In 230 BC, Qin Shi Huang sent Nei Shi Teng to attack Korea, captured Han Wang An, and Korea fell, setting up Yingchuan County in the korean homeland.
Yingchuan Commandery (颍川郡), named after Yingshui (颍水), was ruled by Yang Zhai in present-day Yuzhou, Henan. Yingchuan County included Xuchang, Pingdingshan, Luohe, Yuzhou, Dengfeng, and Changge in present-day Henan Province.
Yingchuan has always been a large county, and it is close to the ruling center of the Central Plains Dynasty, and since its establishment, it has long been the most populous and prosperous place outside the Beijing Division, so it has become the birthplace of many surnames in China.
Yingchuan is extremely well located. This has also led to it becoming a place of contention for soldiers since ancient times. At the time of the two Han Dynasties, various power groups competed for territory and constantly conquered each other. Among them, the main force of the New Mang Army, the Green Forest Army, Liu Xiu and other military groups once fought in the Yingchuan area. The Yingchuan people also followed the trend and actively participated in military struggles, becoming the main military force in Liu Xiu's early days. Since then, the Yingchuan Hao clan has also been closely involved in the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and is one of the three pillars of the establishment of the Eastern Han dynasty.
After the Eastern Han Dynasty fixed the capital Luoyang, the Yingchuan people relied on the advantage of being adjacent to the imperial capital, coupled with their sensitivity to politics, often heard the wind and moved, and encountered events. It is very successful in the official arena. Since the two Han Dynasties, the Yingchuan people are mostly enthusiastic about political activities, and they are mostly able to give full play to their strengths in the chaotic world and take advantage of the situation. Therefore, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the imperial court will fall, the world will be chaotic, Yingchuan famous scholars will emerge, and the Yingchuan family will prosper.
In addition, under the baptism of the education of the two Han classics, there is a strong atmosphere of study in the Yingchuan area. While pursuing Confucian knowledge, Yingchuan Shiren is also constantly broadening their horizons and expanding their thinking. The act of studying also strengthened the connection between the Yokawa scholars. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the purpose of the scholar's study tour was to make friends and seek fame and participate in political activities, the Yingchuan people, as an active member of the society at that time, actively participated in it and became the backbone.
Since ancient times, there is a saying of Yingchuan Doqishi, and now we will explain in detail the four famous families that originated in Yingchuan.
Yingchuan County, Qin Dynasty
First, the Yingchuan Zhong clan
Yingchuan Zhongshi is one of the four major families in the Southern and Northern Dynasties of Wei and Jin, this family can be traced back to Yin Zhou, down to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, in this time span of more than a thousand years, reached its peak in the Wei and Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties period, contributing to Cao Wei Zhong, Zhong Yu, Zhong Hui and other talents.
Among them, Zhong Xuan managed Guanzhong for Cao Wei, allowing local production to resume, and Zhong Yu helped quell Zhuge Shi's Rebellion in Huainan, and Zhong Hui was a major contributor to the destruction of Shu.
The yingchuan Zhong clan can always be traced back to Zhong Jieshang, who was the second son of the famous general Zhong Liming under Xiang Yu during the Chu and Han dynasties. After Xiang Yu Wujiang killed himself, Zhong Liyi defected to Han Xin' command, but was eventually killed. When the clock was separated from the Order of the Yingchuan Changsha, in order to avoid being implicated in himself, he removed the word "away" in the middle and became the bell connection.
In this way, the Yingchuan Zhong clan was passed down from generation to generation in the hands of Zhong Li, and by the time of the tenth generation of Zhong Hao, he was knowledgeable and had a high moral, and was respected by the scholars at that time, and together with Chen Yi, Xun Shu, and Han Shao, he was collectively known as the Four Chiefs of Yingchuan. Only after this, the Zhong family began to gain fame.
According to the Later Han Shu Xun Han Zhong Zhan Biography: "Zhong Hao character Ji Ming, Yingchuan Changshe people also." For the county surname, the law of the world's good punishment"
Yeongcheon-gun
It can be seen from this that at that time, the Yingchuan Zhong clan was already quite famous, but in the hands of Zhong Hao, this famous and prestigious clan was further improved.
In the twelfth generation of the Yingchuan Zhong clan, the most honorable person in the entire family appeared, that is, Zhong Xuan. Since he was promoted to filial piety by Yingchuan Taishou, he has successively served as an official such as Yangling Ling and Huangmen Shilang.
When Li Dai, Guo Feng, and others were in turmoil in the capital and controlling the government, Zhong Xuan persuaded these two people with his three-inch tongue, allowing Cao Cao to get in touch with the imperial court, which was the first major contribution he made to Cao Wei.
By the time of jian'an in the second year, there was a point of intolerable water and fire between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in the north, and if the two sides were not careful, they might directly start a fight. In order to better use Yuan Shao for a decisive battle, Cao Cao must first get rid of Lü Bu's troubles. However, he was also afraid that Yuan Shao would collude with Ma Teng and others in the northwest, so he sent Zhong Xuan to Zhenfu Guanzhong, so that Cao Cao had no worries about the west, which was the second major contribution that Zhong Xuan made to Cao Wei.
