According to the "Cixi Chronicle", Hu ranked second among the surnames of Cixi, accounting for 5.9% of the city's total population. Among them, the number of Hu clans in Wuxi Wushan is large and widely distributed. As a descendant of the Wushan Hu clan, I have looked around for my own genealogy. Hearing that Hu Yongcai's family in Yiqingqiao, Henghe Town, treasured the intact "Wushan Hu Clan Genealogy", he went to visit, but was unexpectedly rejected by him. Later, I had many contacts with him and got to know each other, and he finally took out several sets of well-preserved different versions of the "Wushan Hu Clan Genealogy" for me to see, and explained to me the reason why he refused to show the genealogy at that time, for these "Wushan Hu Clan Genealogy" that had been preserved for nearly a hundred years, he and his family did not know how many twists and turns. I understand him and I am grateful to him.
Tracing back to the Wushan Hu clan, it is bound to start from the ancestor Hu Yan. Hu Yu (993-1059), a native of Hailing, Taizhou (present-day Taizhou, Jiangsu), was an educator and scholar of the Northern Song Dynasty, and because his ancestors were once from Andingbao, Shaanxi, he gave himself a name called Anding, and others called him Mr. Anding. He could write articles at the age of 7, and at the age of 13, he was familiar with the Five Classics, but he still could not satisfy his desire for knowledge, and at the age of 20, he resolutely went to Taishan, Shandong Province, for further study, and did not return home for ten years. Even if it is a letter from home, as long as the word "peace" is found, it will be immediately thrown into the mountain stream so as not to affect the study. After graduating and returning to Taizhou, he held private schools and gave lectures in person. The school is the predecessor of Taizhou Middle School in Jiangsu Province, where former President Hu Jintao is a graduate of the school's Class of 59.
In 1035, Fan Zhongyan served as the chief executive of Suzhou, used the foundation of his own mansion to run a county school, hired Hu Yu as the chief professor, and sent his son Fan Chunyou to Hu Yu's door, and as a result, he became a high-achieving student. In the second year of the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song (1038), the governor of Huzhou, Teng Zong, asked the imperial court to set up a state school, and through his friend Fan Zhongyan, invited Hu Yan to be the host of the state school. After Hu Yan took office, under the principle of pragmatism and truth-seeking, a series of teaching reforms and innovations were carried out, which achieved brilliant results and attracted the attention of the imperial court. In the fourth year of the Song Dynasty (1044), the imperial court established Taixue with the Lake Learning Teaching Method as the Taixue Method, and the admission qualifications were expanded to ordinary people. Hu Yu successively served as guozijian zhijiao, prince Zhongyun, and waiter, and dr. Taichang. His teaching effect was very good, and it caused a sensation in Beijing. The representative figures of Song Ming's science, Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao, were under Hu Yu's door at that time. Later " Huzhou Fuzhi " had such an evaluation: Shi shi has four true eyes, known as Fu Bi Zhen Zai Xiang, Bao Zheng Zhen Yushi, Ouyang Xiuzhen Bachelor, Hu Zhen Zhen Mr. Hu Zhen.
The reason why Hu Yan is enthusiastic about the cause of school education is because he feels that "those who rule the world are talents, those who become talents in the world are indoctrinated, and the place of indoctrination is in school." Not only that, he also philosophically expounded the dialectical relationship between "body" and "use", "sex" and "life", which opened the way for Song Confucianism. At the recommendation of Fan Zhongyan, he corrected the bell music used by the imperial court for major celebrations, proposed military strategies, and even participated in the famous political reform "Celebrating the New Deal". After his death, emperor Renzong of song posthumously honored him as duke of Wenzhao, and the later emperor Song Shenzong praised his image: "The way of the gentleman, the sect of Kong Meng; the teaching of the gentleman, the practice of Su Lake." The master is honored and respected, such as Mount Tai standing on the peaks; the law is strict and faithful, like the four hours of fortune in infinity. He was too learned to live in the four directions, and was not far away from the thousands of miles; summoned into the Heavenly Chapter, assisted by the Emperor Of the First Emperor, and was loyal to Qiwo. Govern things with righteousness, use them as suitable for the soldiers, discuss the rituals and fix the music, and make the deeds bow. Dun Shang is real, but also the pure style of long ancients; advocating the right path, and opening up the door to learn. Carrying admiration, who does not think of justice; the model of Chengsiwen, for the Qinzong of future generations! (The "Genealogy" says that Song Renzong's inscription praise may be caused by a dialect phonology error, and the word "xiandi" in the text is enough to prove it, and Huang Zongxi's "Andingxue Case" is also called Song Shenzong's inscription praise)
Hu Yusheng had three sons, the eldest son Zhikang, the second son Zhining, and the younger son Zhizheng. Zhi Ning (Chinese: 志宁; pinyin: Zhāng Zhāng), courtesy name Mengtai (孟泰), was a member of the Official Dynasty Yong Prefecture (政州事), and had a son named Si Gong (思恭). Si Gong conferred on Lang To supervise the Ming Prefecture Fenghua liquor business, and gave birth to a son named Yuan. Hu Yuansheng's son was named Shu. Hu Shusheng's son was named Wen Huan. Hu Wenhuan was the sixth grandson of Hu Yan (胡瑗), a southern Song Dynasty official who served as a Confucian scholar on Shaoxing Road and was responsible for local cultural and educational affairs. Hu Wenhuan married Yuyao Xianjun, the daughter of King Nankang, and built a house at the foot of Mount Wuchuan, and settled in the Bridge of Wuchuan Wenglang, thus breeding all the descendants of the Wushan Hu clan. Some articles call Hu Wenhuan "into the money", that is to say, he is a door-to-door son-in-law, which is really inappropriate. Because the "Genealogy" clearly records that he "married" his wife, that is, the general male marriage and female marriage; besides, he bought his own land and built a house to move to Wushan, not in the woman's home. The so-called "赘" word is derived only from an article written by someone else after his death.
