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Traditional texts have recorded several possible origins of the surname Li (利): 1. According to the Song dynasty text Lushi, a collection of historical facts, legends, and folklore, some of the descendants of Laozi (fl. 6th century BC) adopted the surname Li, in honour of their ancestor Lizhen (利贞) who lived during the Shang dynasty.
Li or Lee (; Chinese: 李; pinyin: Lǐ) is a common Chinese surname, it is the 4th name listed in the famous Hundred Family Surnames. [1] Li is one of the most common surnames in Asia, shared by 92.76 million people in China, [2] and more than 100 million in Asia. [3]
After his death, he was given the posthumous title Li, which was adopted by his descendants as their surname. As Duke Li's ancestral name was Jiang (姜), this branch originated from the Jiang surname. [3] 2. From the minor state of Li 厲 during the Zhou dynasty: Li was located at modern Li Township (厉乡) in Sui County, Hubei province.
Li (surname), including: List of people with surname Li; Li (surname 李), one of the most common surnames in the world; Li (surname 黎), the 84th most common surname in China; Li (surname 栗), the 249th most common surname in China; Li (surname 利), the 299th most common surname in China; Li (surname 厉), a Chinese surname
The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper. [1]
In Ancient China, descendants of Shaohao were surnamed Li on Licheng County (黎城). During the Xia dynasty, descendants of Emperor Yao were surnamed Li (黎) in Licheng County (黎城). [citation needed] In Vietnam, some Chinese Li (黎) families changed their surname to Vietnamese Hà or Hồ (胡). [citation needed]
The House of Li (Chinese: 李; pinyin: Lǐ; Wade–Giles: Li) was the ruling house of the Western Liang dynasty and the Tang dynasty of China. Family information [ edit ]
A page from the Yiqiejing yinyi, the oldest extant Chinese dictionary of Buddhist technical terminology – Dunhuang manuscripts, c. 8th century. There are two types of dictionaries regularly used in the Chinese language: 'character dictionaries' (字典; zìdiǎn) list individual Chinese characters, and 'word dictionaries' (辞典; 辭典; cídiǎn) list words and phrases.