As an important symbol of a clan, surname is not only a personal matter, but also a clan matter. It is actually a kind of history and a kind of culture. Only through the surname can you know the origin of your life, thus opening the big knot in Jiuyu's heart: "Where am I from?" ; Only through surnames can we understand that we are always connected with the blood of our ancestors, and the suffering and glory of our ancestors will be passed down to the present and forever through this blood.
According to the statistical analysis of the registered population of the Public Security Administration of the Ministry of Public Security in April 2007, Wang Xing has become the largest surname in China, with 928,865,438+100000, accounting for 7.25% of the national population. Wang Xing is one of the most complicated surnames in China. She has five sources and many ancestors, among which the ancestor with the most descendants is Jin Wang, followed by Jin Wang. King Longxi is really a prince after Jin Dynasty!
The ancestor prince's surname is Jin, Ji, Jin and Ming. At the age of fifteen, he was made a prince to help Zhou Lingwang deal with state affairs. He is brilliant, eloquent and impressed by his ministers. At the age of sixteen, the Gu and Luo rivers flooded, threatening the palace. King Ling advocated blocking the two rivers. He insisted on letting nature take its course and guiding the situation, just like Dayu's water control. Because Prince Jin's words were too sharp, Ling Wang was furious and still sent people to stop the river, and later he abolished his position as prince. He/kloc-died of depression at the age of 0/7. Prince Jin did not become completely discredited because of the abolition of the position of prince, but became more famous. Later generations revered him, and some literary works interpreted him as a demigod. His son, whose real name was Zhou Situ, retired to Taiyuan. At that time, people called him the Wangs, meaning "descendants of the emperors" or "descendants of the Wangs", so taking Wang as the surname began the magnificent historical process of the Wangs' family.
Our ancestors once played an important role or exerted an important influence in various periods of China's history. The history of the Wang family can be said to be an abbreviated version of the history of China. I won't describe them one by one here, but I want to choose some representative figures as clues to briefly describe the history of the Wangs.
Wang Jian (15) lived in Pingyang (now Fuping County, Shaanxi Province). Worship the general with his son Wang Ben (16), and make great contributions to Qin Shihuang's war neutrality in destroying the six countries. In addition to South Korea, the other five countries were destroyed by his father and son. He was the greatest contributor to Qin Shihuang's unification of China! 17 Wang Li also worshipped the general and was later defeated in the war to suppress the peasant uprising at the end of Qin dynasty. After Wang Li's death, his two sons, Wang Yuan and Wang Wei, fled to Langya Gao Yu (now jimo city). /kloc-in 0/8, Wang Yuan was the ancestor of Wang Langya, and Wang Ba, the grandson of Wang Wei IX, moved to Taiyuan. Wang Langya and Wang Taiyuan are two descendants of the King of Jin. Among all Wang's expectations, the most prominent one is Wang Langya, because she had the right to speak from her ancestor Prince Jin. The Wangs in Longxi belong to the Langya Wangs.
Wang Ji, a generation of 2/kloc-0, was famous for his eagerness to learn the classics when he was young. When Xuan Di proclaimed himself emperor in the Han Dynasty, his official position was doctor, and he was an intermediate official position in Korea. But because he was a famous Confucian scholar at that time, there were many students and disciples; He is also concerned about state affairs and has made many suggestions. People at that time were all sages older than him, so his influence and position at that time were far from being represented by the level of official position. His son and grandson have both held three official positions. Between three generations, Lu Wei is very important and has "the beauty of the world". Wang Ji really laid the foundation for the dignitaries after Wang Langya. Therefore, after the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Langya was proud of this period of history and claimed to be "the doctor of the Han Dynasty advised Hou Ji".
Alvin Wong died as early as the 22nd century, and everyone felt sorry for him. On the 23rd, Chong Wang resigned voluntarily in order to avoid the disaster of follwed, and did not wait until the day when he entered the phase. Wang Langya's dream of prime minister was not realized until more than 200 years later in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Since then, prime ministers have come forth in large numbers and become aristocratic families.
At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, the world was in chaos. Wang Dao in the 29th century had a friendly relationship with Si Marui, the king of Langya. Wang Dao suggested that Si Marui move to Jiankang (now Nanjing), thinking that there is a natural barrier of the Yangtze River, which can build Wang Ba's business. After moving to Jiankang, Wang Dao called his brother Wang Dun to seek great cause. After the demise of the Western Jin Dynasty, Si Marui proclaimed himself emperor in Jiankang and established the Eastern Jin Dynasty, so he worshipped Wang Dao as prime minister and named Wang Dun as general. Wang Dao and Wang Dun, two brothers, one lived in Zhafu in the DPRK, and the other was armed to the teeth in the upper reaches of the capital, which formed the political pattern of "king and horse, * * * the world" in the early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. As for Wang Dao, later generations thought that he supported the Eastern Jin Dynasty to resist foreign aggression, which enabled the nation to be independent and the culture to continue, and was called "the great national hero". This kind of evaluation is not flattering. The 29th Wang Dao is an insurmountable peak in the history of the royal family!
