Genealogy is a special book genre that records the lineage reproduction and deeds of the main characters of a family with blood relations as the main body, and is the life history of a family. It not only records the origin of the family and the trajectory of migration, but also covers the whole process of the family's life, reproduction, marriage, culture, family rules, family covenants and other historical and cultural processes.
The spectrum consists of three parts
The first part is commonly known as the "score head"
The content mainly records the origin, migration, distribution, tombs, ancestral halls, ritual charts, etc. of the surname;
The second part is the main body, that is, the main text
Commonly known as: "Genealogy Hall", including "General Lineage Chart" and "Lineage Chronology". According to the four elements of "birth, death, burial and marriage", the "fifth generation and one head" principle respectively introduces each person's name, father's secret, line order, era, official, knighthood, death year, death date, nickname, marriage match, etc.
The third part is an appendix
Commonly known as "spectrum tail". Including "WenChuan" and "Literature and Art", the wenchuan records the typical deeds of the deceased ancestors; literature and art records the poetry, songs, and articles of the family literati.
What is a genealogy?
Zong, the original meaning is the ancestral temple. In ancient times, other sons other than the eldest son of the son of heaven and the prince were called other sons.
According to the meaning of "dzong", it is actually all the descendants under one ancestor. As for the genealogy, it should be the complete genealogy of the same ancestor, if one of them is missing, or only one of them is recorded, it is not a genealogy, which is what distinguishes the genealogy from the family tree.
What is a family tree?
Ancient Interpretation: "The clan, the genus, is associated with its descendants, and its side branches belong to each other." "The so-called direct and paraphyletic lines are relatively speaking, and they can be traced back to the same ancestor. This "genus" of their "common association" is a specific clan under this sect.
The clan is still under one clan, the clan and the clan, and the clan is at home. There is a family body formed under the clan due to differentiation or migration, etc., and the basic unit under the clan body is the family, so the genealogy with the name of "family tree" should be a newly opened clan under a certain clan.
The genealogy is not a complete genealogy, it only describes part of the descendants of this clan, which is different from both the genealogy and the family tree.
What is a family tree?
The so-called family tree, in a narrow sense, should be the genealogy of the family within the family that has always been in the line.
Before the Han Dynasty, genealogical books were the exclusive property of big people; to the Han, with the "Shiben" as the bibliography, it specialized in recording surnames, lineages, residences, and works; to the Sui, the names of genealogical books were diverse, such as: family heirlooms, family records, family records, family history, lineage, family records, genealogies, etc.
The use of the name "genealogy" is speculated to be during the Han to Southern and Northern Dynasties.
What is a branch?
The so-called branch spectrum is very clear about its spectral positioning, that is, a unique branch limited to the ancestor.
The factors that form or become "branches" are often developed in the original parcel due to reasons such as derivation, career selection, migration, etc., so the title "branch genealogy" itself indicates that it belongs to a branch under a certain sect. The branch tree still belongs to the category of genealogy.
In short, the same clan is different; the same clan is different, the same branch is different. The tree of the heavens will have its roots, and the water of the mountains will have its source.
Chinese genealogies generally have family rules and family disciplines, which have a positive significance for standardizing life and educating children.
The Spectral Records are as important historical texts as the Zhengshi and Fang zhi, and are one of the important components of historiography.
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