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Genealogy, also known as family history, genealogy, public genealogy, ancestral genealogy, genealogy book, family ultimatum, clan ultimatum. It is an archival material that records the activities of family organizations. The genealogy in Fujian was developed in the Song Dynasty and flourished after the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The motive of genealogical revision is "to trace the origin, to separate the relatives, and to order the seniority and inferiority." (Anxi Xie Clan General Genealogy, Volume 1, Preface to the Joint Genealogy) Genealogies are in the form of bound books (anciently wire-bound, but today the same as the general printed materials) or charts. Many families compiling genealogy as a duty of future generations of children and grandchildren written into the family rules, re-maintaining the genealogy of different years. The Ji and Li families in Pucheng, northern Fujian Province, stipulate that the genealogy should be revised once every 30 years. The Fang Clan stipulates that "the genealogy of the virtuous descendants or ten years, thirty years a repair, then the survival of the burial place, the time is not cool. The Confucian saying, a life without repairing the genealogy for unfilial, it is appropriate to know." (Qing - Guangxu "Min Pu Fang clan genealogy") similar family rules, so that the repair of genealogy in the form of family law permanent.

The contents of the genealogy vary in detail, usually in addition to the records of the family's household, marriage and blood relations, there are also the graves of the family, the family field family property, the location of ancestral temples and other ancestral temples, and the number of management and use, the family's statute of the commandments, the repair of the genealogy of the rules and regulations, all kinds of contracts and deeds, etc. Some of the more detailed. Some of the more detailed genealogy, but also recorded in the family over the generations of major events, disputes with the outside world, biographies of people who can be rewarded, the imperial examinations, biographies of celebrities, as well as righteousness and martyrdom, etc..

The core content of the genealogy is to record the family's lineage, bloodline system. In order to prevent disruption of blood relations and lead to the disintegration of the family. Liancheng "new spring Zhang clan genealogy" said the beginning of the volume: "affinity faction to the genealogy of its source, up and down the branch to the genealogy of the poor, that is, the analysis of the generation change, but all have to test it." In order to achieve the purpose of showing the lineage, genealogy around China have recognized China's celebrities as distant ancestors of the custom, this attached to the genealogy of the wind, although it can make its family multiply the glory, but often lead to the family history of the distortion and misleading to future generations. Anxi Hutou Li genealogy, recognized the ancestor for the founder of Taoism Li ear, direct lineage is "out of Longxi, for the Tang emperor Li Yuan Gong's seedling." The Guo family name of Miaodu in Nanjing recognizes its ancestor as "Guo Shu," the brother of King Wen of Zhou ("Guo" and "Guo" sound close to each other), and it was founded on the belief that Guo Shu was the 27th descendant of Emperor Huangdi, and Guo Ziyi was the 60th descendant of Guo Shu, the 80th descendant of Emperor Huangdi, and the 80th descendant of Emperor Huangdi. He also deduced that his clan originated from Guo Ziyi, a famous general of the Middle Tang Dynasty, from the fact that Guo Shu was the 27th descendant of Huangdi and Guo Ziyi was the 60th descendant of Guo Shu and the 87th descendant of Huangdi. (Nanjing Literary and Historical Materials, Issue 2, page 89, "The Historical Origins of the Guo Family Name in Miaodu", by He Liuzhi) These records are easy for the clan to believe. Others, such as the Liu family name must be traced back to the ancestor of Liu Bang, Xiao family name more than the source of Xiao He, are this kind of climbing strong celebrities, attached to the prestige of the family tree of the reflection of the mentality.

