Is the Qi family a Chinese surname?

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The ancestor of the surname Qi should be Han Chinese.

The surname Qi comes from Qi Guan, a senior official in the vassal states during the Spring and Autumn Period. It is a surname based on the official title. In ancient times, "Qi", "丶" and "笄" were the same character, with synonymous meanings. It is recorded in the historical book "The Origin of Surnames": "Qi and the hairpin are the same, and he is the queen of the hairpin official". During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Lu worshiped the Zhou rites. It first formulated a complete set of ordinary humanistic etiquette systems based on the Zhou rites, and set up corresponding official positions to be responsible for their duties. Among them, there was an official in charge of "hairpin rites". doctor.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which was the early Qing Dynasty, when a girl turned fifteen years old, she was considered to have reached adulthood, and an "adulthood" ceremony was held for her, and a hairpin (hairpin) was inserted into her hair. , called "Ji Hairpin" to indicate adulthood. From then on, adult women had to accept the restrictions of Zhou rites and the laws of various dynasties. Only women who had reached the age of hairpin could get married to assume corresponding social responsibilities and obligations, such as carrying on the family line. During the Spring and Autumn Period, various princes, kings, families and nobles regarded this kind of ceremony as very solemn. They all had the official title of hairpin official, and they were called "Qiguan", "hairpin official" and "". Those with the surname Qi Guan are called Qi Guan. For example, it is recorded in the historical book "Tongzhi Clan Briefing": "In the Tang Dynasty, there was Qi Zhishao." In the historical book "Tongpu of Wanxing", it is also recorded: "In the Tang Dynasty, there was Qi Zhishao, in the Song Dynasty, there was Qi Yun, and in the Ming Dynasty, there were Qi Xuan and Qi Ji. "The ancestors of the Qiguan family had more than one surname, and they were found in all the vassal states at that time. For example, Confucius got married at the age of nineteen, and the wife he married was Qi Guan of the Song Dynasty, and she was a descendant of the hairpin official of the Song Dynasty. Except for Confucius's wife Ji Guan, the Ji Guan family celebrities in history are almost extinct in historical records. It was not until the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne that he strictly ordered the movement to change the Hu surname, and all the Jiguan surnames were changed to the single surname Qi, and a large number of celebrities with the Qi family name continued to emerge.

The Qi Guan surname was a compound surname. Later, in the early Ming Dynasty, many provinces simplified the surname to the single surname Qi.

Origin of the surname

The surname Qi comes from Qi Guan, a senior official in the vassal states during the Spring and Autumn Period. It is a surname based on the official title. In ancient times, "Qi", "丶" and "笄" were the same character, with synonymous meanings. It is recorded in the historical book "The Origin of Surnames": "Qi and the hairpin are the same, and he is the queen of the hairpin official". During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Lu worshiped the Zhou rites. It first formulated a complete set of ordinary humanistic etiquette systems based on the Zhou rites, and set up corresponding official positions to be responsible for their duties. Among them, there was an official in charge of "hairpin rites". doctor.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which was the early Qing Dynasty, when a girl turned fifteen years old, she was considered to have reached adulthood, and an "adulthood" ceremony was held for her, and a hairpin (hairpin) was inserted into her hair. , called "Ji Hairpin" to indicate adulthood. From then on, adult women had to accept the restrictions of Zhou rites and the laws of various dynasties. Only women who had reached the age of hairpin could get married to assume corresponding social responsibilities and obligations, such as carrying on the family line. During the Spring and Autumn Period, various princes, kings, families and nobles regarded this kind of ceremony as very solemn. They all had the official title of hairpin official, and they were called "Qiguan", "hairpin official" and "". Those with the surname Qi Guan are called Qi Guan. For example, it is recorded in the historical book "Tongzhi Clan Briefing": "In the Tang Dynasty, there was Qi Zhishao." In the historical book "Tongpu of Wanxing", it is also recorded: "In the Tang Dynasty, there was Qi Zhishao, in the Song Dynasty, there was Qi Yun, and in the Ming Dynasty, there were Qi Xuan and Qi Ji. "The ancestors of the Qiguan family had more than one surname, and they were found in all the vassal states at that time. For example, Confucius got married at the age of nineteen, and the wife he married was Qi Guan of the Song Dynasty, and she was a descendant of the hairpin official of the Song Dynasty. Except for Confucius's wife Ji Guan, the Ji Guan family celebrities in history are almost extinct in historical records. It was not until the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne that he strictly ordered the movement to change the Hu surname, and all the Jiguan surnames were changed to the single surname Qi, and a large number of celebrities with the Qi family name continued to emerge.

