Chenliu County, now Chenliu Town, Kaifeng County, Henan Province.
[Yi's life story]
There are four sources of the Yi surname: First, it is said that Yaodi was born in Qishan, Yi, and was fostered by the Changru family. Later, people took Yi as their surname and called it Yi. This is recorded in Sanfu IX. Second, Yi Yin, the minister of Shang Dynasty, once lived in Yichuan, and his grandson took "Yi" as his surname, which is also recorded in Water Mirror Yi Shui Zhu. Yi Yin was a famous sage in ancient times. Later, he assisted Shang Tang to destroy the summer and assisted the four generations and five kings in the early Shang Dynasty. Third, Yi Lou changed her surname to Yi, and her descendants are also called Yi, which is a branch of ethnic minorities. The last one, coded by Yuanhe's surname, originated from Yi Yin, a descendant of Emperor Yao: "Yin of Emperor Yao, a descendant of Yi Yin, is famous and has a soul; I am very excited. "
[Hysmans's fame]
Yi's names include Yi tui, a scholar in the Western Han Dynasty, General You Wei in the Tang Dynasty, and Yi Bingshou, a painter and calligrapher in the Qing Dynasty.
Yi surname ranking
Yi surname is a rare surname today, which is widely distributed, but the number is small. Today, it is distributed in Beijing, Shanghai Songjiang, Tianjin Wuqing, Shandong Pingdu, Dongping, Shanxi Taiyuan, Yunnan Hekou and other places, especially in Hebei Province, accounting for about 39% of the national Han population.