There is a narrative about the evolution of Zhao Mu's family in Jiang Xun Genealogy: "My family has been based on Jin Mu's fire, water and soil cycle for generations, but the family has no definite formula. The old class has four words (Duncheng Zude). Since the 19th century, …" It is a breakthrough to change from Zuo Zhao's right acre to "Jin Mu's fire, water and soil cycle"; The cycle from five elements to formal typesetting is another progress.
Some clans also invented "taboo lines" and "word lines" to meet the needs of naming and word selection at that time. For example, Jin Jiang's family once took "the rank of guardian, virtue as the foundation, Deng Ke as the xian zong, loyalty and filial piety as the taboo"; It is also based on the word "children and grandchildren are ambitious, their country is full of voices, their ideas are correct, and they learn from the past and practice hard". This seems too much trouble. However, with the change of world naming method, Lin now only needs one word.
Most ethnic families in southern Fujian moved in from all parts of the Central Plains in different historical periods, so there are often different tribes with the same surname. For example, the Cai family in Jinjiang is divided into three groups: Shangcai, Zhongcai and Xiacai, and the Xu family in Jinjiang is divided into Yaolin School and Pengshan School. Different factions always use different lines.
But there is also the same tribe, because of branch migration, other lines have been made up, but the line of this tribe is always related to unification and division. For example, it is commonly known as "there is no second Zeng in the world" because Zeng's unified word line has always been "Cheng, Yan, Xing Yuguang, Zhao Xianqing ..." Since the 66th century, Zeng's school in Longtoushan has stood on its own feet: "Strive for success, revitalize China with humanity ..." Their word "Kui" is in Zeng's "A trip to Jinjiang in Qishan"
Another example is Ouyang's character lines in Quanzhou: "Telford Mauhill, Hou Bo of Qingshi Palace and Zhong Yanliang of Zhao Shi can be the middle wing of the imperial clan, following the ancestor Xuanrenxiao, Tian Mu Fushouyi, rich and glorious in midsummer, and all parties admire Hui Ze." The line of Ouyang's family in Jinmen is: "Virtue, Qing Dynasty history, Zhong Yanliang, family can change, poetry and calligraphy inherit Zuze, loyalty and filial piety come first, future generations can inherit their aspirations, and the literature has a clear sign." The comparison between the two shows that the two places are homologous. This phenomenon of unified roots and lush foliage is common in many genealogies.
If the contents of each line are different, the number of words is different and the number of words is small, future generations can continue to edit when modifying the score. For example, in the early years of the Republic of China, the Duke of Feast and Kong Lingyi returned to Confucius' Mansion in the seventy-sixth session and added a cross "Build a stable road, a stable place, a stable place ..." After the original trip. For those with a large number of words, if you count Lin Hong, you can compile 1 12 words at a time, and from the 19th century, you can use 130 generations at most, and according to the calculation of 25 years for each generation, you can use 2800 years.