Zhi (surname)

Zhi (Chinese: 支; pinyin: Zhī) is a Chinese family name. As of 2006, it ranks as the 163rd most common Chinese surname in Mainland China.

Origin[]

One origin of the surname came from descendants of Zhi Fu (支父) during the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors in ancient China.

Many non-Han Chinese groups adopted the surname Zhi. In the Qin and Han dynasties, Yuezhi simplified their names to Zhi.

Notable people[]

Historical[]

• Lokaksema, a Buddhist monk who traveled to China during the Han dynasty and translated Buddhist texts into Chinese, and, as such, is an important figure in Chinese Buddhism.
• Zhidun, Buddhist monk and philosopher.
• Zhi Qian, a Buddhist monk who translated a wide range of Indian Buddhist scriptures into Chinese.
• Wang Shichong, a general of Sui dynasty who deposed Sui's last emperor Yang Tong and briefly ruled as the emperor of a succeeding state of Zheng.
•  [zh], a politician in the Ming dynasty.

Contemporary[]

• Chi-Ming Che, a Hong Kong chemist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Zhi Bingyi, a scientist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Zhi Shuping, a politician in the People's Republic of China.
•  [zh], a retired Chinese football player.
• Zhi Yaqi, a Chinese football player.

References[]

• Ji, Li (2020). 中国人的姓氏文化 [Chinese Surname Culture] (in Chinese). Beijing: Chemical Industry Press. ISBN 9787122365392.