The Qi Guan surname was a compound surname. Later, in the early Ming Dynasty, many provinces simplified the surname to the single surname Qi.

Got the surname of the ancestor

Official hairpin (丌, Qi). During the Spring and Autumn Period, every vassal state had the official position of hairpin official, so there was more than one ancestor of the Qiguan family. Jiguan's compound surname later evolved into the single surname Qi in the early Ming Dynasty.

The ancestors of each branch

Qi Shibo: At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty (1333-1368 AD), in order to avoid military chaos, he led his four sons Qi Qin, Qi Bin, Qi Quan and Qi Shi from Jiangsu Huai'an led to Laiwu. He first lived in the Peiguan family's home in the east. As the war gradually subsided, he moved to Fangxiabao and Wennanbao. He is the ancestor of the Qi family in Laiwu.

Lineage of the Qi Shibo family:

Ancestor: Qi Shibo, who moved his children from Jianghuai to Lai in the late Yuan Dynasty to avoid war.

The second generation: Qi Qin, Qi Bin, Qi Quan, Qi Shineng

The third generation: Qi Yin, Qi Ji

The fourth generation: Qi Hao, Qi Lin, Qi Sheng

The fifth generation: Qi Ying, Qi Chong, Qi Xuan, Qi De, Qi Hong, Qi Xian

The sixth generation: Qi Kui, Qi Wan, Qi Zhen, Qi Cui , Qi Xun, Qi Yan

The seventh generation: Qi Taide, Qi Taixing, Qi Taiwen

The eighth generation: Qi Guoxian, Qi Guocai

The ninth generation: Qi Mingshi, Qi Mingxun, Qi Mingjun, Qi Mingrong, Qi Mingming

The tenth generation: Qi Xinyu, Qi Xinzuo, Qi Xinyou, Qi Xinxiu, Qi Xinhua

The eleventh generation: Qi Qing, Qi Qi, Qi Wei , Qi Yi

The twelfth generation: Qi Yuanli, Qi Yuanyi, Qi Yuanjin, Qi Yuanxin

The thirteenth generation: Qi Hongjin

The fourteenth generation: Qi Shengcun, Qi Shengzhao

The fifteenth generation: Qi Boqian, Qi Borang, Qi Bocheng, Qi Boda

The sixteenth generation: Qi Xuedian, Qi Xuedu, Qi Xuerong (Qi Xueyong)

The seventeenth generation: Qi Chengyin

The 18th generation: Qi Junlan, Qi Junpeng, Qi Junsheng, Qi Junhui

The 19th generation: Qi Xianxiu, Qi Daixiu, Qi Wenxiu

The 20th generation: Qi Songshan (after Yishengzi )

The twenty-first generation: Qi Jianjun, Qi Jianyong (after Yimen Zhengzi)

Migration and evolution

The Qi family is a very ancient surname group. It originated from an official title, so the origin of the surname is complicated and cannot be discussed in one way. However, it is not among the top 300 surnames in mainland China today, and it is also ranked 439th in Taiwan Province. Most of them take Longxi, Tianshui and Taishan as their county commanders.

The Qi family in Laiwu, Shandong Province began in the Ming Dynasty. His ancestor Qi Shibo moved his four sons Qin, Bin, Quan and Shineng from Huai'an, Jiangsu to Laiwu in order to avoid war in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties. He first lived in the Pei family's home in Dongguan. As the war gradually subsided, he moved to Fangxiabao and Wennanbao. There is a stele in the ancestral grave of the Qi family in Beiligou, Laiwu City, Shandong Province. The stele records: "In the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, he moved from Linyi to Laiyi, established his own surname and established his own family." There is also a stele in Yangzhuang, Laiwu, Shandong Province. The Qi family's epitaph records: "The ancestor Shibo fled the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. With his son Shineng, he moved from the Jianghuai River to Yangzhuang, Laiwu, Shandong Province and settled there." The ancestral home of most of the Qi family members across the country is Laiwu City, Shandong Province.

The surname Qi is relatively rare and is pronounced with the second tone of qi (Qi).

This surname was originally a compound surname: Qiguan. Qiguan was an official name in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in ancient my country. This kind of official position was an official in charge of hairpin etiquette in ancient times.

