page_title: Li (surname 厲)
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Li (surname 厲) / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: Dr. Tingye Li
context_page_description: Lì is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 厲 in traditional character and 厉 in simplified character. It is also spelled Lai according to the Cantonese pronunciation. It is listed 247th in the Song Dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.
  Relatively uncommon, Li 厲 is not among the top 300 surnames in China. People with the surname are concentrated in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan, and Hunan provinces of China.
  According to tradition, the Li 厲 surname originated from Duke Li of Qi of ninth century BC, and the Zhou Dynasty state of Li 厲. The oldest extant genealogy book of the Li surname dates from the early fourth century AD.
context_section_description: Li Wen (厉温), Marquis of Yiyang during the Han dynasty.
  Li Zhongfang (厉仲芳), Song dynasty military leader who invented "Jiu Niu Nu" (九牛弩), a war chariot with crossbows.
  Li E (厲鶚, 1692–1752), Qing dynasty poet, essayist, and scholar.
  Li Zhi (厉志) or Li Yunhuai (厉允怀; 1804–61), Qing dynasty poet, calligrapher, and painter.
  Zee Yee Lee or Li Ruyan (厲汝燕, 1891-1944), aviation pioneer
  Li Yining (厉以宁, born 1930), influential reformist economist.
  Tingye Li (厉鼎毅, 1931–2012), Chinese-American scientist.
  Li Youwei (厉有为, born 1938), former Communist Party Chief and Mayor of Shenzhen.
  Li Wuwei (厉无畏, born 1942), Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, from Dongyang.
caption: Chinese-American scientist Tingye Li
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