毕
bì 毕
百家姓 · Bai Jia Xing
Surname Origin
The origin of the surname "Bi": 1. It is from the "Ji" surname. According to "New Book of Tang: Genealogy of Prime Ministers", the fifteenth son of King Wen of Zhou was enfeoffed in Bi Yi (now Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province) and was commonly known as Duke Gao of Bi. Later, his descendants adopted the surname "Bi". 2. It was changed from a compound surname of the Xianbei ethnic group. According to "Book of Wei: Records of Official Titles", during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, in the Northern Wei Dynasty, there was a compound surname "Chulian" from the northern part of the dynasty. After following Emperor Xiaowen of Wei to move south to Luoyang, they settled in the Central Plains and changed their surname to the Han surname "Bi".
Famous Story
Bi Sheng. Dates of birth and death unknown. An inventor who invented the clay movable-type printing technique during the Qingli period (1041–1048) of Emperor Renzong in the Northern Song Dynasty.
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