How are the generations of the Yan family arranged?

People of the Yan clan in Qufu published the auspicious characters for generations under sixty generations in sequence for reference. Starting from the 61st generation, the naming of descendants must be based on the auspicious characters of the generation. The descendants of the Yan family must strictly follow the regulations and cannot change them at will. ?

The auspicious characters of the Yan family in Qufu - from the 61st generation onwards: Gong Zhongcong Siyin, Boguang Shaomaochong, Huaishi Xi Zhencheng, Jing Shiting Bingpei, Ke Jian Yongpeizhao and Qiyu showed signs of guarding. ?

In order to meet the needs of the Yan family’s population development, the descendants of the Yan family in Qufu have added 30 auspicious words for their generations from the 91st to the 121st life: Deze knows happiness, only by standing upright Zhuo and Zhou Zheng had Anding, Xiangyun Tianziduo, Ji Zhizhong, filial piety and brotherhood, and Gang Changru Dake.

Seniority is the lineage relationship in the family, also known as seniority and seniority. The character generation is the representative character of seniority. In ancient China, the character generation genealogy of each family was very particular and serious. The character generation genealogy is often an indispensable content in the family tree. Moreover, in the Qing Dynasty, the feudal rulers specially granted a unified name sect to the four surnames of Zeng, Yan, Confucius and Mencius.

There are roughly three sets of characters for the surname Yan. The first set is the 30 characters from the 60th to 90th generations of the 61st generation of the Ming Dynasty, Yan Hong.

61-Gong, 62-Chong, 63-Cong, 64-Si, 65-Yin, 66-Bo, 67-Guang, 68-Shao, 69-Mao, 70-Chong, 71-Huai , 72-Shi, 73-Xi, 74-Zhen, 75-Cheng, 76-Jing, 77-Shi, 78-Ting, 79-Bing, 80-Pei, 81-Ke, 82-Jian, 83-Yong, 84 -Pei, 85-Zhao, 86-Qi, 87-Yu, 88-Xian, 89-Zhao, 90-Shou.

The second set of seal scripts compiled by Yan Xing, the 72nd ancestor of the Qing Dynasty, contains 32 characters from the 74th to 105th generations of the "Yan Family Genealogy" gifted by Kangxi.

74-Chong, 75-Huai, 76-Zong, 77-Bang, 78-Qi, 79-Ze, 80-Yun, 81-Chang, 82-Jia, 83-Xue, 84-Ke , 85-Fu, 86-Dao, 87-De, 88-Zhao, 89-Yang, 90-Zhao, 91-Qing, 92-Hong, 93-Zuo, 94-Ying, 95-Yu, 96-Guo, 97 -Liang, 98-Wei, 99-Si, 100-One, 101-Original, 102-Continuation, 103-Start, 104-You, 105-Chan.

The third set of Gansu Yan's dialects contains 25 characters from the 66th to 90th centuries.

65-Ru, 66-Feng, 67-Bing, 68-Wen, 69-Zu, 70-Xue, 71-Yong, 72-Zong, 73-Dong, 74-Lu, 75-Wei , 76-Ren, 77-Yang, 78-Da, 79-Xian, 80-Xun, 81-Zhong, 82-Xu, 83-Choice, 84-Shan, 85-Ke, 86-Fu, 87-Guang, 88 -Xin, 89-Fu.