The Yiyang Chu clan came from the Ming Hongwu Datong general Chu Yu, according to the Kangxi edition of the Yiyang Chu Clan Genealogy, Yongle four years, the third Zu Boyun (Chu Forgiveness eldest son), the character Gongxin, in order to escape the Jing soldiers, moved from Xingyang to Yiyang.
Qianlong edition of Yiyang County Chronicle (Figure 1)
The Ninth Ancestor Chu Yao(Chu Yao), zi and jade, participated in the fourth year of the Apocalypse (1624) Jia Zi Ke Henan Township Examination (2), and later gave Wen Lin Lang. The Qianlong edition of the Yiyang County Chronicle records that in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen (1640), he broke through the Yi (Li Zicheng) and gave him the title of Yi Ling(yi ling) and gave him three thousand taels of silver. He said, "What this thief plunders, that is, what he steals." So he sent Zuo Du Liangyu with silver to pay the soldiers, and the family moved to Huaiqing to avoid it. Breaking through the rebellion again, hating the bones and burning his house. When Chu Yao was alive and dead, he honored the king with righteousness, did not defiled righteousness, did not stain the thieves for the officials, and could not be taken away from the great festivals. (See Figure 1 for details) (Chu Yao was the first person in the Chu family in Yiyang to obtain a meritorious name, from his beginning to the Qing Dynasty Kang Yong Qianjia to create a brilliant chapter of the family examination, which has influenced so far!) However, due to the lack of data from the Henan Township Examination of The Fourth Year of Tianjie, it was impossible to verify the information of Chu Yao's examination, and I deeply regretted it).
Daoguang edition of the County Chronicle of Public Security (Figure 2)
The 10th Ancestor Chu Yu (楚煜), also spelled Shui Ruo, was the son of Chu Yao (Chu Yao), the fourteenth year of Qing Shunzhi (1657) Pengzi Kebagong (2), and in the sixteenth year of Shunzhi (1659) he served as the governor of Huguang Gong'an Zhi County (3). (The term of office was four years, and the kangxi was succeeded by Liu Wenzhen in the second year)
At the beginning of the country, the Prince Temple embankment of Gong'an County collapsed three hundred and sixty-six meters, and there was a dragon's nest under it, which was unfathomable. (In the south, there are serious floods every year, endangering the lives of the people, and repairing the embankment and fixing the dam is the most important thing in every prefecture and county.) In the past, the construction of the Taizi Temple collapsed with the strength of the three counties of Ying'an Township, Shishou and Huarong (4). In 1659, Chu Yu arrived at Gong'an County, and without the cooperation of the three counties, he and the Water Conservancy Yamen jointly completed the construction of the dam, so that Gong'an County was protected from floods for several years.
The Yanggong Dam collapsed in the year of Shunzhi Jiawu (1654), and Heng Daitian (eight years of ren) and Chu Yu successively relayed and successfully built it for 12 miles. (See Figure 2 for details)
The Qianlong edition of the Yiyang County Chronicle reads: "Chu Yu ..... Teach Huguang public security to know the county, when the end of the Ming Dynasty withered the remnants, Anji LiJian learned to teach........ Jiaqi can make the first two yi of the stone of the regent....... In particular, the gods claim that the pros and cons have been eliminated so far." (See Figure 1 for details)
During the four years of Chu Yu's tenure, he was not afraid of danger, dared to take responsibility, and repeatedly built and strengthened the dam, without the strength of the three counties, which can be described as brave and strategic. Rebuilding the City God Temple, building a college and emphasizing education, outstanding political achievements, and being deeply loved by the people, is not one of the reasons why Xiong Bolong, a waiter in the ministry of ceremonies, wrote a preface to a Zhi County?
In the first year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1662), Xiong Bolong, a cabinet scholar and attendant of the Ministry of Rites, personally wrote the "Order of the Four Ranks of The Old Father of Chu Weng" to praise Chu Yuzhi County. (The Qianlong edition of the County Chronicle does not include this preface, but is only found in the Guangxu edition of the Yiyang County Chronicle (see Figure 3 for details))
Guangxu edition of Yiyang County Chronicle (Figure 3)
Yiyang Chu clan, Yuan Long, Yuan Shi, Jun shi, Rui Shi a door four people, sensational township.
