Where are Guo Ziyi’s descendants today?

His descendants are spread all over the country, inland and overseas. Guo Ziyi himself is "many blessings, longevity, and many children". His eldest son is huge, with eight sons and seven sons-in-law. The eight sons are Yao, Yue, Xi, Yu, Mei, Huan, Shu and Ying in order. The eldest son Guo Yao has a calm personality, a burly appearance, and a heroic spirit. When he was young, he served as an official with his father, and then fought on the battlefield. He was eventually promoted to Prince Zhan Shi and was granted the title of Duke of Taiyuan. He died in the third year of Jianzhong (782), the second year after his father's death. Emperor Li Shi of the Tang Dynasty gave him the title of Prince Taifu and gave him the title "Xiao". Guo Yao has four sons: Rui, Feng, Lian and Qi. The second son of Ziyi died heroically in the Battle of Tongguan in the second year of Zhide (757). The third son, Guo Xi, was brave and good at fighting. He always accompanied his father in the war, and was later promoted to be a guest of the prince. Guo Xi has seven sons: Jun, Gang, Lian, Zhi, Kuan, Jiji and Xiang. Ziyi's fourth son, Guo Banguan, was promoted to Shihongluqing, his fifth son, Guo Megguan, was promoted to a doctor in the Ministry of War, and his eighth son, Guo Yingguan, was promoted to You Shuzi and was granted the title of Shouyang Nan. Because their official positions were not very high, there are few historical records. The sixth son, Guo Yan, was engaged to Daizong Yu's fourth daughter, Princess Shengping (later named Princess Zhaoyi), when he was more than ten years old. Before the marriage, he was an official, Taichang Zhubo. After the marriage, he was granted the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Prince Consort and the Superintendent of the Examination Hall, and he was highly respected in the court. Favor. In the third year of Zhenyuan of Dezong (787), he attacked the Duke of Dai. He was only forty-eight years old when he died. He was buried in Wulongshan, Huaxian County, and presented to Shangshu Zuopushe. Guo Yan had four sons: Zhu, Zhao, Yicong, and Co. Guo Shu, the eighth son of Ziyi, served as Sinongqing during Daizong's reign. During Dezong's reign, he served as General Jinwu, and was later named Qi Guogong. According to the genealogy data collected by the Genealogy Research Center of the Shanxi Academy of Social Sciences, there are ten branches of Guo Ziyi's descendants who have migrated to various parts of the country. Among them, there are two descendants of the eldest son Guo Yao, seven descendants of the sixth son Guo Ai, and one descendant of the seventh son Guo Shu. branch. They have experienced more than a thousand years and are located in Henan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places. Later, they moved overseas from Fujian, Guangdong and other places. According to the Guo family genealogy, the Guo family in Guo Village, Banqiao, Shangzhou, is a branch of the descendants of Guo Ai. The original genealogy of the Guo family in Guocun, Banqiao, Shangzhou, was burned after Li Zicheng, king of Chuang, came to Shangzhou. Later, in the Gengyin year of Qianlong, a genealogy of the Xidong village in Langxiang County, Henan (now dissolved in Lingbao) was borrowed. (1771) Transcribed by Guo Ru. According to the genealogy, Ziyi's father Jing had the following bloodline: Guo Jing gave birth to seven sons, in order: Zichan, Ziyi, Ziyun, Ziying, Zigui, Youxian, Youru, Youming, Youchong; He gave birth to eight sons, among which four were born from Huan and Cong, whose descendants were Lian and Zhi; Lian gave birth to Hai, and Hai gave birth to Dragon, Chenghu, Chengqi and Chenglin; Chenglong gave birth to Yongtai, Yongxue and Yongli; Yongsheng gave birth to Han. Fu, Hanxi, Hanying, Hanshi, Hanlin; Hanying was the magistrate of Shanxian County in Shandong, and his father was Kai Hekan; Kai was the father of Shitai, Shixian, Shiyao, Shirong, and Shikang; Shitai was the father of Ciheyuan; Yuan first lived in Xidong Village, Langxiang County, and gave birth to his second son, Qing Hexiu. Guo Yuan granted the