94 10 1118 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Texts: Lu Family Compound IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 39b0e445-f635-4452-8236-26296f43d5ef Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The Biography of Lady Jia (1355-1428) Written by her grandson Lu Tao in 1488  “The Biography of our Late Grandmother nee Jia, [with the title of] the Lady of Grand Humility.” As to the late Grandmother, the Lady of Grand Humility, her given name was Guang 光 (Light), and her surname was Jia. Among her ancestors in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) was Chong 寵, a grandson of Jia Changchao, [who bore the honorary posthumous name] Wenyuan (Font of the Civil) enfeoffed as Wei (魏國文元公). Ever since Chong moved from Zhending to Dongyang, he embraced the virtuous township Nanxi (Southern Stream). His grandson Yan 炎 took office as the Vice-Minister of the Ministry of State Affairs. Yan begot Yuan 淵, who became the magistrate of Changxi. Yuan’s son, Tingzuo賈廷, passed the jinshi examination [in 1132], and was Registrar of Tonglu county [in Muzhou, Liangzhe] (授桐廬簿). During the Shaoxing reign period (1131-1162), he sent up a memorial arguing for reconciliation with the Jurchen, and later received an imperial decree appointing him as Reviser [rank 8a official in a central government agency]. His loyalty and righteousness was widely known throughout the nation. Every generation produced outstanding figures, so that all society recognized them as a great lineage. A few generations later, Hua, who commanded a garrison (zhen 鎭), divided his branch from the lineage and moved to Xixi (Western Stream). He was the seventh generation ancestor of the Lady of Grand Humility. Her grandfather Zifang and her father Juqing both personified hidden virtue. Her mother was Ms Chuan.  Our late grandmother was endowed with wisdom and brilliance, and received the family learning in childhood. She was able to learn by heart all the Classics, histories, and the affairs of the past and present that her father and brothers studied and recited. When she became old, she was able to educate sons and daughters-in-law by drawing on [the knowledge she had acquired]. As to children’s learning and woman’s work, she was able to do these without having been [formally] taught. When she reached the age of marriage, she was married to our grandfather Tianbao, who had the style name Yuanding. Our great grandfather said that he was the first son of Yizhong 怡仲. On the day [of marriage when] our late grandmother offered gifts to her parents-in-law, our great grandfather was delighted and said: “She will bring prosperity to our lineage.” In the early period of the dynasty, the laws were harsh. In 1393, the Guiyou 癸酉 year of the Hongwu reign period (1368-1398), our great grandfather was employed in the transportation of tax grain all the way to the capital; he was implicated when those in the same service group missed the arrival deadline; he died on the road at an inn. Three brothers of our great grandfather died one after another in this unfortunate affair [in fact, they were executed]. When the court again drafted young men of conscription age and sent them to remote frontiers for military purposes, our grandfather was the only person who remained, and had to make a living on his own. At the time, three of our grand uncles were no more than children, and our grandmother was already pregnant. Our grandfather said thoughtfully: “our grandfather accumulated virtue and humanity, but he passed away before he could see the fruits. Now all our family members have been sent to remote frontiers for military service; fathers and sons cannot protect themselves and nobody eats properly in our family. Someone must be devoted to maintaining the ancestral sacrifices (宗祀).” He then had our grandmother assume the responsibility of caring for the orphans in the lineage. Although he did not say anything clearly, he surreptitiously expressed his will and lamented: “Husband and wife are originally a pair of birds in the same tree, but when this big calamity befell them, each flew away to different directions.” Grandmother gave solace to them and persuaded them, but did not do so because she felt compelled to (祖妣慰解之, 猶未爲必然). When she suddenly found herself at this critical juncture, she did not shrink away (俄而密地竟不諱矣). At the time, our grandfather was forty years old; he had become extremely sick and it was impossible to tell when he would get well. From this point on, she grieved to the point that she became sick and extremely emaciated. It looked as if she would not recover. She had nobody to rely upon, and neighbors in the lineage who encroached on the fishing [rights of her household] caused troubled and wrought havoc. Thus our grandmother barely had time to rest. She was derided as an outsider in [lineage activities such as] funerals and sacrificial rites. In the meantime, she relied on her parents’ home to care for all the orphaned children. She would pray in silence, wishing that all would be safe and sound. One night in her dreams, she saw a silk quilt spread inside