The origin of yi surname

The origin of Yi surname is very simple, and there is one source:

Judging from Yu's surname, he is a descendant of the Spring and Autumn Period and was named after the feudal city. According to "Compilation of Surnames", "After the danger, it was sealed to foreigners, and later it was taken as the surname." During the Spring and Autumn Period, Yu Xia's descendants in Wei were made doctors and sealed in Yiyi. Their descendants then took "Yi" as their surname and passed it down from generation to generation.

Second, migration distribution.

Yi people in Sichuan province began to appear in the late Ming Dynasty. Zhang Sui rebelled, that is, the eight kings of the people suppressed Sichuan and killed innocent people, which made the population of Sichuan decline. The court moved the population of Huguang to enrich Sichuan. Yi's surname came with immigrants. He came as a man and was alone. Because I came late and had no land or house, I temporarily stayed in Yijiagou (now named), Yili Township, Jialing District, Nanchong City, and became a tenant. He was honored as the ancestor of Shangchuan by descendants of Yi surname. Selling rice from Datong to Shiyang during the day and planting pear fields at night. Among the Yi surnames in Nanchong, Sichuan, the county magistrate holds the largest official position, and is now buried in Daguan Township, Jialing District, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, also known as Lion Grave ... According to the records of Thousand Surnames, the Yi surnames live in Hedong County. In today's Shanxi province, east of the Yellow River, Xiaxian area).