Yuchi is a compound surname handed down from the ancient Xianbei people.
Tips
mistakes
Here 尉 is read yù, not wèi as in military ranks. The same yù appears in the county name 尉犁 in 新疆.
culture
The best-known bearer is the Tang general 尉迟恭. Legend says he and 秦琼 stood guard at 唐太宗's door when ghosts troubled the emperor's sleep, and their pictures became the most common pair of 门神 (door gods).
