The three generations and five generals of the Lai family are: Lai Shichao; Lai Yingyang; Lai Enjue; Lai Enjue; Lai Enxi.
Lai Shichao (1750-1832), a native of Shenzhen Dapeng, was one of the three generations and five generals. The boy came from a poor family. He practiced martial arts with folk artists at the age of fifteen, and worked as an errand in the county government at the age of sixteen. Later, he was transferred to Pengcheng Yamen Office as a civil servant. He got married at the age of twenty-five. After marriage, he gave up literature and took up martial arts. He successfully passed the martial arts examination and passed the Qianzong examination in the third year. Due to his proficiency in martial arts and many military exploits, he served as a martial arts examiner in Fujian and Guangdong provinces in the fifth year of Daoguang (1825). He was awarded the title of General of Martial Arts, the second rank. He died in the third month of the lunar calendar in the twelfth year of Daoguang at the age of eighty-two.
Lai Yingyang (1778-1840), also known as Huchen, was born in Dapeng City, Xin'an County. His father, Lai Shichao, went to Zhentai in Qiongzhou Town, Guangdong Province. Lai Yingyang joined the army at a young age and served as a foreign affairs committee member of the Dapeng Battalion and promoted to general. When he followed the navy admiral's navy to encircle and suppress pirates off the coast of Danzhou Xinying, he was not afraid of danger and took the lead. He successively captured 18 pirate ships and 380 foreign pirates from Wu Shi and Erchi.
At that time, Bai Ling, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, petitioned the Holy One to award Lai Yingyang a silver medal for "first-class contribution", and was promoted to Navy Commander, Zhongying Qianzong, and acted as the garrison of Guanghai Village; in the 23rd year of Jiaqing (1818) He was appointed by the Humen Navy to improve the garrison of the right battalion. Planned anti-barbarian facilities and supervised the construction of Zhenyuan and Dahu Forts at the Pearl River Estuary Fortress. Soon he took up the post of garrison at the right camp of Yangjiang Town.
Lai Xinyang: Lai Xinyang (1783-?), born in the forty-seventh year of Qianlong (1783), was a native of Dapeng, Shenzhen, and one of the Five Generals of the Three Generations. When he was young, Xin Yang was trained in martial arts by his father Lai Shichao. When he was in his twenties, he joined the army in Dapeng Camp, and was later promoted to commander-in-chief. In the 20th year of Daoguang (1840), he was appointed as the thousand commander-in-chief of Xiezuo Camp in Xiangshan. In 1846, he was promoted to garrison of Chenghai Camp, and later served as Duxi, Staff General, Deputy General and other positions. In the twenty-seventh year of Daoguang's reign (1847), the Jin Dynasty granted him the title of Admiral of the Xiamen Navy in Fujian Province, and was awarded the title of General An Lu, with a red-crested flower feather and a first-class official title.
Lai Enjue (1795-1848), courtesy name Jian Ting, was born in Dapengcheng, Xin'an County (now Dapeng Town, Longgang District, Shenzhen City). He was born in a family of martial arts in Pengcheng during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. He was the Lai family. One of the "Three Generations and Five Generals".
Lai Enxi, a native of Dapeng, Shenzhen, was born in 1824. He is one of the three generations of five generals, the grandson of Lai Shichao, and the sixth son of General Lai Xinyang. Eun-seok joined the army when he was young. He was talented and diligent in martial arts. Soon after joining the army, he was promoted to commander-in-chief, then to commander-in-chief. More than a year later, he was promoted to naval guerrilla candidate. He fought repeatedly and won many awards. Later, he was transferred to an important coastal defense area as an officer. During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, he was promoted to Jinjiang Zhentai, Fujian Province, with a tin blue top and flower feathers, and a second-grade official title.
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Introduction to the clan characteristics of the surname Lai:
The surname Lai comes from the surname Jiang. The surname Lai is a Chinese surname, ranking 98th in the "Hundred Family Surnames", accounting for about 0.18% of the country's total population, about 2.5 million people. ?
Important figures with the surname Lai in history include: Lai Xian, the prefect of Jiaozhi in the Western Han Dynasty, Lai Wenya, the Guanglu Qing of the Tang Dynasty, Lai Wenjun, the geographer of the Song Dynasty, Lai Liang, the writer of the Yuan Dynasty, Lai Zhen and Lai Jing, the calligraphers and painters of the Qing Dynasty , Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Lai Hanying, Lai Wenguang, and General Lai Chuanzhu of the Communist Party of China.
The surname Lai with clan characteristics is a surname that originated in the north and became a typical southern surname with Guangdong as its main residence during the historical evolution. Talents with the surname Lai emerged in large numbers, especially in Wan'an, Jiangxi during the Song and Ming dynasties. Therefore, there is a saying: "One county has many talents from two generations, and the Lai family flourished in Wan'an, Jiangxi." Lai's characters are precise and have profound meaning. For example, in the "Lai Family Genealogy", a manuscript of the Republic of China, there is a line with the Fujian surname Lai: "Longevity and good fortune are inherited from the ancestors, and Guangzong sent Kun Xian."
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Lai