Qianlong edition of Yiyang County Chronicle (Figure 4)
The thirteenth ancestor Chu Yuanlong, ziyun (the eldest son of Gongfang) Yongzheng Yuannian (1723) 癸卯恩科考中亞元(5) Wu juren. (See Figure 4) (Due to the lack of literature on the examination of martial arts in Henan Township in the early Qing Dynasty, and Chu Yuanlong's appointment is unknown, relevant information could not be found.) ）
Henan Township Trial Record summarized by Teacher Cheng Wei of Tianjin University (Figure 5)
Qianlong edition of Yiyang County Chronicle (Figure 6)
Biography of Chu Yuanshi (Figure 7)
The major discovery of this examination: The biographical documents of Chu Yuanshi in the Qianlong Dynasty, the original text is "Chu Yuanshi Henan Henan Province Yiyang County Nian Wantonly Picking Up The Death of Yongzheng Yinian Yongzheng Yinian Candidate Zhi County Now Guangdong Jiaying Prefecture Xingning County Zhizhi County (6)". (See Figure 7 for details)
According to the Xingning County Chronicle, Chu Yuanshi was appointed to Zhi County in the nineteenth year of Qianlong (1754), from which we can know that Chu Yuanshi was 47 years old in the nineteenth year of Qianlong. Pushing forward, it was surprisingly found that Chu Yuanshi was extremely talented, and he even took the exam at the age of 17 (according to the statistics of relevant scholars, the average age of the qing dynasty examination was about 30 years old) Chu Yuanshi was really a prodigy! The family heirloom gene has been influenced to this day. (According to the Chu clan, the descendants of Chu Yuanshi's ancestors, the Republic of China have produced three county governors, and now there are dozens of college students and graduate students.)
The thirteenth ancestor of Chu Yuanshi was born in the 43rd year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1707). In the second year of Yongzheng (1724), at the age of 17, he participated in the Kochen scientific expedition and selected Zhi County.
In the seventh year of Yongzheng (1729), at the age of 22, he was appointed as the examiner of the Huguang Yiyouke Township Examination.
In the thirteenth year of Yongzheng (1735), at the age of 28, he was appointed as the examiner of the Shandong Yijiaoke Township Examination.
In the twelfth year of Qianlong (1747), at the age of 40, he participated in the compilation and revision of the Yiyang County Chronicle and wrote a preface, including his "Records of the Supplementary Construction of the Sleeping House of the City God Temple" (see Figure 6 for details).
In the nineteenth year of Qianlong (1754), at the age of 47, he was appointed to Xingningzhi County, Jiaying Prefecture, Guangdong. (7) (In the first year of his term, Qianlong was succeeded by Fei Yingkui in the twentieth year) (see Figure VIII)
Qianlong Twenty-first Year (1756), 49 years old (acting) Changning County Affairs. (In the second year of his term, Qianlong was succeeded by Huang Chang in the twenty-third year of his reign)
In the twenty-first year of Qianlong Meng Qiu (July), Chu Yuanshi re-edited the "Chronicle of Changning County" and wrote a preface to the county chronicle, which was written at the end of the zhi and inscribed (8). (See Figure IX)
Chronicle of Changning County: The surname of the director of the journal, Ning Zhi County: "Xingning County Zhi County Director Ning County Plus Three Grade Records Five Times Chu Yuanshi Compilation And Issuance.". Among them, the addition of three grade records five times (9), is the Qing Dynasty's reward for officials, four records, that is, you can add one grade (added to the third level, need twelve times) shows that Chu Yuanshi was an official during his outstanding political achievements, and was rewarded by the imperial court many times.
Yiyang's "Lingshan Temple Chronicle" contains the "Zhigong Monk Ming" written by Chu Yuanshi.
Figure VIII
Qianlong Twenty-one Years Chu Yuanshi compiled the Chronicle of Changning County (Figure 9)
The thirteenth ancestor Chu Junshi, a great man, participated in the Yongzheng Fourth Year (1726) Henan Bingwuke Township Examination, a total of 78 people, Chu Junshi passed the 27th place, and was selected to know the county. (Appointment unknown) (See Figure 5 and Figure 6)
Thirteenth Ancestor Chu Ruishi, Zi Zheren, Qianlong Yuannian (1736) participated in the 64th place in the examination of Bingchenke Township, and was selected as Zhi County. (Position unknown)
Figure 10
The thirteenth ancestor of the Chu Lai Dynasty, the character Jin Kang, Qianlong 9 years (1744) Henan Jiazike Township examination ten place (see Figure 5), successively served as Guiyang Province Longli County Zhi County (10) (see Figure 10).
Qianlong Thirty-seventh (1772) served as Zhi County,Wuchuan County, Sinan Province (11) (term of office of one year) (see Figure 10)
In the forty-second year of Qianlong, he was appointed (acting) as Zhi County (12) of Anping County, Anshun Province (for a term of three years).
Later, he served as the governor of Guiding County, Xiuwen County, the Naturalization Department, and the printing office of Luohu Prefecture (in charge of the official office printing letters and archives). (Due to the frequent changes in guizhou's jurisdiction and place names, and the fact that most counties at that time did not have county records, the details of many positions in the Chu Dynasty could not be verified.)
Chu Laichao's family was poor, Jin Kang became famous by studying, and lai qi's brother Ru Luli helped him. Zhang Yihou (county order) presented a plaque with the inscription "Filial Piety Can Be Windy".
The fourteenth ancestor Chu Yufeng, Qing Jiaqing fifteen years (1810) Gengwu Keju people. The following year (1811), Xin did not take the examination and was given a review by the Hanlin Academy (13). (Consult the original Qing Dynasty Jiaqing fifteen years of Gengwuke Henan Township trial record, did not see Chu Yufeng's name.) Maybe the township audition is wrong? After participating in the Xin WeiKe Examination, the Emperor gave the Hanlin Academy a review (14) to show praise, so it was not included in the Xin Wei Ke JinShi Dengke Record)
The 5,000-year civilization of the Chinese nation has given birth to a surname culture that has been passed down from generation to generation, which carries history, culture and characters, and affects future generations.
