wēi 危
百家姓 · Bai Jia Xing
Surname Origin
Origin of the "Wei" surname: 1. Derived from a place name. According to *Qianfu Lun* (Discourses of a Recluse), the Wei clan are descendants of the Sanmiao tribe. According to the commentary on *The Canon of Shun*, Sanmiao was the name of a state and its people were descendants of the Jinyun clan. In ancient times, the Sanmiao tribe originally lived in the area from southern Henan Province to Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake in Jiangxi Province. Legend has it that they were moved to Sanwei during the reign of Emperor Shun of the ancient times, and later the Wei clan emerged. 2. The ancestor of Wei Su, a litterateur in the early Ming Dynasty, originally had the surname Huang but later assumed the surname Wei.
Famous Story
Wei Yingzong, a native of Guangze in the Ming Dynasty. During the chaos caused by the national upheaval, Yingzong took in all the orphaned and helpless children in the family, saying, "Rather than being full alone, it's better to share the hunger with others. Fortunately, I'm still alive. How could I let you be homeless?" "Zili" means hometown.
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