the hall, on which were embroidered four children, one in each of the four corners, and a lady in the middle. Our grandmother saw great grandfather, who pointed to it and said: “How beautiful this quilt is! Carefully preserve it in secret.” She also dreamed of four persimmons (柿 ), two red and two blue, tied up to the tip of a tree (綴於樹杪). The next day, she told the people around; those who understood it all said that it was an auspicious dream, a sign that her posterity would flourish, and it would be so because her filial piety resonated with [heaven]. From then on, our grandmother moved with caution; she was worried and apprehensive; but she was firmly determined, she made great efforts and her will was solid, like iron and rock. Taxes and labor service were complicated and demanding, and there were difficulties in both public matters and private affairs (公私交蠹); however, she never made a mistake in daily conduct. After a while, even the lesser members of the lineage were shamed and voluntarily obeyed her. As uncle Ji grew up, she found him a teacher to improve his learning. Not long after, the family settled down. When she administered the lineage matters, she was diligent and hard-working; she completed the unfulfilled tasks of the generation. By taking from the better-off to support the worse-off, [she made sure that] the lineage never suffered insufficiencies. When lineage members had a death in the household or faced a disaster, she always took from those who had more than enough and supported them. Grandfather left approximately one hundred ounces (liang) of silver as well as gold, jades, pearls, and jade. She cherished them, and did not dare sell them off in times of hardship. She entrusted them to the head of the lineage [in the next generation]. Great grandmother Lady Ge passed away fifteen days after giving birth to grandfather Pu. Although grandmother had never seen her, when the day for sacrificial rites came she never failed to offer sacrifices to her and shed tears. Since matters concerning her as a mother-in-law were never-ending, she had no time for her own business, and even kept her hair-do in place (嘗制爲彩) [to save time for the preparation of rituals]. Great grandfather warned against it, saying: “do not put all your efforts into this matter. I will have a maid provide you with a water basin and towel [so that she can do your hair].” Grandmother did not do the job again by herself, but kept his words deep in her heart and did not forget them. She treated sisters-in-laws and wives of brothers-in-law with humility and harmony; she controlled the persons in the lineage with rigorousness and benevolence. Grandfather had two cousins; the elder died young; the younger was still a child. As the requirements of tax and labor service were heavy and complicated to a degree they could not possibly meet, it was the common consensus of the lineage to divide up the family property and have [each household] pay for its own labor service obligations. Grandmother said: once the property is divided, how could we ever put it back together? She strongly urged grandfather to block the consensus and maintain the property, and wait until [the economic situation] of the lineage was firmly established. A brother of great grandfather died without a son; according to ritual, grandfather should have been the one to carry on his line, but the wife of the grand uncle, on her own authority, chose a close member of her own [natal] family and illegitimately established an exogenous branch. Our grandmother sent a man to seek redress from the government (直于官), but his appeal was turned away. Grandmother said in regret: “I did it only for righteousness; I’ve never struggled for the sake of property. Now we have lost our sisterhood, she turned us away and insists on her own way.” When the county government had organized local affairs, great grandfather had been appointed Tax Captain (liangzhang 糧長). Those appointed to the same service duty wanted to collect silk and celebrate this event. But it was impossible to reach a consensus, and [the celebration] was about to be cancelled. When grandmother heard this, she instantly took out a large sheet of red silk from her makeup box without considering its price. People were delighted and elated. Grandfather was much perplexed, and said: “Since we already share the same obligations, we should share the same weal and woe. If someone deviates from the [right] path, he should be subject to blame. How could I alone be exempted [from these obligations]?” Her management of the family created a rigorous atmosphere, within and without. Sons and wives were as reverent and decorous as in the imperial court. In general, when someone deviated from moral instruction and did not realize their mistakes quickly enough, her anger would mount until it burst out. When our second uncle (father’s second elder brother, 次伯父) passed the civil service jinshi examination and returned home, he verbally offended the first uncle. Grandmother angrily faulted him and flew into a temper. Second uncle received a flogging on his bare back (肉袒負荊) and