The surname Dong is a common surname in The area of Anqiu, and there are many villages in the local area where people surnamed Dong live. Among them, there is a "Zhang Xie Village" in the south, which is a typical example.
According to the division, Zhangxie Village is under the jurisdiction of Shibuzi Town. As mentioned in a previous article on the history of Shibuzi, the places such as Zheshan and Shibuzi (except For Zhaoku) in the south of Anqiu have long been under the jurisdiction of Ju County in history, and were not assigned to Anqiu until the 1940s and 1950s.
It is precisely because of this origin that in the historical records of Juxian (Juzhou), many records of "Zhang Xiecun Dong surname" can be found.
(Zhang Xie Village in the map of Laoju County, which belongs to Tiefo Township, the fifth district of Juxian County)
According to the "Reconstruction of Juzhi", the Dong clan of Zhang Xie Village is similar to many surnames in Shandong, and they were immigrants in the early Ming Dynasty. Specifically, this branch of people surnamed Dong (the three brothers of the first ancestor) moved from the eighteen villages of Haizhou to Zhangxie Village in Juzhou in the second year of Ming Hongwu.
After settling in Zhangxie Village, dong surname Ding flourished and gradually multiplied, in addition to Zhangxie Village, Zhubao, Zhushuang, Shibu, Hail Spring, Miaojiahe, Dongjialing and other more than ten villages are distributed, is a large family in the north of Juzhou during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
It is worth mentioning that Zhang Xiedong's surname is not only prosperous in Dingkou, but also many well-known figures have emerged. For example, Dong Weicheng, who has a separate biography in the "Reconstruction of Juzhi", belongs to this large branch.
According to the records of Shi Zhi, Dong Weicheng lived in the early Qing Dynasty, and their family originally lived in Zhang Xie Village for generations, but in his generation, they migrated to Shibu Town. However, according to the patriarchal system in the past, although he moved to other places, he was still a descendant of the "Zhang Xie Dong Clan".
The main reason why Dong Weicheng left his name in the county chronicle is that he was "rich and benevolent", and the most representative thing is that in the forty-third year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the northern part of Juzhou suffered a famine year, and many people cut off cooking. At that time, Dong Weicheng was generous and did not need the call of the government to take out a number of stones (ten liters and one bucket, ten buckets and one stone, one stone is already quite a lot) to help the victims. History said: "The poor people in jubei are unharmed. ”
To put it simply, his kindness to understand the sufferings of the people may be related to his own growth experience. According to records, when Dong Weicheng was young, his family was once very poor, and later after some efforts, he became rich.
What is valuable is that after getting rich, Dong Weicheng did not forget the hardships he had suffered, so he often took care of the poor. Whether it is a relative or a friend or an ordinary neighbor, as long as he asks him for help, he will generally agree. Over time, his reputation gradually spread in juzhou.
Later, the then Juzhou Zhizhou also heard about Dong Weicheng's deeds, and naturally praised this. According to the records of the "Reconstruction of Juzhi", Zhizhou once specially inscribed a plaque to commemorate Dong Weicheng's good deeds, and the plaque wrote four words: "Nengren can make it." "In ancient times, it was also quite a glorious thing to get such a plaque.