After the demise of the Zhou Dynasty, the family of the Emperor of Zhou was forced to change its surname to Zhou, and other fiefs also had the surname of Ji, which also changed the name of the fief. This is the influence of surnames brought about by the change of dynasties. During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, because the emperor at that time was Zhou, in order to avoid the emperor, many Ji surnames were renamed Zhou.

Celebrity with Ji surname

Among the Five Emperors, Zhuan Xu of Levin and Di Ku of Gaoxin, Hou Ji of Zhou Dynasty, Taibo of Wu Gou, Ji Chang of Zhou Wenwang, Ji Fa of Zhou Wuwang, Ji Dan of Zhou, Ji Xuan of Zhao Gong, Ji Slow of Mu Tianzi, Ji Yijiu of Zhou Ping, Ji Sheng of Zheng Zhuang Gong, Ji Chong 'er of Jin Wen Gong, and He Lu of Wu Wang, the overlord in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Imperial doctor, Fa Sheng Shang Yang, Ji Zhi, Zi Chan Ji Qiao, the second ancestor of Zen, the ancestor of Xingyiquan, and the former foreign minister of New China Ji.