had to kneel before her chair and apologize for his misdeed. She forgave him only after ten days. Even when drinking [a cup of water] or eating [a spoonful of rice], she did not act improperly. In his early years, grandfather went out and drank with his friends, and brought back home some leftover food. Grandmother said: “those who are wholesome do not accept the food thrown at them impolitely (嗟來之食).” Grandfather was so ashamed that he finally quit drinking. When local functionaries (鄕邑所轄者) sent gifts of food, she warned against giving it to the sons to eat: this was because she was afraid doing so might not be completely in accordance with righteousness and because she wanted to guard against arousing desire for property and food (饕餮之欲). In the days when she was taking care of orphans and widows there might be some suspicion [that she herself might be subject to certain desires] but she tried to thwart it. For example, in raising livestock she never raised males. When there was a sacrificial rite, because our uncle was still a small child, grandmother always filled his stomach before sending him to participate in the ceremony. Her character was calm and poised, and she took little pleasure in showing off. When our uncle passed the examinations, she expressed no delight. She lamented instead: “People say fame is good; but when fame comes to an end, how will they act?” When our uncle rose to the post of Censor (御史), she frowned. When somebody asked why she replied: “How could one who holds an office [with the power of assigning] punishment ever avoid causing others to harbor grievances [against him]? Only when he is appointed to an office [with responsibility for] education will he begin to live up to my expectations.”  When her sons asked to draw her portrait for later generations to look up to her, grandmother said in anxiety: “Unfortunately I was born a woman. I regret I have not left the world earlier; I would have erased my worldly traces more quickly. Why would I want to pass down my ugly face to posterity? Even if a wife is old, it is hardly legitimate to have a painter to embellish her façade.” She would not accept their request. Throughout the region, when people far and near spoke about the exemplary worthies of the inner quarters (內範之賢), grandmother always came first. When she was ill in bed, first uncle was working as a vice magistrate in Ninghua county 寧化 in Min Prefecture (in Fujian). He hurried back home by taking a shortcut. He led her offspring to sit by her sickbed and hear her utter her last instructions. Grandmother finally passed away on the 21st day of the fourth month in the Wushen 戊申 year of the Xuande reign period (1428,). She was born in the Yiwei year of the Zhizheng reign period (1355,), and was seventy-four years old when she died. Because of the prestige of the second son, the title of Grand Lady of Reverence (太孺人) was bestowed upon her; she was also given the title of Grand Lady of Modesty (太恭人).  She had four sons: the first was Hua whose rank reached that of magistrate in Bo county 亳 (in Guide Prefecture, Henan); the second son was Rui 睿, whose rank reached Junior Vice Censor-in-chief (右副都御史); the third was Kui 圭 and the fourth was Zhang 章. Among the grandchildren, only three have biographies (狀志). ... In the twelfth month of the year in which grandmother passed away (1428), she was buried at the ancestral tomb site on East Mountain of our village. Grandfather’s tomb was moved and he was buried together with grandmother [at this site]. The fourth son Zhang, Chief Supervising Secretary (都給事中), was given a biography, but it is too terse and incomplete. Therefore, what is written on his tomb is also curt. The benevolence and virtue of our fathers and brothers was written in the old genealogies, which have unfortunately been destroyed. Alas! In face of disasters and shifts in fortune, grandmother protected the lineage from the dangers of collapse and downturn, aided orphans to stand on their own, and finally restored the lineage. Even a brilliant man would have found this extremely difficult. We her offspring should never forget the completeness of her talent and intelligence, the far-reaching power of her virtue and benevolence. How could we dare not write [of her great achievement] in detail? My (Tao’s 濤) late mother was like a child of grandmother, and served at her side from her young years on. Therefore, she knew grandmother quite thoroughly. Whenever she thought about the great virtue of our late grandmother, she taught us brothers [with her memories of her]. Therefore her words still remain with us. Our grandmother has been dead for sixty years till now (於今五紀), and all our fathers and brothers have passed away: those days are gone and traces are scarce. If nobody in the future knows anything about this, it would be tantamount to leaving posterity ignorant. How could they ever overcome hardship [without knowing our grandmother’s example]? For this reason, I, Tao, have cautiously written down what I have heard in order to transmit it for eternity. In my view, should any of our progeny who read this record in the future and do not feel the pain of our grandparents’ disastrous experiences or do not feel the grace and virtue of our grandparents and shed tears should not be considered offspring of the Lu family. Grandson Tao bows down in tears and solemnly writes.  