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Introduction to the family tree of the surname Li
The word "Jia Cheng" first appeared in Beijing and was derived from the name of the Jin Dynasty's history book "Cheng" in the Spring and Autumn Period. It was later called Shi Cheng by the poet and calligrapher Huang Tingjian of the Northern Song Dynasty. "Yizhou Yiyou Jiacheng" is a work that records private affairs and is a diary. Later, when some people wrote family trees, they used the name "Jiacheng", which means family history. "Genealogy" is an ancient record of clan or clan lineage. Because during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties special emphasis was placed on family status, and genealogies must be checked when electing officials, ancient genealogies were a tool for landlords and bureaucrats to maintain their status; the "family genealogy" mentioned here refers to recording the lineage and lineage of a surname and a clan. Books or charts about deeds, that is, genealogy or genealogy, genealogy
There are many kinds of genealogy of the surname Li, and the number is astonishing. It is said that there are 115 kinds in the collection of the Utah Genealogical Society in the United States and 67 kinds in the collection of the Beijing Library. , there are countless folk preservers. In terms of time, the genealogy of the Li surname began in the Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are also some modern ones, which are basically privately revised, and there are initial revisions, continued revisions, and second revisions. version. The main purpose of revising genealogy is to "respect ancestors and collect clans" and to provide ethical education to clan members on "respecting relatives", that is, to respect ancestors, strengthen clan unity, and clarify how to behave. It records the lineage of the surname Li (that is, the system passed down from generation to generation) and the deeds of important figures. Generally, there is a preface and rules in the front, and the ancestral hall, ancestral tombs, seniority, clan rules, family training, etc. are introduced in the preface. The purpose of editing, etc.
In the second year of Jingyou in the Northern Song Dynasty (1035), Wang Zeng and Ouyang Xiu respectively wrote the preface to "The Genealogy of the Li Family": "Sun Zheng, a branch of the Dali family in Gaotao, took refuge in Xiangxia. Li Shupo, Chang'an, refers to Li as the surname..." "The first Daru family came from the Jinling Li family... My Li family has been prominent among princes, ministers and prime ministers since the Duke of Longxi, Duke of Tang, Wang Guangbi of Linhuai, and Huode of Longxi County. Shiying and Lun; after that, there was a temporary chaos and migration, from Jinling, Guiling, Xishu, Chang'an, Changsha, Hongzhou, Ji'an, Fuzhou, Fujian, Guangdong, Yunnan, could it be the Jinling sect... after hearing the genealogy To control, we distinguish between lineages, respect relatives, and teach the way of love. "Fanli" explains the style and collection scope of this genealogy. For example, "Li's Seven Revised Genealogy" of Wenchuan (now Pengfeng Town, Liancheng County, Fujian Province) has the following records: "The horizontal diagram of the genealogy was the order of the Ming Dynasty, so every One life is a layer, the strips are tied under the name or one son to several sons, and so on, the fifth life is a section, and it is connected to the sixth life, and so on, the tenth life is a section, and the eleventh life is the next number. For the tenth generation, all follow this style." "Heng calligraphy begins with the title of the book, and the fine characters next to it divide the number of the book's sons, followed by the book's name, book number, and resume, date of birth and death, married to a certain family, or married to a certain family. "Every name, birth and death, burial place, year and month will be written if you check the facts, and if you don't check, it will be missing." Those whose titles and merits are not official but have learned and performed meritorious deeds, and can be regarded as the law of the world, will also be passed on to them." , ancestral tombs, with written descriptions and pictures. The surnames of Li are arranged in an orderly manner and the words are used carefully. In order to facilitate memorization, most of them are compiled into poems and couplets. For example, Daoguang's "Genealogy of the Li Family" of the Qing Dynasty lists the names of the Li Jinmai School. The generation order is: "Rongshengfang established, and the ancestors inherited the Ming Dynasty for all generations; when the world is too big, Ziwen must be prosperous"; the "Genealogy of the Li Family in Longxi County" by Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty lists the Li Guanmai sect's classes (the order of the classes) as: "Shao Zulong was the first to inherit the family's morality; the bachelor became the leader, and the glory lasted for thousands of years"; "Guangzong's thoughts are continued, and the family is long-lasting; the ancestors' virtues are long-lasting, and they will always rely on Zhengang." These poems and couplets are based on the following. Each character taken apart in sequence is the character generation of each generation passed down from this lineage.