费氏图腾释义

【释义】费，“用去也”。指用去的钱财。在金文中费字下为贝，指金钱，表示钱财。上面由弗和立刀组成，表示将原本捆绑箭杆的绳索割断，使之散落之义。

【起源】1.源于嬴姓，出自远古帝王颛顼裔孙大费次子若木之后，属于以先祖名字为氏。相传，颛顼是黄帝孙，有裔孙伯益，伯益曾协助大禹治水有功，受封于费（今山东费县），裔孙大费。以父名为姓氏，称费氏。2.源于姒姓，西周初，周公将其太姒母家的姒姓转封于费国，故地在今山东费县西南之费城，春秋时为鲁国吞并，后裔子孙以国名为姓氏，称费氏。

得姓始祖：伯益（顓顼裔孙）

始 祖 地：山东费县

郡望堂号：江夏、琅琊；念本堂、源述堂

当今排序/人口：第209位/约51万

宋朝百家姓排序：第180位

现存家谱：43部 

Interpretation of the Fei (费) Surname Totem

【Meaning】

The character 费 (Fei) originally means "to spend" or "to consume," specifically referring to the expenditure of wealth or resources. In Bronze Inscriptions (Jinwen), the bottom part of the character is 贝 (Shell/Cowrie), which represented money or treasure in ancient China. The top part consists of 弗 (Fu) and a "standing blade" (刂), symbolizing the act of cutting the cords that bind a bundle of arrows, allowing them to scatter—an allegory for the distribution or spending of wealth.

【Origins】

1. From the Ying (嬴) Surname: This lineage traces back to 若木 (Ruomu), the second son of Da Fei, who was a descendant of the ancient Emperor Zhuanxu (grandson of the Yellow Emperor). History records that Bo Yi, a descendant of Zhuanxu, assisted Great Yu in successfully controlling the floods. As a reward, he was enfeoffed in Fei (present-day Fei County, Shandong). His descendant, Da Fei, established the lineage, and the family adopted his name/fief as their surname.

2. From the Si (姒) Surname: During the early Western Zhou Dynasty, the Duke of Zhou transferred the enfeoffment of the Si family (his mother Tai Si’s clan) to the State of Fei (located in Feicheng, southwest of modern Fei County, Shandong). During the Spring and Autumn period, the state was annexed by the State of Lu. Its inhabitants and nobility subsequently adopted the state's name as their surname.

Historical & Demographic Profile

Category

Details

Founding Ancestor

Bo Yi (Descendant of Emperor Zhuanxu)

Ancestral Homeland

Fei County, Shandong Province

Prefectural Mansions (Junwang)

Jiangxia, Langya

Hall Names (Tanghao)

Nianben Hall (Hall of Remembering Roots), Yuanshu Hall

Modern Ranking / Population

Ranked 209th / Approx. 510,000 people

Song Dynasty Ranking

Ranked 180th in the Hundred Family Surnames

Extant Genealogies

43 volumes currently preserved