The family originated from the primitive clan society, as the basic unit of society, is the performance of the continuation of future generations, and to this day, family relations have a very important role in society. Speaking of the family, the first thing we think of is definitely the Confucius family, Confucius, as the founder of the Confucian school, has a profound influence on future generations, and so are the descendants of Confucius, so the Confucius family is also known as "the first in China".
In the history of China, there are many families that are very powerful, it can be said that they have left their names throughout the ages, such as the Genghis Khan family, the Eastern Expedition to the West Station, and the establishment of the largest empire in history; during the period of China's feudal monarchy, the emperor generally passed the throne to his children, and the same was true before the official position, the son inherited the father's throne, and the family continued from generation to generation, which was a common phenomenon in ancient times.
If you want to talk about China's famous families, you have to mention a family in Shanxi, China, the Confucius family is famous for Confucianism, and this family is famous for its prime minister, and this family is the Pei family in the present-day Pei Bai village of Shanxi. According to historical records, the Pei family has flourished for two thousand years since the Qin and Han dynasties, and the family has produced talents and great people from generation to generation, which is rare in Chinese and foreign history.
In the Pei family genealogy recorded in more detail, the Pei family history of a total of 59 prime ministers, the general is also 59 people, there are more than 600 people in the history of the family, the family has been an official for generations, only more than seven pins of officials there are more than 3,000 people, can be described as a famous family, the title of "Zai Xiang Family" is really deserved.
The Pei family was more prominent in the Tang Dynasty, and its prosperity ran through the entire Tang Dynasty, and some people said that from the prosperity of the Pei family, the prosperity of the Tang can be seen, which at first glance seems to exaggerate the Pei family, but in fact it is not. According to historical records, during the Tang Dynasty, many famous ministers were from the Pei family, and the famous minister Pei Zhi was the elder of the three dynasties of Zhou, Sui, and Tang, who compiled the "Records of the Western Regions"; Pei Huan, the founding father of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuanqi and Jinyang, and he made indispensable contributions; Pei Yaoqing, the Tang Zai Chancellor, solved the problem of the tang Dynasty's grain shortage for decades; Pei Du, the Tang Zai Chancellor, calmed down the rebellion and unified the Tang Dynasty for a time.
These people are all from the Pei family, and the merits they have created cannot be ignored, and "the rise and fall of the Pei clan will determine the survival of the Tang Dynasty" is not exaggerated at all. The Pei family has been a famous family since ancient times, in history they were known as the Pei clan of Hedong, the ancestors were the ancestors of the Qin state, not sons, for two thousand years, the descendants of the Pei family have been active on the stage of history, and even the imperial family has to give them three points.
Pei's descendants are not only active in the political arena, but also have great achievements on the literary stage, the most famous of which is Pei Songzhi, one of the "Three Peis of Historiography" annotated by Chen Shou's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and the remaining Pei Mayin and Pei Ziye are his sons and grandsons respectively, and all three are descendants of Pei.
The Pei family has become the mystery of the famous family in history, in its family's ancestral training, the Pei family ancestral training "re-teaching and keeping the precepts, advocating literature and martial arts, virtue and industry, honesty and self-discipline", requiring the descendants of the Pei family to become useful people, and the descendants of the Pei family have always strictly demanded themselves with this ancestral precept, and they can achieve great things by re-teaching and observing the precepts.
I have to say that the main reason why Pei's descendants can succeed is because they abide by their own requirements, simply put, that is, self-discipline, strict requirements for themselves, and very self-discipline, in order to succeed. We may wish to look at those who have been successful, often writing about self-discipline and being very strict with themselves.