With the successive deaths of Wang Dun and Wang Dao, Wang Langya gradually left the core of political power in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but it did not plummet politically, not to mention the decline of the Wang family. Throughout the Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties, for about 300 years, Wang Langya basically maintained the position of the first family in the south of the Yangtze River. There are three main reasons for this.
The first reason is that Wang Langya has made some achievements in politics.
From the 30th Wang Qia to the 37th Wang Bao, he was a deputy prime minister for eight consecutive generations. Our ancestors have been stubbornly expressing themselves on the political stage of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties for generations. They continue to influence the development and progress of China history with their talents and prestige, which undoubtedly plays an important role in maintaining the political status and social influence of the family.
The second reason is that Wang Langya is a cultural family in the Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties.
The Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties were important stages in the history of calligraphy in China, with a large number of calligraphers. From the 29th Wang Dao to the 37th Wang Bao, at that time, several generations were calligraphers. There were Wang Dao rubbings in the 29th century, Hot Iron rubbings in the 30th century, Boyuan Iron in the 3rd/Kloc-0th century, and Fusang Iron rubbings by Wang Tanshou in the 22nd century, which were handed down from generation to generation. In addition to calligraphers, there are many famous scholars in Wang Langya. For example, the 34th generation of Wang Jian, a scholar of Nanqi University, is an excellent cultural heirloom of Wang Langya. The cultural traditions handed down from generation to generation and the endless stream of cultural talents ensure that the Wang family in Langya always has strong vitality and extensive and lasting social influence, which is the best portrayal of "loyalty to the family for a long time, poetry and books will last forever".
The third reason is that Wang Langya kept pace with the times and did not die for the decadent dynasty.
Since Cao Wei, dynasties have changed frequently, and Wang Langya has always had a tradition of not being buried with decadent dynasties. From the family point of view, our ancestors wisely chose to serve the emerging dynasty to avoid the family being ruthlessly crushed in the regime change, which is undoubtedly of great benefit to maintaining the family's inheritance and prosperity. Looking up the historical data of the Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties, we can find that our ancestors always played an important role in almost every dynasty change. The 32nd Wang Tanshou and his brother Wang Hong played a role in persuading Jin to support him in the Southern Song Dynasty and the Eastern Jin Dynasty. After the job was done, Wang Hong worshipped the Prime Minister, and Wang Tanshou worshipped Shi Zhong (Deputy Prime Minister). The neutrality of the 34th Wang Jianwei Nanqi and Southern Song Dynasties made great contributions. After Wang Jian succeeded, he bowed to his servants. During the period of Nanliang and Nanqi, the 35-year-old was also an active supporter, and both sons and grandchildren were very important. After the Western Wei Dynasty broke Nanliang, Wang Bao, 37, was captured in Chang 'an, and was also highly valued in the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
With the spring breeze of reunifying the whole country in Sui and Tang Dynasties, Wang Langya breathed new life. After Wang Bao entered the Western Wei Dynasty, he moved to Xianyang. Although great changes have taken place in the political and geographical environment, Wang Langya is still one of the clans in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The 40th was Wu Zetian as prime minister in the early Tang Dynasty, the 45th was Su Zong as prime minister in the middle of Tang Dynasty, and the 48th was Wang Bi's younger brother as prime minister in the late Tang Dynasty. During this period, the pedigree continued, and hundreds of officials at home and abroad made a difference. Therefore, Wang Langya was one of the few prime ministers in the Tang Dynasty.
Looking back on the Millennium of Han and Tang Dynasties, our ancestors made unparalleled contributions in the political, cultural and military fields. Another very important feature is that prime ministers come forth in large numbers, and a generation of celebrities. Due to the changeable official system in past dynasties, it is not easy to accurately count the number of prime ministers of Wang Langya. If all the prime ministers, including deputy prime ministers and people with considerable power, are counted as prime ministers according to their official names and power divisions, then there are 92 prime ministers in the whole Langya Wang family, and those who belong to this ancestor are 1 1 person. In the thousand-year history of the Wang family in Langya, cicadas and crowns staggered and males and females attacked each other. Not only was there no family comparable before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but there was no second one after the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The Wang family of Langya is unique at all times and in all countries!
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, there was a world dispute. Wang Bi, the 48th Wang Bi, lived in Hangzhou, followed Yang Xingmi's expedition to the east and the west, and made great achievements. Yang Xingmi was named Queen Wu, and was promoted to Doctor Guanglu, who was also the proofreader of Ministry of War Shangshu. After Yang Xingmi's death, Ziyang W succeeded to the throne, and Wang Bi was demoted to Qimen county magistrate, so he moved to Qimen Kuzhu Port. Kuzhugang, this place is no longer available for examination. Wang has nine sons, all of whom are officials in Nantang and wuyue. Nine sons and twenty-three grandchildren, scattered in various counties, such as Qimen, Shexian, Jixi, yi county, Xiuning, Xuancheng, Wuyuan in Jiangxi, Jiujiang, Pengze, Hukou, Jiande in Zhejiang, Nanjing, Taizhou and Gaoyou in Jiangsu, known as 136 room, thus becoming another big family of Wang in Jiangnan. Wang Bi is the ancestor of King Xin 'an. Wang Bi's Tomb, located in Causeway Bay Village, Li Shan Town, Qimen County, is a key cultural relic protection unit in Huangshan City.
