What is the origin of the surname?

The surname Yi began in the Western Zhou Dynasty. After King Wu of Zhou conquered the world and passed the throne to King Kang of Zhou, Lu Heng was granted the title of Wei Guoqing, and Nie Bei was granted to Lu Heng as a fief. He took the "Nie" in the name of the fiefdom "Niebei" as his surname, indicating that the fiefdom was in Niebei and built a city. Later, some people took "Nie" as their surname to distinguish their different bloodlines, and his descendants changed their surname to "乜".

Extended information:

The surname Yi has four origins:

1. It was originally a surname of an ethnic minority;

2. It came from Ji Surname: According to the "Yuanhe Surname Compilation" records, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Weiguo officials gathered food in the city and took the place as their surname;

3. Comes from the Fan surname, a descendant of the Mongolian people: according to "Tongzhi Clan Briefing" " and "Shanzuo Poetry Collection" say: "The surname Fan can be seen from Jinchang and Zhaojun." The leader of the Oara tribe of the Mongolian people in the Ming Dynasty was named Yexian. He attacked the Ming Dynasty in the fifteenth year of Zhengtong in the Ming Dynasty. After the failure, he and Zhu Ming After the dynasty was reconciled, some of his descendants entered the Central Plains and settled in Shandong. In the Ming Dynasty, some people mistakenly wrote "Ye Xian" as "乜 Xian". The descendants of Ye Xian merged with the Han people and changed their surname to the surname Ni;

4. The Mongolian surname was also changed: In the Ming Dynasty, the Mongolian people The leader of the Wasac tribe also attacked Beijing first, and some of his descendants settled in the Central Plains and changed their surnames to Yi.

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