tái 邰

### Migration and Distribution (Not available) The Tai surname is not among the top 100 surnames in the Chinese Hundred Family Surnames in both the Chinese mainland and Taiwan. The Tai surname originated from the Ji surname. During the era of Emperor Yao in ancient times, there was a man named Qi, who was a descendant of Emperor Yan. Emperor Yan's tribe was the most skilled in agriculture, and Qi was also very good at it. As a result, he was appointed by Emperor Yao as the official in charge of agriculture, Houji, to manage agriculture across the country. After taking office, Qi made great achievements in managing agriculture, and there were consecutive years of good harvests. To commend Qi's contributions, Emperor Yao enfeoffed Qi as the leader of the You Tai clan tribe and established the Tai State (in the area of present-day Wugong County, Shaanxi Province). Qi's descendants took the fiefdom as their surname and became the Tai clan. There are many interesting legends about Qi. Qi's mother was Jiang Yuan. According to one legend, when she was still a young girl, she once saw a huge footprint on the ground while playing in the wild. Out of curiosity, she stepped on it. After returning home, she unexpectedly became pregnant and gave birth to a boy. Jiang Yuan was very embarrassed and tried to abandon him several times, but each time it didn't work. Eventually, Jiang Yuan realized that he might be the child of a god, so she raised him and named him Qi. Another legend is that during a god - worshiping activity during the era of the Yellow Emperor, Di Ku, a clan leader of the Yellow Emperor's tribe, fell in love with Jiang Yuan. Their love led to Jiang Yuan's pregnancy with Qi. Jiang Yuan was a descendant of Emperor Yan's tribe, and this story is a record of the combination of the Yellow Emperor and Emperor Yan. It should be noted that the tribe of Emperor Yan worshiped the phoenix totem, while the tribe of the Yellow Emperor worshiped the dragon totem. They are regarded as the origin of the Chinese nation. During the Tang Dynasty, Zhong Cui Gong moved from Linqing in Shandong to Kaifeng. During the Jingkang period of the Song Dynasty, Tai Mao Gong served as the Deputy Magistrate of Chengdu. Since the north was occupied and he couldn't return, his three sons settled in Guizhou, Hunan, and Hubei respectively. Zhong Tai Gong, also known as the Gentleman of Zhongshan, was the great - grandson of Tai Mao Gong in Yicheng. After passing the imperial examination, he served as a county magistrate, prefect, and the Jiedushi (military governor) of the Jianghuai area. After being defeated in battle, he settled in Changshan, Lishui. Currently, the Tai clan of the Siyuan Hall in areas such as Lishui in Jiangsu, Dangtu in Anhui, and Shanghai are descendants of his grandson, Wan Wu Gong. The Deyuan Hall was established by his adopted son, Shi De Gong. The Tai clan in areas such as Xinghua and Baoying in Jiangsu are descendants of Zhong He Gong, the elder brother of Zhong Tai Gong. (Zhong He Gong was a wealthy man in Yicheng. When Xiangyang fell, his descendants wanted to join Zhong Tai Gong. At that time, the Jiedushi of Liangjiang, General Wang, defected to the enemy. Zhong Tai Gong was besieged from both the front and the back. He intended to rush to Lin'an on horseback. After being defeated in Lishui, the descendants of Zhong He Gong failed to join him and settled in Yangzhou). (The rest is omitted).