The connection between Chen Yuanguang's descendants and his hometown of "Gwangju Yiyang"

Text: Yang Feng

It is generally believed that from the second year of Emperor Gaozong of Tang (669 AD), when Chen Zheng was ordered to unify the lingnan marching governor into Zhangzhang, to the first year of Tang Xian's reign (670 AD), Chen Min and Chen Shi brothers led fifty-eight soldiers with the surname of Fu to come to the aid of their families, and Wei's mother accompanied Chen Yuanguang, who was only fourteen years old, and the family went south. It seems that there is not much contact between the Chen family and their hometown. Is this really the truth of history?

It is clearly recorded in the Chronicles of Gwangju that Chen Yuanguang - (Son) Jue - (Sun) Zhen - (Great-grandson) 詠 - (Great-grandson) Zhang Fu - (36th Grandson) Ye, except for Chen Yuanguang Zijue who avenged his father in Zhangzhou and presided over the indoctrination of Songzhou Academy, did not see contact with his hometown of "Gwangju", and several others frequently traveled between Gwangju and Zhangzhou.

Volume VIII of Shunzhi's Gwangju Chronicle, "Election Examination and Recommendation", records: "Tang Tianbaochu, Chen Yan, Gwangju people, Zuyuan Guanggong, Shishou Zhangzhou, Ju Min, Ju Xiucai, Zhichen Prefecture Ningyuan Order, see Li Linfu handle the country, fu retreat to Guangguang." In the Zhangzhou rebellion, the Min people asked the gong to be the history of Zhangzhou. Volume IX, "Character Examination (Part I), Xiangxian" records: "Chen Yu character has a qi, the old Gwangju people. Because of the merits of Zuyuan Guangshu Min, he guarded Zhangzhou and became a Min person. Father Jue ju ming jing, and the first award of Hanlin Xiucai, the granting of Chenzhou Ningyuan Order. In the capital, he saw Li Linfu and Yang Guozhongguo, had no intention of entering, and returned to Gwangju's old place, Kawahara was magnificent, and then lived in the new for several years. An Lushan was in turmoil, and the people of Zhangzhou observed the history of Fujian, begged to obey the old system, and ordered Chen Yan to lead the state affairs to save the people's livelihood. The dynasty is its request, it is to build a school extension teacher, hoe strong disaster relief, just like the grandfather's government. ”

Qianlong's "Gwangju Chronicle" volume 50, "Shi Xian Lie Biography (I)" article records: "Chen Zhen character has a leaf, the ancestor of Yiyang people. Because of the merits of Zuyuan Guangshu Min, he guarded Zhangzhou and became a Min person. Father Jue held up the Ming Sutra and the First Scripture, and gave Hanlin the will. He is virtuous and gentle, and has a history of juvenile scriptures. Tianbao six years, ju Xiucai, granted Chenzhou Ningyuan Order. In Beijing, he met Li Linfu and Yang Guozhongguo and had no intention of advancing. Visit the old part of Yiyang, the magnificent Kawahara, and then live in the new for several years. In the an Lushan rebellion, the people of Zhangzhou observed the history of Fujian, sued the beggar to abide by the old system of the first dynasty, and ordered Chen Yan to lead the state affairs to save the people's livelihood. Towards its please. Jianzhi Zhang, Jianxue Yanshi, hoe strong disaster relief, just like his ancestors kept Zhangzhang. (Verses of the Old Chronicles.) ）”

Guangxu's Gwangju Chronicle, volume VIII, records in the Biography of Shi Xian: "Tang Chen's character has a name for it, and the ancestors of Yiyang were born in Yiyang. Because of the merits of Zuyuan Guangshu Min, he guarded Zhangzhou and became a Min person. Father Jue held up the Ming Sutra and the First Scripture, and gave Hanlin the will. He is virtuous and gentle, and has a history of juvenile scriptures. Tianbao six years, ju Xiucai, granted Chenzhou Ningyuan Order. In Beijing, he met Li Linfu and Yang Guozhongguo and had no intention of advancing. Visit the old part of Yiyang, the magnificent Kawahara, and then live in the new for several years. In the an Lushan rebellion, the people of Zhangzhou observed the envoys of Fuzhou, sued the beggar to comply with the old system of the first dynasty, and ordered Chen Huan to lead the state affairs to save the people's livelihood. Towards its please. Jianzhi Zhang, Jianxue Yanshi, hoe strong disaster relief, just like his ancestors kept Zhangzhang. (Verses of the Old Chronicles.) ）”

These records directly name (Chen Yu) that his ancestor (Chen Yuanguang) was a Yiyang person, and there was an old one in Yiyang City. At the same time, it is also recorded that Chen Yu "visited the old part of Yiyang, the magnificent Kawahara, and lived for several years in the new" to avoid chaos, the rebellion of An Lushan, "the people of Zhangzhou observed the history of Fujian, begged to obey the old system, and ordered Chen Yu to lead the state affairs to save the people's livelihood." In the third volume of Guangxu's "Gwangju Chronicle" and the "Electoral History and Recommendation", it is directly recorded: "Tang Chen, a native of Tianbaojian Prefecture, Ju Xiucai, and the official Zhangzhou Assassin History." ”

In the three "Gwangju Chronicles", there are more records of the exchanges between Chen Xuan and Chen Zhangfu's father and son and their hometown of Gwangju.

