From compound surname to Guan surname, and then to official surname. According to "Searching for the Origin of Surnames", "You are the same as the official." Qi, called "Qi" in ancient times, is also called ""."Official, that is, official, was originally an official name. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, every vassal state had this official position. The official surname is the descendant of this official who appeared to commemorate his ancestors, and is called the official surname. Later, in the movement of changing surnames after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne in the early Ming Dynasty, the compound surname was changed to a single surname.
Qi's family is descended from Confucius' official family. In the Tang Dynasty (Ming Dynasty), in order to sinicize the Hu people, the court ordered that the compound surname be changed to the single surname and the official surname be changed to the single surname. Confucius and his wife are Chinese, so Qi's surname is also Chinese.
The Migration and Evolution of the Qi Family
Qi is a very old surname group. Because it originated from official titles, the source of surnames is complex and impossible to talk about. But it is not among the top 300 surnames in Chinese mainland today, and it ranks 439th in Taiwan province, with Longxi, Tianshui and Taishan as counties.
The Qi family in Laiwu, Shandong Province began in the Ming Dynasty. Qi Shibo, his ancestor, moved from Huai 'an, Jiangsu Province to Laiwu at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty in order to avoid the chaos. The Pei family originally lived in Dongguan. As the war subsided, they moved to Fangxiabao and Wennanbao.
There is a monument in the tomb of Qijiazhu in Beiligou, Laiwu City, Shandong Province. It is recorded on the tablet: "In the second year of Ming Hongwu, he moved from Linyi to Lion and lived alone with a surname." There is also an epitaph of Qi's family in Yangzhuang, Laiwu, Shandong Province, which reads: "The ancestors started in Bo, and they avoided chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and the belt lived in Yangzhuang, Laiwu, Shandong." The ancestral home of most Qi clan people in China is Laiwu City.