Bi (surname) explained

T:	畢
S:	毕
P:	Bì
W:	Pi
Pic:	Bi character.jpg
Piccap:	The simplified Character for Bi

Bi (surname) should not be confused with Pi (surname).

Bi is a Chinese surname. It is listed 76th in the Song dynasty classic text, the Hundred Family Surnames.^[1]

Origin

1. Deriving from the surname Ji, King Wen of Zhou's fifteenth son Bi Gonggao was given the title of Bi, his descendants then used the surname Bi.^[2]
2. Originating from Ethnic minorities.

Notable people

• Bi Chunfang (1927–2016), Yue opera singer
• Bi Feiyu (born 1964), fiction writer
• Bi Fujian (born 1959), professor and television presenter
• Bi Gui (died 249), official during the Three Kingdoms period
• Bi Hongyong (born 1974), high jumper
• Bi Jingquan (born 1955), economist and trade official
• Bi Jinhao (born 1991), football player
• Bi Sheng (990–1051), inventor of printing technology
• Bi Shiduo (died 888), Tang dynasty army officer
• Bi Wenjing (born 1981), gymnast
• Bi Wenjun (born 1997), singer and actor, member of NEXT
• Bi Xian (802–864), Tang dynasty official
• Bi Xiaoliang (born 1992), high jumper
• Bi Yan (born 1984), women's soccer player
• Bi Hansheng, Chinese name adopted by Irish comedian Des Bishop (born 1975)
• Kenneth Bi, Hong Kong-Canadian actor
• Bii (singer) (born 1989), also called Bi Shu-jin, South Korean-born Taiwanese singer

Notes and References

1. K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. .
2. Book: 《通志·氏族略》、《新唐书·宰相世系表》均有記載.