The Yiyang Chu clan moved to Yiyang XunCun for more than 600 years, and its genealogy and lineage order are not chaotic, and its branches are clear. Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Chu clan of Yiyang has successively passed on 1 jinshi, 6 juren, 21 gongsheng, and more than 140 wenwu students, which can be described as Wen Tao Wu Strategy. During the Republic of China period, there were many talents in the Chu clan, such as county governors, senators, and anti-Japanese heroes and major generals, etc., which were admirable!
Now the Chu family in Yiyang, the melons are endless, the branches are luxuriant, the clan is even more outstanding, the stars are brilliant, and a large number of political leaders, famous school students, college coaches, famous military generals, many business enterprises, talents, involving all walks of life, countless, but also inspired the future generations of Chu to strive to be strong!
The following is provided to the Xingyang Chu clan about Chu Jingrui: Chu Jingrui was selected to study in the GuoziJian after obtaining the lifting, participated in the examination of gongshi, and ranked 137th in the harem examination. Xingyang Chu Jingrui wrote "The Record of Rebuilding the Jade Emperor Temple" (see XI).
Tianyi Pavilion "Ming Chenghua Twenty Years of JiachenKe Association Trial Record"
Chu Jingrui wrote a book Reconstructing the Jade Emperor Temple Figure 11
Because a piece of Chu Wenwei, a senator of Yiyang of the Republic of China, wrote "Jinping Bao" and became acquainted with the Chu clan, he was invited to find out the relevant information of the Chu clan in Yiyang.
The people of the Chu clan who were examined this time have long been studied. Only fearful of being shallow in learning, clumsy in writing, entrusted by the Chu clan, did not dare to slacken off in the slightest. In order to find its clues, he has purchased more than 20 kinds of related literature with heavy money, often reading it until late at night, experiencing hardships and slight gains. Due to the busy work, it is inevitable to miss mistakes, and I implore everyone and the Chu clan to add and correct them.
Note: (1) See Qianlong edition of Yiyang County Chronicle
(2) Bagong is the highest gold content among the six kinds of tribute students, and the opportunity is extremely rare (the township examination is once every three years and the early Qing Dynasty Bagong can only be taken once in six years, and the examination is selected only once in the middle of the Qianlong period to twelve years), and the quota is even more tight (two for each provincial government, one for each prefecture and county). He was directly sent to Guozi to supervise the study, and then after passing the imperial examination, he was assigned to the posts of Xiaojing official, Zhi County, County Cheng, and Jiao.
(3) See Hubei Daoguang edition of "Chronicle of Gong'an County".
(4) See class book integration, Jingzhou Fu shan chuan kao.
(5) The second to tenth places in the township examination are called Yayuan.
(6) Originally stored in the First Historical Archive of China.
(7) See Daoguang Edition of the Xingning County Chronicle, Volume IV of the Guanshi Zhi.
(8) See Chu Yuanshi's compilation of the Qianlong edition of the Chronicle of Changning County.
(9) The addition and record are the rewards given to officials in the Qing Dynasty (discussion), and the record can be added one level (added to the third level, twelve times). Those who are graded, according to the additional level of the support; Those who are promoted by promotion are exchanged for top wear (promotion to official positions) according to the additional rank. The promotion may offset the punishment of demotion, fines and so on. For example, if an official was originally demoted to six levels, because of a crime, he was demoted to three levels, and he still had three levels. If he is only second-level, and it is not enough to be demoted to three levels (that is, no level can be demoted), then it can only be dismissed. When an official is transferred to a new post, his promotion and record can generally be taken away with the promotion.
(10) See Daoguang edition of the Guiyang Fu Zhi, vol. 16 Guan 4.
(11) See the Republic of China edition of the Guizhou Tongzhi (Guizhou Tongzhi) Official Table 8 20.
(12) See Anping County Chronicle, vol. VIII, Official VII.
(13) See Guangxu Edition of Yiyang County Chronicle, Volume 10, Gentry Qi.
(14) Review of the Chin-given Hanlin Academy: Most of these Chin-given jinshi are repeatedly tested, more and more courageous, or for the sake of being more than old, or even rare, they are still dedicated to the field of science, and their spirit is commendable. Especially for the elderly candidates with white eyebrows, they are considered to be the auspicious rui of the country, and they are particularly caring: those under the age of ninety and over seventy have completed three rounds and are not In Chinese style, and they are given grace. Under normal circumstances, more than ninety years are rewarded with the title of Guozi Supervisor (正六品); more than 80 years are rewarded with the title of Review of the Hanlin Academy (from Seven Pins); and seventy are rewarded with the title of Guozi Supervisor (正八品) to show their consolation, there is no real position, just honor.
October 1, 2021 Li Yunfeng finished.