From From the Yaxi Lu Genealogy I, pp. 206-210 Translated by Song Jaeyoon; revised by Peter Bol Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Biography of Lady Jia Subject The topic of the resource Lady Jia Guang (1355-1428) Written by her grandson Lu Tao in 1488 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Texts: Lu Family Compound IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 39b0e445-f635-4452-8236-26296f43d5ef Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The gentleman’s name was Daoqing, his courtesy name was Yizhong, and his surname was Lu. His family had resided in Yaxi in Dongyang County of Jinhua Prefecture for generations. He planted four or five pines in the courtyard, and strolled among them everyday to read ancient books. Therefore he gave himself the style name “Pine Studio”.<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1">[1]</a> He lost his father when he was nine years old. He stood out distinctively among the common children. He did not need to be taught to learn all that he was capable of. After grew up, he associated with other literati. He studied The Book of Documents and the histories, and he understood clearly ancient and modern affairs. He knew [the distinction between] righteousness and profit, and between what was of fundamental and of secondary importance. Everything he did was satisfying to others. He was born to a rich family, yet he was frugal, having no more than one dish at a meal and no more than one color for his clothing. Whether serving his parents or entertaining guests, he was extremely reserved. In everyday affairs, he would not utter one word rashly nor would unless it was according to the rules. Whether he was pleased or angry it was not immediately apparent to others.  He seemed passive as if there was nothing he could do. But when righteousness called for action, he was determined and energetic, unafraid to do what was necessary, rather than being led by popular custom. He was known for his filial piety in attending to his mother; he attended to his uncle Mr. “Tranquil Studio” as if he was his own father; and he treated his younger brothers with fraternal love and sincerity. When he once served as the Tax Captain<a href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2">[2]</a> in the township he never abused his power to collect a single coin extra. [When there was a shortfall] he would donate his own money to cover [government] expenses. If someone was too poor to pay his taxes, he usually paid it for him. One year when there was a bad harvest, a thief assembled a group of followers and robbed several hundred piculs of rice that [Mr. Pine Studio] had stored up. He put it aside and did not ask. Later someone got the name of the thief and reported it to him. He thanked the person and said: “Thank you for telling me the name of the thief. However, I have a surplus and he is impoverished. He did this because he had no other resort, and by doing so he simply exempted me from giving relief. He kept on lending his own savings to hungry people. He would burn the notes of those unable to repay him, after a year. His brother-in-law, Li Minyi, was implicated in a crime and imprisoned. The prison wardens asked for one hundred taels of silver. Since Li was poor and had no resources, [Mr. Pine Studio] paid the prison warden out of his savings. After he was released Li had nowhere to turn, [Mr. Pine Studio] again sympathized and invited him and his family to stay with him; he supported them for several years, letting them go only after Li could get by on his own. A certain Hu Jianshan was related to someone who had committed a crime and his property had been confiscated. The police demanded money and valuables, but there was none to be had and so he beat [Hu] badly and [Hu] suffered greatly. [Mr. Pine Studio] again gave his own money to [the envoy]. When later Hu Jianshan was pardoned and came back [Mr. Pine Studio] never asked for repayment. In the village there was a youth of the Yen family, an orphan too poor to support himself. The prefectural government called him up for immediate service as a clerk. [Mr. Pine Studio] said sorrowfully: “If this youth goes and serves as a clerk, there is no possibility that he will survive!” So he hid him in his home and helped him escape. It cost huge amount of money, all from his own wealth. In the end Yen became a good person. After his two younger brothers grew up and married, they asked him to divide [their father’s] estate. He thus divided it up into equal portions. A few years later, the youngest brother again wanted more of an estate from his share so he immediately ceded it to him without being stingy. As for the hundreds of kinds of taxes, he paid them all by himself, without involving his two younger brothers. He was endowed by Heaven with a nature that was pure and