jì 冀

### Migration and Distribution The Ji surname is not listed among the top 100 surnames in the Mainland and Taiwan. There was a state named Ji (in the area of present - day Jishan County, Shanxi Province) during the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the people of the Ji State later took Ji as their surname. Additionally, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Ji was attached to the State of Jin. Gu Rui, a doctor of the State of Jin, was enfeoffed in Ji by the King of Jin and was called Ji Rui. His descendants also took the Ji surname. People with the Ji surname have also shown excellent performances in Chinese history. For example, Ji Jun of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, "was calm and prudent, and was good at official - style calligraphy". Due to his achievements, he was successively promoted to the governor of Changle and the governor of Huzhou. As an official, he lived a simple and quiet life every year, and he had a good reputation for governance in all the positions he had held throughout the years. Ji Xi, a poet and an official in the Department of the Shangshu Province during the Jin Dynasty; Ji Ting, a Confucian scholar during the Ming Dynasty; and Ji Chaoding, a statesman in modern times, are all well - known figures with the Ji surname.