Bao Zheng A native of Jingxian County in the Northern Song Dynasty. He was studious and chivalrous when he was young and lived in a large family under the principle of righteousness for over 80 years. A ganoderma grew in his study, so it was named "Zhi Hall". As there were ten thousand volumes of books in his family, it was also called "Ten - Thousand - Volume Hall". Bao Zheng (999 - 1062 AD) A famous minister in the Northern Song Dynasty and a native of Hefei, Luzhou. He passed the imperial examination in the fifth year of the Tiansheng era (1027 AD) and successively served as an imperial censor, a scholar - attendant of Tianzhang Pavilion, a direct bachelor of Longtu Pavilion, and the vice - minister of the Privy Council. He was upright and unyielding in his official career and was well - known for his integrity, so people called him "Lord Bao the Heavenly Judge". When he was in charge of Kaifeng, he enforced the law extremely strictly. People said, "Even connections can't reach here; there's Lord Bao as unyielding as Yama." Someone presented a poem saying, "A fine trunk will finally become a beam; fine copper won't be made into a hook." After his death, he was posthumously titled "Xiaosu". Bao Xian (6 BC - 65 AD) A native of Kuaiji in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He studied under Doctor You Shi Xijun as a teenager, learning the Lu version of the Book of Songs and The Analects of Confucius. He served as a courtier and entered the palace to teach The Analects of Confucius to the crown prince. He finally rose to the position of Grand Herald. Bao Rong A native of Wuxing in the Tang Dynasty. He passed the palace examination and served as a scholar of the Jixian Academy. He was talented and famous and was collectively called one of the "Four Gentlemen of Wu" together with He Zhizhang, Zhang Xu, and Zhang Ruoxu.

Bao Shuya A high - ranking official of the Qi State during the Spring and Autumn Period, with an unknown birth and death date. He was on good terms with Guan Zhong when they were young. Knowing that Guan Zhong was talented but poor, he gave more of the wealth when dividing it. Later, Bao Shuya served Duke Huan of Qi, while Guan Zhong served Prince Jiu. After Prince Jiu died and Guan Zhong was imprisoned, Bao Shuya recommended Guan Zhong to Duke Huan. Eventually, they assisted Duke Huan in achieving hegemony. People often praise him for his ability to recognize talent and his deep friendship. Bao Liang, the "Immortal Prefect" Bao Gu

### Migration and Distribution (Information missing) The Bao surname is not ranked among the top 100 surnames in the Chinese mainland and Taiwan. The Bao surname originated from the Ji surname. During the Zhou Dynasty, the king of Zhou enfeoffed a nobleman named "Xing", who shared the same surname with him, as a vassal in the area of Baoyi (now north of Zhengzhou City, Henan Province; another saying is that it is in the area of Wuxian County, Henan Province). Later, the king conferred the title of Duke on him, and he was called "Duke Baoxing". Some of Duke Baoxing's descendants adopted the surname "Bao" and established the Bao clan, passing it down through generations and becoming the ancestors of the Bao surname today. In ancient times, most of the prominent Bao - surname families were from Hedong. Currently, descendants of the Bao surname can be found in Kuandian, Liaoning Province; Cangzhou, Handan, Xingtai, and Qinhuangdao in Hebei Province; Puyang, Henan Province; Xianyang, Shaanxi Province; Changzhi, Shanxi Province; and Laiwu, Shandong Province. The generations of the Bao - surname family in Laiwu, Shandong Province include "Ru", "Fa", "Sheng", "Zheng", "Yu", "Li", etc. The generations of the Bao - surname family in Kuandian, Liaoning Province include "Zhen", "Shang", "Wen", "Sheng", "Xue", "Zhan", "Zhong", etc. Places with the Bao surname in their names are distributed in Huaxian County, Henan Province; Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province; Jiaxian County and Zichang in Shaanxi Province; Taoyuan County, Hunan Province; Daxing District, Beijing; Changzhi, Shanxi Province; and Fuxin, Liaoning Province.