After Hu Wenhuan moved to Wushan, he first set up an ancestral hall in Meichuan and used Fuchang Temple (Wushan Temple) as a temple. In the Ming Dynasty, the Hu Ancestral Hall was built next to the Temple Bridge. During the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, the Hu ancestral hall was divided into Two, Hedong and Hexi. Among them, the Hedong Ancestral Hall is located in Yiqing Bridge, and the Hexi Ancestral Hall is located in Hengjie. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, a new ancestral hall was set up in front of the Wushan Temple from the Hedong Ancestral Hall, and the original Hexi Ancestral Hall was called Yanning Hall, the original Hedong Ancestral Hall was Dexin Hall, and the newly established ancestral hall in front of the temple was Yongsi Hall. As a result, the Wushan Hu clan appeared in a pattern of three shrines standing side by side. Out of reverence for Hu Yan and his prestige and achievements, the descendants revere him as the ancestor, that is, the genealogy records the generations from Hu Yan onwards. In order to distinguish other branches of the Hu clan, the Wushan Hu clan often used the word "Anding" instead of the word "Hu" when writing their own names.
Hu Yu has been around for more than a thousand years, and his excellent character and intellect have been reproduced in generations of descendants. Hu Shilin (胡時麟), courtesy name Lingzhao (Chinese: 胡靈昭), is the 22nd grandson of the Hu clan of Wushan, and belongs to YongsiTang. In the eleventh year of the Ming Dynasty (1583), he entered the Hanlin Yuan's Shu Jishi and served as a minister of punishment in Jiangxi and Yunnan. During his tenure as the governor of Jiangxi, he was awe-struck by the benefits and the disadvantages. In Yunnan, he led his sergeants to defeat the Burmese soldiers who invaded Yunnan, and also helped the local people to eliminate the harm of poisonous weeds.
Hu Congzheng (胡名政), courtesy name Wuqi (無奇), was the 22nd grandson of the Hu clan of Wushan, and belonged to YanningTang. Deng tianqi Xin youbang jinshi, appointed the two Huai capitals to transport salt envoys Si Yun, Guan Song County Sima and the same as the old management of coastal defense affairs. During the Reign of Ming Chongzhen, he moved to Xiangcheng Zhi County. During his term of office, he made outstanding achievements in politics, was a clean and honest official, loved the people and scholars, and dared to resist thieves and court disputes, which was praised by the people. Hu Banghan (胡邦汉; pinyin: Wáng Bánghan, Hsiung-bīng Đồ In the seventeenth year of Qianlong (1752), he was appointed as a jinshi in Wuzhi County, Ning, Shanxi. With his ability to perform his duties, he was transferred to Pinghe County, Fujian Province, and nursed Nansheng Tongzhi Printing. In the twenty-seventh year of Qianlong (1762), he was transferred to the main hall of Changhua County, Taiwan Province, and also nursed The North Road Tamsui Tongzhi. He also served as the governor of Quanzhou Prefecture,Kinmen Tongjue and the governor of Yongchun Prefecture. Because of his outstanding political achievements, he was summoned by the Qianlong Emperor. In modern times, Hu Xingfen, a descendant of Dexintang and the great-granddaughter of Hu Jianxing, a famous wealthy merchant in northern Yao, is a close friend of Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao; Hu Yutang, a descendant of Yanningtang, is a famous Chinese and world historian; Hu Jingyao, a descendant of Yongsitang, is a researcher at the Beijing Astronomical Observatory, and the celestial bodies he discovered were named "Hu Xing" by the International Astronomical Society; Hu Jin, a descendant of Yongsitang, and his wife Zhang Rongfang, served as the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team in the twentieth century and won glory for the motherland.
I often think that the reason why the Wushan Hu clan is full of talents may be related to the genes of the ancestor Hu Zhen. Since Anding Gong Hu is an honorary chinese and foreign educator, his descendants should have something to pass on. Therefore, while pursuing the Wushan Hu clan, I hope that I can trace more beautiful positive energy that I am proud of. (Author: Hu Xianhua)
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