??Jinan, Shandong. At the same time, he was given the surname Qi Wu. From then on, most of the people surnamed Ji living in Henan moved to Qibei to settle down, and the surnames Ji and Qilian were unified into the Qimu surname. Some of them continued to use the Qilian family name because they were too accustomed to it, so they changed it to Qi. This period of history is recorded in "Wenlin Wangshi Series". Before the Song Dynasty, Qi Wu was also the mother of Qi. This compound surname gradually evolved into the single surname Qi. Ji Lin was the ancestor of people with the surname Qi.

People with the surname Qi in Chongqing first came from Jinan

Qijiang, Chongqing is also one of the few settlements with the surname Qi. The name "Qijiang" comes from the grandson of Ji Lin Qi Mu returns to Zhou.

In the early years of the Han Dynasty, there was a rebellion in Sichuan. The great ancestor Liu Bang summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures. At that time, Qi Muxun was appointed as a patrol officer in Chang'an. His son Qi Muxun lived with his grandfather in Jinan in Fuzhou. Learn literature and practice martial arts, and be prepared for both civil and military affairs. Qi Muxun reported to the emperor, hoping that his son could lead his troops to Sichuan to repay the country and establish meritorious deeds. After obtaining the emperor's permission, Fuzhou first led a dozen of his disciples and servants to pretend to travel from Jinan to Sichuan. After fully ascertaining the local situation, he summoned the people surnamed Qi and received the assistance of the guard. He cooperated with the officers and soldiers inside and outside to put down the rebellion in one fell swoop. The Qijiang County Chronicle records that "Qi's mother Fuzhou once served as Yuxun (the name of a military officer, equivalent to a local commander)". Qi's mother Fuzhou played an important role in quelling the rebellion, so she was enfeoffed here. Qijiang, Chongqing City, was named after the Qi family was enfeoffed; Qijiang County was named after Qijiang