Zhong Xuan also recruited displaced people in the Guanzhong area, which led to the rapid recovery and development of the local economy, and at the Time of Guandu, he also provided Cao Cao with a thousand good horses, which greatly enhanced his cavalry ability, which was the third major contribution that Zhong Xuan made to Cao Wei.
Therefore, the Zhong family reached its peak in the hands of Zhong Xuan, and the descendants of successive generations were blinded. Subsequently, it began to gradually weaken, but with the help of the door valve system, it was still a family that ordinary people could not climb high.
Zhong Xuan
Second, Yingchuan Chen
The Yingchuan Chen clan can be traced back to the Chen Guoshang in the Spring and Autumn Period. During the period of Chen Ligong, there was a civil unrest in the State of Chen, and one of the princes named Chen Guan, in order to take refuge, ran to the State of Qi to change his surname to Tian, and after several generations of unremitting efforts, finally something happened that changed the direction of the entire spring and autumn Warring States history - Tian Shi DaiQi, The State Minister Tian He, after a struggle, and finally replaced the Jiang clan to take power in the State of Qi.
Later, after Qin Shi Huang pacified the Six Kingdoms and unified the world, the descendants of the Tian clan chose to change their surnames one after another in order to better carry out political refuge, and since their ancestor Chen Guan came from chen guo, there was such a descendant of the Tian clan who changed his surname back and became the descendants of the Chen clan, and simply moved to Yingchuan, the hometown of the Chen kingdom, which became the beginning of the Future Yingchuan Chen clan.
At this time, the Yingchuan Chen clan was still a small and unknown family, and it was only in the hands of Chen Yi and his two sons Chen Ji and Chen Chen during the Eastern Han Dynasty that they began to shine. By the end of the Han Dynasty, the Wei and Jin dynasties, the Yingchuan Chen clan had reached its peak, becoming the family clan at that time, and also becoming the most prominent branch of the Chen family. For Cao Wei, Chen Qun, Chen Tai and other talents were donated.
The Yingchuan Chen clan entered the Wei and Jin dynasties from the end of the Han Dynasty, and the descendants of more than ten generations of noble people, the family status of three hundred years without falling, can be said to be one of the most distant family families in the Wei and Jin dynasties. In contrast, the so-called Wang Xie Family can only be regarded as a rising star.
Chen Qun
Third, the Yingchuan Xun clan
Yingchuan Xun clan is also one of the famous clans in the Wei and Jin dynasties, dating back to the Zhou Dynasty period of the people Ji surname, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Jin state has a doctor called Xun Xi, he has three grandsons have become Qing Dafu, so at that time it was also a large family, can be roughly divided into three branches: the Zhonghang Xun clan, Xun Zhi clan, Xun Cheng clan. These three tribes were evenly established, and later because of the name of Emperor Xuan of Han, he was called Liu Yuan, and in order to avoid it, he could only change his surname to Sun.
Later, when sun Sui of the eleventh generation moved the whole clan to live in Yingchuan, he changed his surname back to Xun, which is the source of the Yingchuan Xun clan.
Xun Sui gave birth to a son named Xun Shu, who was the first representative figure of the Yingchuan Xun clan and was also known as one of the four chiefs along with Zhong Hao and others. Prior to this, the Yingchuan Xun clan was still relatively thin, and there were still relatively few people. But fortunately, Xun Shu was very good at giving birth, a total of eight sons, all of whom were talents, and people at that time called it the Eight Dragons, and since then, his family members have gradually become rich and become a famous local family.
His family members had close contacts with the local Chen family, and then obtained a large number of opportunities to enter the family and gradually became a family family. During the Three Kingdoms period, the Xun family married a large number of marriages with Cao Wei, obtained a large number of gifts, and greatly improved their political status. The Xun family also contributed talents such as Xun Yu and Xun You to Cao Wei.
Later, through the Gaopingling Incident, the Sima family eliminated the power of the Cao clan headed by Cao Shuang, and thus controlled the entire political situation. In order to maintain their position, the Xun family abandoned this patron of the Cao clan and turned to the Sima clan. After the Jin Dynasty's imperial family crossed south, the Yingchuan Xun clan lost its previous political position and gradually went into decline.
Xun Yu
4. Yingchuan Han clan
Representative figures: Han Shao, Han Fu.
Han Shao and Zhong Hao, Xun Shu, and Chen Yu of the same Yingchuan County were all famous for their high and virtuous deeds, collectively known as the Four Chiefs of Yingchuan. The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: "Since the chapter and the future, those who have made good achievements are often endless. Such as Lu Gong, Wu You, Liu Kuan and Yingchuan Sichang, with benevolence and sincerity, so that people do not deceive. ”