There is an idiom "at the age of hairpin", which means that when a woman in ancient times reached the age of fifteen, she was considered an adult and could get married. The hairpin ceremony is the same as the crown ceremony. It is a coming-of-age ceremony for the Han people. The crown ceremony is a coming-of-age ceremony for men, and the hairpin ceremony is a coming-of-age ceremony for women. The hairpin is a hairpin, and the hairpin ceremony is to tie up the hair with a hairpin. Since the Zhou Dynasty, it has been stipulated that nobility After a woman is engaged (promised to be married), she performs a hairpin ceremony before getting married. It is usually held at the age of fifteen. If you have been waiting to get married and have not been betrothed to another family, you can wait until you are twenty years old before doing the haircut ceremony.

The surname Qiguan refers to the descendants of people like Qiguan. In order to commemorate their ancestors, they took the official name as their surname.

The most famous person with this surname in history is probably Confucius’ wife and Kong Li’s mother. When Confucius was nineteen years old, he married this girl from the Qiguan family.

In the Ming Dynasty, after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he launched a surname change movement, and the surname Qiguan was changed to Qi. The Qi surname in the Ming Dynasty has become unknown in history. It seems that there were two descendants of the Qi surname in the Ming Dynasty who were famous for their filial piety.

Origin of the surname

The surname Qi comes from Qi Guan, a senior official in the vassal states during the Spring and Autumn Period. It is a surname based on the official title. In ancient times, "Qi", "丶" and "笄" were the same character, with the same meaning. It is recorded in the historical book "The Origin of Surnames": "Qi and the hairpin are the same, and he is the queen of the hairpin official". During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Lu worshiped the Zhou rites. It first formulated a complete set of ordinary humanistic etiquette systems based on the Zhou rites, and set up corresponding official positions to be responsible for their duties. Among them, there was an official in charge of "hairpin rites". doctor.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which was the early Qing Dynasty, when a girl turned fifteen years old, she was considered to have reached adulthood, and an "adulthood" ceremony was held for her, and a hairpin (hairpin) was inserted into her hair. , called "Ji Hairpin" to indicate adulthood.

From then on, adult women had to accept the restrictions of Zhou rites and the laws of various dynasties. Only women who had reached the age of hairpin could get married to assume corresponding social responsibilities and obligations, such as carrying on the family line. During the Spring and Autumn Period, various princes, kings, families and nobles regarded this kind of ceremony as very solemn. They all had the official title of hairpin official, and they were called "Qiguan", "hairpin official" and "". Those with the surname Qi Guan are called Qi Guan. For example, it is recorded in the historical book "Tongzhi Clan Briefing": "In the Tang Dynasty, there was Qi Zhishao." In the historical book "Tongpu of Wanxing", it is also recorded: "In the Tang Dynasty, there was Qi Zhishao, in the Song Dynasty, there was Qi Yun, and in the Ming Dynasty, there were Qi Xuan and Qi Ji. "The ancestors of the Qiguan family had more than one surname, and they were found in all the vassal states at that time. For example, Confucius got married at the age of nineteen, and the wife he married was Qi Guan of the Song Dynasty, and she was a descendant of the hairpin official of the Song Dynasty. Except for Confucius's wife Ji Guan, the famous people with Ji Guan family name in history are almost extinct in historical records. It was not until Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne that he strictly ordered the movement to change the Hu surname, and all the Jiguan surnames were changed to the single surname Qi, and a large number of celebrities with the Qi family name continued to emerge.

The Qi Guan surname was a compound surname. Later, in the early Ming Dynasty, many provinces simplified the surname to the single surname Qi.

It is estimated that many people still can’t read it. Qi (qi with two tones) comes from the compound surname Jiguan, and was changed by the Jiguan surname. The so-called change of the official surname means that this is an official position, and it was later changed to Surname. It first came from the compound surname Ji Guan in the Spring and Autumn Period (this can be understood that the surname Ji is Han).

Mainly distributed in Henan, Shanxi, Taiwan and other places.

Celebrities of the Ji family:

1. Jiguan family: here refers only to Mrs. Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period.

2. Ji Zhinuma: General of the Tang Dynasty.

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Most of the ancestors of the Qiguan family are Han Chinese in the Central Plains, and less of the Dongyi, Huaiyi and other ethnic minorities. However, if the surname is Qi, they are mostly Han Chinese in Laiwu City, Shandong Province.