The development of history is like the waves behind the Yangtze River pushing the waves ahead, and the prosperity of the family is always at the end of its tether. With the disintegration of the Tang Empire and the end of the clan era, Wang Langya gradually withdrew from the political arena in China and disappeared into the fog of history. Things change when the stars move. Things have changed, and the scenery is no longer there. "Rosefinch bridge weeds, Wuyi alley mouth sunset oblique. In the old days, Wang Xietang flew into the homes of ordinary people in front of Yan. " Wu Yi Xiang, a poem by Liu Yuxi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, represents our infinite feelings for Wang Langya's brilliance.
However, the long years can't erase the hardships and courage of our ancestors. How did the storm of history stop the migration of our ancestors? At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the 57th Wang Xuanwu moved from Qimen Chayuan to Longxi, Jixi, in order to avoid the disaster of 8 Jin Army. Longxi is now Xiaxi, and when and why it was renamed has been impossible to verify. Wang Xuanwu is also the ancestor of Longxi King. In the early Ming Dynasty, the 63rd generation Wang gave birth to 7 sons and 23 grandchildren. Later, Wang's son, Chang Sunchi, became a very learned man, and there were many people in his generation. In the early years of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty, it entered its heyday. According to incomplete statistics, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Wangs in Longxi produced 9 officials below seven grades, 25 students from Yi Yao (including Wuyao students), 28 students from Tai (including imperial academy students) and 0/6 longevity officials/kloc. Taiping Army tortured him for 150 years, and now the Wang family in Longxi has become a big family. Longxi is now Xiaxi, and when and why it was renamed has been impossible to verify. Xiaxi refers to the village in the lower reaches of Longxi River. In the early days of the People's Republic of China, it belonged to Xixi Administrative Village, Lutang Township, the third district. 1952 to 1955, belonging to daxi township. 1956 merged into Qiaotou Township. 1958 Xiaxi Brigade was established, which belongs to the management area of Shangtian Commune. 196 1 changed its name to Qiaotou commune. 1983 rural system reform is called Xiaxi Village Committee, which belongs to Qiaotou Township. 200 1 merged into Banqiaotou Township. Now there are five natural villages: Xixi, Mukeng (formerly known as Mokeng), Waimukeng, Longmenling (formerly known as Longweiling) and Taizikeng.
Throughout the history of the Wang family, we can find that the rise and fall of the family is closely related to the development and change of society. Once the society has undergone major changes, it may provide the possibility for the family to influence the society, or it may make the family lose its foundation to influence the society. The Wang family has experienced ups and downs for different reasons. In the final analysis, there are only two factors: politics and culture. Before Sui and Tang Dynasties, the procuratorial system, as an official selection system in ancient China, was an important political factor for Wang Langya's longevity. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the imperial examination system was adopted to select officials, and Wang Langya naturally declined with the development of history. Secondly, keeping pace with the times is an important way for a family to keep its political youth forever, but it can only be a phased feature of a family and cannot be maintained forever. "Jiangshan has talented people, and they have been leading the way for hundreds of years." This is the fate of history. Cultural prosperity refers to a family's influence on the society and future generations with its unique cultural achievements. This influence is mainly divided into two ways: first, through the joint efforts of several generations, the overall influence of a family is finally formed; Second, through the concerted efforts of several generations of Qi Xin, it is finally embodied in an outstanding figure. However, culture is the common wealth of mankind, and it can never be monopolized by a certain family for a long time. The decline of cultural families has become inevitable.
Of course, the so-called rise and fall here refers to the rise and fall of the Wang family's political status or the change of social influence, and does not mean the decrease of its population or the severance of its heirs. Only by looking at the rise and fall of the Wangs from this angle can we understand that the rise and fall of a family is actually a natural thing in the long history of China. Wang's forefathers, who used to be all-powerful, are just a few stormy waves in the long history of China. Their ups and downs will never dry up the water of this long river. Wang's development in Longxi has always kept pace with the development of the Chinese nation, and becoming the first surname of the Chinese nation is the best proof. Today, the king of Longxi is struggling in all fields of national construction with indomitable will. With the spirit of self-improvement and striving for progress, he is conscientious and conscientious in all posts of national construction, which is also the best footnote. The descendants of the Wangs in Longxi should carry forward the past and forge ahead, carry forward the virtues of their ancestors, keep forging ahead, and make new achievements for the family, the country and the people!
At the completion of the continuation of the genealogy, I would like to briefly describe and comment on the history of the Wang family as a preface.
Huangdi 12 1, Taizijin 80, Langya Gong 63, Xingong 33, Longxi Wang Xuanwu Gong 24.
Wang Baohong looked down and wrote
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