The Origin, Pedigree and Historical Celebrities of Li's surname

Judging from the descendants of Jiuli, according to "Customs" and other records, Jiuli was one of the huge ethnic groups born and raised in the south of ancient China, and it was said that it was a vassal state of Jinshi (the legendary leader of ancient Dongyi). Li was once appointed as the official of Beizheng (the first official to talk about fire), in charge of civil affairs. Some of his descendants took Zi as their surname and called him Li.

Li's descendants, according to Yuan Heshi's compilation, there was a vassal state of Li in Shang Dynasty, which was in the southwest of Changzhi County, Shanxi Province and was destroyed in the last years of Shang Dynasty. The other is in the west of Yuncheng County, Shandong Province. The descendants of Lebanon and China later took the country as their surname and surnamed Li. According to "Customs and Significance", the two countries belong to the ancient tribe after the Nine Li Dynasty.