1. Origin: Qiguan, originally an official name. He was an official in charge of the hairpin ceremony in ancient times. The hairpin ceremony was a ceremony in which hairpins were inserted into the hair of a boy when he reached fifteen years old, as a symbol of the official transition from boyhood to adulthood. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, every vassal state had this official position. The surname Ji was created by the descendants of such officials to commemorate their ancestors, and was called the Jiguan surname. Later, during the surname change movement after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne in the early Ming Dynasty, the compound surname "Jiguan" was changed to the single surname "Qi".

2. Reason: Qiguan surname is a very ancient surname group. Since it is derived from official titles, the origin of the surname is complicated. The ancestors of the Qiguan surname cannot be discussed, but they are mostly named after Longxi, Tianshui and Taishan. For the county.

The Qi family in Laiwu, Shandong began in the Ming Dynasty. His ancestor Qi Shibo moved his four sons Qin, Bin, Quan and Shineng from Huai'an, Jiangsu to Laiwu in order to avoid war in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties. He first lived in the Pei family's home in Dongguan. As the war gradually subsided, he moved to Fangxiabao and Wennanbao. There is a stele in the ancestral grave of the Qi family in Beiligou, Laiwu City, Shandong Province. The stele records: "In the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, he moved from Linyi to Laiyi, established his own surname and established his own family." There is also a stele in Yangzhuang, Laiwu, Shandong Province. The Qi family's epitaph records: "The ancestor Shibo fled the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. With his son Shineng, he moved from the Jianghuai River to Yangzhuang, Laiwu, Shandong Province and settled there." The ancestral home of most of the Qi family members across the country is Laiwu City, Shandong Province.

The surname Qi (qí) comes from the compound surname Jiguan, and was changed from the Jiguan surname. According to "The Origin of Surnames", "Qi is the same as the hairpin, and he is the successor to the hairpin official". Qi, the ancient character for "Qi", is also pronounced as "专". Jiguan, that is, Qiguan, was originally an official name. He was an official in charge of the hairpin ceremony in ancient times. The hairpin ceremony was a ceremony in which hairpins were inserted into the hair of a boy when he reached fifteen years old, as a symbol of the official transition from boyhood to adulthood. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, every vassal state had this official position. The surname Ji was created by the descendants of such officials to commemorate their ancestors, and was called the Jiguan surname. Later, during the surname change movement after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne in the early Ming Dynasty, the compound surname "Jiguan" was changed to the single surname "Qi". The wife Confucius married when he was nineteen years old was a descendant of the Jiguan family. Therefore, the Qi family and the Jiguan family have the same origin and the same surname.

The surname Qi comes from Qi Guan, a senior official in the vassal states during the Spring and Autumn Period. It is a surname based on the official title. In ancient times, "亓", "丶" and "笄" were the same character, with synonymous meanings. It is recorded in the historical book "The Origin of Surnames": "Qi and the hairpin are the same, and he is the queen of the hairpin official". During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Lu worshiped the Zhou rites. It first formulated a complete set of ordinary humanistic etiquette systems based on the Zhou rites, and established corresponding official positions to be responsible for their duties. Among them, there was an official in charge of "hairpin rites". doctor.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which was the early Qing Dynasty, when a girl reached the age of fifteen, she was considered to have reached adulthood, and a "coming of age" ceremony was held for her, and a hairpin (hairpin) was inserted into her hair. , called "jiji" to indicate adulthood. From then on, adult women were subject to the constraints of Zhou rites and the laws of various dynasties. Only women who had their hairpins could get married to assume corresponding social responsibilities and obligations, such as carrying on the family line. During the Spring and Autumn Period, various princes, kings, families and nobles regarded this kind of ceremony as very solemn, and they all had the official title of hairpin official, and they were called "Qiguan", "笄官", and "". Those with the surname Qi Guan are called Qi Guan. For example, it is recorded in the historical book "Tongzhi Clan Briefing": "In the Tang Dynasty, there was Qi Zhishao." In the historical book "Tongpu of Wanxing", it is also recorded: "In the Tang Dynasty, there was Qi Zhishao, in the Song Dynasty, there was Qi Yun, and in the Ming Dynasty, there were Qi Xuan and Qi Ji. "The ancestor of the Qi Guan family had more than one surname, and they were found in all the vassal states at that time. For example, Confucius got married at the age of nineteen, and the wife he married was Qi Guan of the Song Dynasty, and she was a descendant of the hairpin official of the Song Dynasty. Except for Confucius's wife Ji Guan, the Ji Guan family celebrities in history are almost extinct in historical records. It was not until the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne that he strictly ordered the movement to change the Hu surname, and all the Jiguan surnames were changed to the single surname Qi, and a large number of celebrities with the Qi family name continued to emerge.