The genealogy, the family migration (foundation) under the first ancestor of the generation lineage arrangement is strictly clear, not to be confused. This is often the most historical part of the genealogy. Many families in Fujian, are the implementation of the name ranking system (the ancient name "Zhaomu"), commonly known as "row generation". That is, in the same generation of clansmen in the name or word must use a unified provisions of a single word at the beginning, and then combined with other single word into a name or word, to show the difference. Such as a father had three sons, the children's name according to the "Yong" word arrangement, respectively, "Yongzhi", "Yongren", "Yonggui ". In this way, a glance at the "Yong" character in the genealogy will show that they are brothers or cousins. Has passed away, it is written in its name on the posthumous name and add the word "public" to show the difference, Shaxian custom, adopted children without the matriarch and the six relatives recognized, not on the genealogy lineup of characters, otherwise it will be scolded as "out of the penetration of the people" and be discriminated against. Scheduled generation except for a few by the ancestors, the father's generation temporary decision, most of the ancestors have long been selected according to the ranking of the word. Shuangfeng Village, Nanjing County, "Qiu genealogy" contains: from its twenty-first century, standardized Zhaomu with the word is: "Article Hua Guo, poetry and rituals to pass on the family. Creation of the pendant of the obvious, following the description of the hidden Jia. Glory before the light, Shide for the fur. The benevolent relatives and righteous ancestors, the wings of the swallow for the plan. Gui Fang Orchid Mau, day by day. Sihuang is blessed with many blessings and blessings. Celebration of good fortune, the genealogy of the family tree will continue. The clan style is revitalized, hundreds of millions of years." (Nanjing Literature and Historical Materials, Issue 2, page 86, "The Historical Origins of the Shuangfeng Qiu Clan", Lin Mingbo) At present, it has been passed down to the generation of "Chui" and "Hsien", i.e., the 30th to 31st generations. This genealogical ranking of generation method, so that the rural areas can often see such a common phenomenon, due to the development of branches of the lineage at different speeds, some of the seventies of the old man, to the three-year-old boy called "uncle" or "uncle". The Yongding custom says: "White-headed brother, sitting on the ground uncle" (i.e., the white-headed old man of the same generation is only called "brother", while the uncles who are still in infancy, even if they are older, should be called "uncle"). In order to differentiate the age order of the same generation, "rank generation" in addition to "rank number". Yongtai County with the Anxiang Zhang genealogy provides that the clan to add to the order of the number, the daily address often give up its name and call its number, such as the 20th in the same generation was born, will be called "twenty" in lieu of the name. This custom is still popular among some local senior citizens.

The same family name of different branches of the family, but also often use the genealogy of the lineage ranking records, "joint spectrum" activities. Anxi Xie's family, in the Republic of China during the dozens of clans for the big genealogy. After the generations are clearly defined, the descendants of all branches of the public discussion decided to rank the class times all to draw one, the compilation of the general genealogy, aimed at expanding the family power. Xie family clan grandson Xie Weijun in the "preface to the genealogy," said: "United with the genealogy, weak into strong, turn soft into firm, the will of the people into a city." In addition, when there are too many branches of the genealogy of the family tree is divided into several houses to repair the genealogy (house genealogy and genealogy of the family tree is commonly referred to as genealogy). Such as a house people moved out, its house genealogy is divided out to become a new genealogy.

Because the genealogy is the basis for the succession of the family of the same name, it is generally only the male. A small number of genealogical records will also be the so-called "chaste women and martyrs" recorded in the family into the multiplier. Genealogy of some according to different objects with pen coloring. According to "Three Records of Island Dwelling", "Quan County has been repairing its genealogy, and the lines connected to the lineage chart are both red and black, with very strict rules. Red line, a close relative, although distant room Chengzong also; black line, beg to raise a different name, that is, the eminent eunuchs can not be exempted, this is also the Spring and Autumn punishment of the heart of the law also." There are achievements or can shine ancestors, genealogy with red notes into the commendation, the past show or show more than readers also use Zhu pen into the spectrum. Now some newly revised genealogy still follow this custom. Shouning "Liu's General Genealogy", where the university clansmen, the name of the red line, the name of the book with the spectrum of the name (that is, according to the genealogy of the name of the ranking), holding the adopted son with a black line indicated (Liancheng area is with a blue line). Genealogy and access to the genealogy is also very delicate. In the old days, great importance was attached to the custody of the genealogy, which should be carefully preserved, regularly exposed to the sun, and carefully repaired. In the area of Xiapu, the genealogy is divided into the main genealogy and the secondary genealogy (grass genealogy). Sub-spectrum can be accessed, and the main spectrum repaired, to be locked into the box, the key will be unlocked and thrown into the ancestral shrine shrine, to show that the spectrum to the ancestors to store, and later prohibited to open the lock. In the event of the loss of the secondary genealogy, something to check the genealogy, we must first do the "livestock blessing", sacrifices to the ancestors agreed, before you can open the lock.

Old times, some clans to repair the genealogy, the first day of every month, 15 days to sacrifice to the ancestors. After the completion of the genealogy, but also to build a spiritual house, do merit, monks and priests to observe the light; observe the light to build three large spiritual house (papier-maché house), for the souls of the gods who have been overdone to live, and set up a number of black niches for the souls of the gods who have no offspring or descendants and have not been overdone to live. In Liancheng, Fujian Province, every year in the first month of the year, the clan will worship "Daitu" (i.e., the genealogy written on cloth). When the ceremony, the male members of the clan should be present, first of all, "the new man on the map" (i.e., the name of the new man into the genealogy), on the map of the home to give the penman a red envelope, and burn incense and firecrackers, with three animal sacrifices to the ancestors. In case of a big sacrifice, the whole pig and goat should be placed on the stand in the lower hall; followed by sounding gongs and drums and firecrackers; and finally, the meal is held, with the seats arranged in strict accordance with seniority. Clansmen sit around and drink and talk, the atmosphere is very good. Liancheng people in the first month of the "worship generation figure" of the clan party called "haunted lantern".