right army ten thousand households. In the early years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Guo Xiu was ordered to conquer the south and was promoted to the governor's mansion. During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the 18th generation Guo Xiu moved from Xidong Village to Guo Village, present-day Banqiao Town, Shangzhou, and was buried in this village. The tombstone was destroyed in the early days of liberation, but was rebuilt by his own people at the end of the last century. The son of the 22nd Huai Jipu moved from Guocun to Shangji in Quancun during the Chenghua period (1465-1487). Huai gave birth to seven sons: Changyi, Zhending Mansion (the Ming Dynasty changed Zhending Road to Zhending Mansion, which governed 11 counties and 5 states. After Zhu Di, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established the capital in Beijing, the Zhending Mansion was directly under the capital) inspection, the second son increased business The third son was transferred to the Salt Transportation Department of Hedong (generally referring to Shanxi), the fourth son was Boyu, the fifth son was Zheng, the sixth son was Lan, and the seventh son was Xuan. The Guo family temple in the first volume was built in the 18th year of Qianlong's reign (1753) and rebuilt in the 58th year of Qianlong's reign (1793). The temple consists of the front, middle and upper halls, with a construction area of ??nearly 600 square meters. It has been repaired and rebuilt over the years, and the existing buildings are in the Qing Dynasty style. There is a plaque of Guo's family temple in the front hall, a large plaque of praise from the Tang Dynasty in the middle hall. In the middle of the upper hall are the tablets of Fenyang King Guo Ziyi, Huo Guo's wife Wang, and Nanyang's wife Zhao. To the east are the tablets of the consort Guo Wen and Princess Shengping, and to the west are the tablets of the consort Guo Wen and Princess Shengping. The tablets of ancestors such as the ancestors who moved to the Shang Dynasty. In the east corridor of the hall hangs the inscription "Contributions to the World" inscribed by Zhao Quan, the envoy of the Tong merchants in Shaanxi Province in the 18th year of Qianlong's reign. In the middle hangs the inscription "Huiyou will last forever" inscribed by Zhao Quan, envoy of the Hubei Administrative Department. On the west side is the post of Shangzhou Zhizhou and later promoted A large gold plaque titled "Position of an Extremely Human Minister" was dedicated to Luo Wensi, the prefect of Shiqian.

In addition, there are couplets in the hall: "Fenyang has a long history, that is, temples, merchants, temples, great achievements, and great achievements. They have lived for thousands of years. They have moved to the Danhu branch. The ministers are loyal and their sons are filial. The legacy will last for thousands of generations.", "Fenyang Zhaoji" Jiasheng Jiudu Wei Yi seeks for the prosperity of the world" is a letter written by the 32nd Sun Weiru. "Weiyue descended upon Shaohua and praised his father's merits. Not only Yunfeng, but also hundreds of generations of stars riding on their tails, branching out in the southern branch of Danjiang, still Yiye Chongguang. "The former magistrate of Yibin County, Sichuan, Luonan Ji Xuanming paid homage and wrote the inscription; "Zhao Mu does not lose his ethics. The descendants of Yu De of Mo's ancestors also prefaced the sacrificial affairs and came to Kongming." Hou Quan, magistrate of the county, Wang Shifu, was selected by the Ministry of Personnel. Inscribed and written: "Paiyan Fenyang Weiguangweilie Sacrifice Xiu Shangluobu Shibu Year" was inscribed by Kong Jitao, the grandson of the Confucian eunuch of Fuping County; "Paiyan Fenyang Forty Biography" was written by the ancestor Yi of Emperor Zeliu Yisu in the Tang Dynasty. The thirty-first generation Sun Yuzhang dedicated the inscription to the thirty-first generation Sun Yuzhang. In addition, a large number of murals, paintings, calligraphy, and inscriptions have been preserved on the walls, beams, eaves, and eaves boards of the entire building