Shunzhi's Gwangju Chronicle, volume VII, "Official Rank Kao Eunuch" records: "Tang Chen, Zhengya, Minren ... Father Ding was worried, and he revived Sima of Gwangju, and for more than twenty years, he kept his duties without scruples, and he trained envoys in the regiment of Benzhou, led and uprightly obeyed the constitution of the country, ordered prohibitions, and was virtuous. ”

"Chen Zhangfu, the word Shangguan, the word." In the early years of Tang Jianzhong, he held the Ming Classic, transferred to Luzhou Sili, Jizhou Beichai, Huaixi Governor's Mansion joined the army, Wu Shaocheng rebelled against Shangjing, at the age of nineteen, he was sima of Gwangju, and even substituted for his father Honshu Regiment, Yuan He three years transferred to Jingzhao Sitian and Lingdu Zhilangzhong, begging for his father's illness to end Gwangju, and commanding Xuzhi. Yuan He twelve years, the pawn, the coffin returned to Zhang. At the beginning of Emperor Jingzong, he restored Sima of Gwangju, added regiments to train envoys, the soldiers and the people loved like a loving mother, the four brothers were in Zhangzhang, and the gong actually lived in the floating light. ”

Qianlong's "Chronicle of Gwangju", vol. 47, "Biography of eunuchs (II)" records: "Chen Zi Zhangfu Chen Zhenzi Zhengya, formerly a Gwangju native. Because of the merits of Zuyuan Guangshu Min, Shi Shou Zhangzhou stabbed history, so he became a Min person....... In the twelfth year of Yuan He, Zhang Fu was buried in Zhang. At the beginning of Emperor Jingzong's reign, he reinstated Sima of Gwangju and added a regimental training envoy and a general of the auxiliary state. The people love like a loving mother. (Verses of the Old Chronicles.) ）”

Guangxu's "Gwangju Chronicle" Volume III, "Election History, County General" chapter records: "Tang Chenxuan, the official Honshu regiment training envoy. Chen Zhangfu (陈章甫), an envoy of the Guanben Prefecture Regiment. ”

These records clearly point out, "Chen Zhen, the official Honshu regimental training envoy." Chen Zhangfu (陳章甫), the official Ofe-honju regimental envoy", and at the same time Chen Shu died in Gwangju ("Yuan He 12th year, 詠卒, Fu Coffin Returned to Zhangzhang"), and Chen Zhangfu settled in Gwangju ("The four brothers were all in Zhang, and the Gong lived in Fuguangyan"). It is also recorded in the Xiazhang Chen Clan that "(Chen Zhen) guarded the Dragon Gate of Longyan and ordered his eldest son Zhang Fuxing to live in the old first place of Gwangju. This account is in contrast to the records in our three Gwangju Chronicles. What is even more worth pointing out is: "(Chen Zhen) ordered the eldest son Zhang Fuxing to live in the old first place of Gwangju." Chen Xuan named the eldest son "Chen Zhangfu", and the word "Zhangfu" was exactly next to the word "Zhangpu" that the Chen family had removed from the water character in the Shushou area of Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, and it can be guessed that it meant: let his son return to his hometown away from the seaside "Zhangpu", but do not forget the new hometown "Zhangpu". Chen Zhangfu is the eldest son of Chen Xuan, the eldest son stays in his hometown, and his four younger brothers are outside, which is also a consistent practice in ancient China and even modern times - "the eldest son does not leave the church". (An ancient custom, it can also be regarded as the legacy of traditional hierarchy, monarchy, and thought, under normal circumstances, the eldest son of a family is generally to set up a door and undertake the task of worshipping ancestors.) Therefore, it is generally not allowed to stay away from the ancestral homeland. Take precedence in the process of the brothers' separation of the family, and set an example in everything, leading the brothers in the clan to the lintel. ）

Nearly nine hundred years later, Chen Yuanguang's thirty-sixth grandson, Ming Wanli Bingzi, Zhiguang Prefecture affairs, Minlongxi Xiao Jie Chen Ye, once again connected his hometown of Gwangju with Fujian. Chen Ye wrote the preface to the Gwangju Chronicle of the Ming Dynasty. This edition of the Gwangju Chronicle has long been abandoned, leaving only some articles such as the old chronicle to be included in the later sequel of the Gwangju Chronicle. Chen Ye prefaced: "Ye Zhi's ancestor Yuanguang, Guangren also, Tang Shi accompanied his father to lead the army to Kill Min, because of the family. Now that the shou is a state, it is regarded as the sons and daughters of the men and wives of the state, and all the people of their townspeople are also people. The same article also said: "Ye Cheng lacks Gwangju." Guang is the juju prefecture of Runan, which belongs to Yi SI... The next year, fu de gu shi old mr. Ge Gongchen compiled the "ZhiLuo". It can be seen that Chen Yuanguang's thirty-sixth grandson, Chen Ye, did not refer to Gushi as Gwangju. Here, Chen Ye also clearly and unmistakably pointed out that his hometown is "Gwangju".

