Mi (surname)
Mi is the
, along with a few other less common names.Mǐ (芈)
The surname Mǐ (
As recorded by
Chinese historians and genealogists also say that various other families began as cadet branches of the Mi, apart from the royal Xiong. The Dou (鬬) and Cheng (成) were known together as the Ruo'ao clan.[6] The descendants of particular Chu kings became known by the separate surnames Jing (景), Zhao (昭), and Qu (屈),[7] known collectively as the Sanlü (三閭).[8] Other lesser branches included the Ye (葉), originally known as the Shenyin (沈尹);[9] the Xiang (項); the Lan (蘭); the Zha (查); and some members of the Pan (潘) descended from Pan Chong.
Notable people with this surname:
- Kings of Chu
- Mi Bazi (羋八子, the Queen of Qin's King Huiwen.)
- Qu Yuan (屈原, clan name Qu, author of Chu Ci)
- Liu Bang)
- Duke of Ye (Prime minister of Chu during the late Spring and Autumn period. Clan name Ye, the first Ye.)
- Ban Gu, Ban Chao and Ban Jieyu (three siblings from Ruo'ao clan)
Mǐ (米)
The surname Mǐ (
Notable people with this surname:
- Mi Fu (Chinese: 米芾 or 米黻; pinyin: Mǐ Fú, also given as Mi Fei, 1051–1107) was a Chinese painter, poet, and calligrapher born in Taiyuan during the Song dynasty
Mí (禰)
The surname Mí is a variant pronunciation of nǐ (
- Han Dynasty
Mi (糜)
The surname Mí (
Notable people with this surname:
- Han Dynasty
- Mi Fang (糜芳) General under Liu Bei then military general of Eastern Wu
- Lady Mi (麋夫人), wife of warlord Liu Bei
See also
References
Citations
- ^ Zhengzhang (2003).
- ^ a b Schuessler (2007).
- ^ Behr (2006), p. 6.
- ^ Chu Lexicon, Boston: University of Massachusetts, 2001.
- ^ Sima Qian. "楚世家 (House of Chu)". Records of the Grand Historian (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ISBN 9787101010077.
- ISBN 9787101010480.
- ISBN 9787555401049.
- ISBN 9787101073850.
- ^ "The Nine Sogdian Surnames | the Sogdians".
Bibliography
- Behr, Wolfgang (19 January 2006), "Some Chǔ 楚 Words in Early Chinese Literature", 4th Conference of the European Association of Chinese Linguistics, Budapest: EACL, , TTW-3.
- Schuessler, Axel (2007), ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
- Zhengzhang Shangfang (2003), 上古音系 [Old Chinese Phonology] (in Chinese), Shanghai: Shanghai Educational Publishing House, ISBN 978-7-5320-9244-4.
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