Chinese culture is extensive and profound, and clan culture is one of them. Clan culture is a special culture in the history of China's five thousand civilizations, and genealogy, also known as family tree, is a special book record that records a family lineage based on blood relationships in the form of a genealogy. For experts, genealogy is a precious humanistic material with irreplaceable and unique functions. For an ordinary person, genealogy can also be used to understand the origin of one's surname and ancestors. Genealogy has become a culture passed down by the family.
Some time ago, a 95-year-old villager in Jingzhou City, Hubei Province claimed to have found his ancestor through genealogy, and the ancestor of this old man was not simple. He was the famous Su Shi.
Who is Su Shi? Su Shi, also known as Su Dongpo, was one of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties. He was a great writer in the Song Dynasty. He was proficient in poetry, prose, calligraphy and painting. He was a frustrated official and a frequent visitor in Chinese textbooks. At the same time, he is also a complete foodie. He invents a delicacy in one place and is said to be the main promoter of pork. So, is the gourmet Su Shi really the ancestor of this old man?
The old man’s name is Su Yikai, and the village where he lives is called Sujiaping. Almost all the people in the village have the surname Su, and they have the same ancestral origin. In this remote village, most young people have moved to live in towns or go out to work. They don't pay attention to things like genealogy. The elderly in the village generally have low educational levels, so they dare not draw any conclusions. Therefore, the only one who has always believed that his ancestor is Su Shi is actually Su Yikai.
The old man is very proud that his ancestor is Su Shi, but many people think that this is just the old man's wishful thinking. After learning about this incident, experts in literature and history also said that it should be impossible. The reason is also very simple. Su Shi was born in Meishan, Sichuan. He traveled to many places during his life due to relegation and travel. However, there is no mention of Su Shi in the history books of Jingzhou, Hubei where the old man lived. Records of long-term residence there. Since there is no record, it is doubtful that the villagers of Sujiaping are descendants of Su Shi.
Seeing that the things he was proud of were questioned, the old man came up with the key basis, which was the genealogy mentioned at the beginning of the article. This "Su Family Genealogy" soon came into the hands of the expert. As soon as the expert opened the genealogy, he immediately denied his previous doubts.
It turns out that the first page of the book clearly records that Su Dongpo’s eldest son Su Mai had settled in Jiangxi for a long time because he was an official in Jiangxi. In the late Yuan Dynasty, due to frequent wars in Jiangxi, Su Mai’s The descendants of Su Rongcheng and Su Zhicheng came to Jingzhou area in Hubei Province, and the place where they settled was Sujiaping. Experts' doubts were self-confirmed.
Later, experts confirmed that what the old man said was true. First of all, the old man's "Su Family Genealogy" is very old. It is indeed hundreds of years old. The genealogy has 55 pages and has detailed records of the Su family's descendants and major deeds. Among them, the genealogy records that when the village was first established, two ancestral halls were built in the village. Although there are no traces of the ancestral halls now, the elders in the village can confirm that there were indeed two ancient ancestral halls in the village.
After extensive research, experts finally confirmed the old man’s statement.
Genealogy is the life history of a family, and it is also an important culture worthy of our inheritance.