The Qi Guan surname was a compound surname. Later, in the early Ming Dynasty, many provinces simplified the surname to the single surname Qi.

Got the surname of the ancestor

Official hairpin (丌, Qi). During the Spring and Autumn Period, every vassal state had the official position of hairpin official, so there was more than one ancestor of the Qiguan family. Jiguan's compound surname later evolved into the single surname Qi in the early Ming Dynasty.

The ancestors of each branch

Qi Shibo: At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty (1333~1368 AD), in order to avoid military chaos, he led his four sons Qi Qin, Qi Bin, Qi Quan and Qi Shi from Jiangsu Huai'an moved to Laiwu. He first lived in the home of the Peiguan family in the east. As the war gradually subsided, he moved to Fangxiabao and lived in Wennanbao. He was the ancestor of the Qi family in Laiwu.

Lineage of the Qi Shibo family:

Ancestor: Qi Shibo, who moved his children from Jianghuai to Lai in the late Yuan Dynasty to avoid war.

The second generation: Qi Qin, Qi Bin, Qi Quan, Qi Shineng

The third generation: Qi Yin, Qi Ji

The fourth generation: Qi Hao, Qi Lin, Qi Sheng

The fifth generation: Qi Ying, Qi Chong, Qi Xuan, Qi De, Qi Hong, Qi Xian

The sixth generation: Qi Kui, Qi Wan, Qi Zhen, Qi Cui , Qi Xun, Qi Yan

The seventh generation: Qi Taide, Qi Taixing, Qi Taiwen

The eighth generation: Qi Guoxian, Qi Guocai

The ninth generation: Qi Mingshi, Qi Mingxun, Qi Mingjun, Qi Mingrong, Qi Mingming

The tenth generation: Qi Xinyu, Qi Xinzuo, Qi Xinyou, Qi Xinxiu, Qi Xinhua

The eleventh generation: Qi Qing, Qi Qi, Qi Wei , Qi Yi

The twelfth generation: Qi Yuanli, Qi Yuanyi, Qi Yuanjin, Qi Yuanxin

The thirteenth generation: Qi Hongjin

The fourteenth generation: Qi Shengcun, Qi Shengzhao

The fifteenth generation: Qi Boqian, Qi Borang, Qi Bocheng, Qi Boda

The sixteenth generation: Qi Xuedian, Qi Xuedu, Qi Xuerong (Qi Xueyong)

The seventeenth generation: Qi Chengyin

The 18th generation: Qi Junlan, Qi Junpeng, Qi Junsheng, Qi Junhui

The 19th generation: Qi Xianxiu, Qi Daixiu, Qi Wenxiu

The 20th generation: Qi Songshan (after Yimen Zhengzi) )

The twenty-first generation: Qi Jianjun and Qi Jianyong (after Yimenzhengzi)

Migration and evolution

The Qi family is a very ancient surname group. It originated from an official title, so the origin of the surname is complicated and cannot be discussed in one way. However, it is not among the top 300 surnames in mainland China today, and it is also ranked 439th in Taiwan Province. Most of them take Longxi, Tianshui and Taishan as their county commanders.

The Qi family in Laiwu, Shandong Province began in the Ming Dynasty. His ancestor, Qi Shibo, moved his four sons Qin, Bin, Quan and Shineng from Huai'an, Jiangsu to Laiwu in order to avoid war in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties. He first lived in the Pei family's home in Dongguan. As the war gradually subsided, he moved to Fangxiabao and Wennanbao. There is a stele in the ancestral grave of the Qi family in Beiligou, Laiwu City, Shandong Province. The stele records: "In the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, he moved from Linyi to Laiyi, established his own surname and established his own family." There is also a stele in Yangzhuang, Laiwu, Shandong Province. The Qi family's epitaph records: "The founder, Shibo, fled the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. He and his son Shineng moved from the Jianghuai River to Yangzhuang, Laiwu, Shandong Province and settled there." The ancestral home of most of the Qi family members across the country is Laiwu City, Shandong Province.