Shunzhi's Gwangju Chronicle, volume VII, "Official Rank Examination eunuch" recorded: "Chen Ye, the character Weishi, a native of Longxi, Fujian. At the beginning of the Wanli Calendar, he was given the honor of Gwangju Shou by lifting people. Its ancestor Yuanguang, born in Gwangju, had meritorious service in the Tang Dynasty and was kept of Min, because of the Min people. Li Shu, the gentleman of the state, is regarded as a gentleman of the state, and his marriage is better than the party. When the rulers of the world give different laws and practice a whip law, those who practice it are not completely good. Gong Yan visited the beetle, into a painting of a law, the people were sheltered by it, in front of the Temple of Literature to build the Longmen Kui Building, for the literary pen peak, the atmosphere is greatly invigorated, and the literary fortune is prosperous. Zhou Zhi was crippled, and Chen Zhang, who was hired by the Punishment Department, was repaired by Chen Zhang, and the scholar Felt Gongde, and used Yuanguang to seal the King of Guangji, to build a temple confucian xuedong, to eat public food, and to restore the name of the eunuch temple. ”

Qianlong's "Chronicle of Gwangju", vol. 48, "Eunuch Chronicles (III)": "Chen Ye's character is only real, a native of Longxi, Fujian. At the beginning of the Wanli Calendar, he was appointed as the guardian of Gwangju. His ancestor Yuanguang, a native of BenguangZhou, had meritorious service in the Tang Dynasty and lived in Min. Li Shu, the gentleman of the light, is more pro-married than the party. When the rulers of the world give different laws and perform a whip law, those who follow it are still not perfect. Ye Yan visited the people's secrets, eliminated their silver beetle shortcomings, in order to become a painting, people salty. Expanding the construction of the Xuegong, the revitalization of culture and education, and the mutilation of the state's zhi, the limousines of the county people's punishment department Langzhong Chen Zhang repaired. After he was gone, the people felt his virtue. Because Yuan Guang used to seal the King of Guangji, in order to build a temple Confucianism, he used Ye to eat and restore the name of the eunuch temple. (Verses of the Old Chronicles.) ）”

In The Eleventh Volume of Shunzhi's "Chronicle of Gwangju", "Yiwen Kao (Part I), Zhang Xianxian wrote an article entitled "Chen Gongtiao Whip DeZheng", praising Chen Yuanguang's thirty-sixth grandson Chen Ye for asking for the lives of the people of his hometown, good governance and loving the people: "The public name Xiao Yan, a native of Longxi County, Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. LingJiajing Jiazi Township recommendation, the year Jia Shu to the pro-elderly borrowing Lu Gur election, henan Runing Province Gwangju Zhizhou ... The public has the heart, the people have the reputation, the government of love for the public, the heart of the public... Those who succeed the people can allow ruoruzi and have a heart of justice, and the law of the law is also beneficial to the descendants of the people, and The Yuwen is also immortal. is for the record. This article is also recorded in Qianlong's "Chronicle of Gwangju".

Through these records, it can be seen that Chen Yuanguang's descendants, whether in the Tang Dynasty or later in the Ming Dynasty, had the same love for their hometown, and the people's admiration for Chen was also consistent, which was not only out of respect for the great hero Chen Yuanguang, but also for the chen descendants who did not forget their hometown and were full of affection for their hometown.

Through these records: "Visit the old part of Yiyang, the magnificence of Kawahara, and then live in the new for several years", "Gwangju with the father's illness", "The pawn, the coffin returns to Zhangzhang." At the beginning of Emperor Jingzong, he supplemented sima of Gwangju, added regiments to train envoys, the people loved like a loving mother, the brothers were all in Zhangzhou, and the gong actually lived in The Floating Guangyan" and "Now that shou is the state, it is regarded as the sons and daughters of the soldiers of the state, all of whom are also his townspeople", it can be seen that although the two places in Gwangju and Zhangzhou are far away, the transportation is inconvenient, and the information is even more closed, although at that time The Chen clan was already based in Zhangzhou, Fujian, but the contacts between Chen Yuanguang's descendants and their hometown of Gwangju Yiyang were still very close, and the feelings were uninterrupted.