sincere, which when put into practice took the form of humaness and love; he was sincere in his affection toward relatives and was more eager to save others from misfortune than to [solve his own] hunger and thirst. Most of his deeds were like this. Since he died in the thirtieth year of Hongwu reign period (1397) thirty years have passed. The township elders and those who knew the gentleman could all relate [his deeds]. He had five sons. The eldest is Yuanding, who fathered Hua and Rui. Today, Hua is the Vice Magistrate of Ninghua County. Hui passed the civil service examination in the same year as I. Once Rui visited me and sobbingly told me of the virtuous deeds of his grandfather. Fearing that they would pass into oblivion he asked me for a biography. I observe that when Sima Qian composed “the Biography of Fan Kuai” <a href="#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3">[3]</a>, he wrote at the end of the biography: “I have associated with Fan Taguang, Kuai’s grandson so I have described [Kuai’s] deeds for him.” Without doubt Kuai’s great and remarkable deeds should be transmitted to later generations so that all would hear of them. However, Sima Qian described them for Taguang because he wanted [his descendants] to preserve them for generations to come. Only a few people in the world are capable of all the gentleman’s deeds. He came approached “the humane men and morally superior men” of antiquity. His deeds should be listed as instructions for the men of the township and the youth, so that they will know what to follow, as well as for men such as Rui who want them preserved for later generations. Thus I have recorded, in the hope that they will not fall into the shade. On the first day of the third month of spring, in the first year of Hongxi reign period (1425),  Written by Bearing the title of Metropolitan Graduate, Gentleman-Confucian, Senior Compiler of Hanlin Academy, Zeng Heling of Taihe. <hr /> <ul> <li><a href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1">[1]</a> He lived from 1325 to 1397. </li> <li><a href="#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2">[2]</a> During the Ming dynasty a “Tax Captains” (liang zhang) were in charge of collecting tax grain; they were chosen from among the more affluent local families. The Tax Captains collected the tax grain from the heads of the ten-household group that formed a Village Tithing (li jia) and delivered it to the capital or elsewhere as directed. </li> <li><a href="#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3">[3]</a> “The Biography of Fan Kuai” is one of the biographies in the great historian Sima Qian’s (ca. 145-ca. 86 BC) Records of the Grand Historian.</li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Biography of Mr. Pine Studio (1325-1397) IIIF Item Metadata UUID 216eac75-e850-4d68-b1f2-b5219a68215e https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/chinalocal/original/39caa39b81111d831f18515f5986c2b3.jpg 97c7b285bab6145e35b5d8aa18eb0cbd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Still Images: Lu Family Compound IIIF Collection Metadata UUID e015e3b9-b7f1-4863-ab9a-0d0dcd11d584 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource The first memorial arch of the entrance: 'Provincial COmmissioner'. It was first established in 1577, and was recently restored in 1997. Title A name given to the resource The first gate Relation A related resource 2 Type The nature or genre of the resource photo IIIF Item Metadata UUID da30bda6-3d0c-4168-ad94-98b024d240c5 lu_fam-formal_entrance Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Texts: Lu Family Compound IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 39b0e445-f635-4452-8236-26296f43d5ef Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document “Family Record” is an alternative name for “Genealogy.” A clan has a genealogy to preserve its origin correctly, distinguish near and distant relatives, and illuminate the significance of respecting ancestors and venerating primogenitors. [A family] begins from one man, but [the number of his descendants] may reach tens, hundreds, thousands, and ten thousands. Unless there is a genealogy to unite them there will be few who do not see each other as strangers. It has been fifteen generations since the Registrar (Lu Shi, cir., 1065) moved to Dongyang county. We have maintained benevolence and uprightness without interruption so that we may be able to extend our virtues through generations infinitely and spread our family reputation inexhaustibly. Unfortunately, the old genealogy was lost at the fire of the dingwei year of the Chenghua reign period (1487). My father (Lu Rong 盧溶, 14th gen., 1413-1489) did not know what to do. He told my uncle Benyuan (本源, Lu Tao 盧濤, 14th gen., 1437-1501) to plan a way to continue it; he searched and gathered materials and found charts and drafts in the lineage. However, there was nothing on the ancestors’ virtues; there was just enough to reconstruct the line of descent. When they wanted to do a complete new edition they could not due to my father’s illness. Alas! In the gengxu year of the Hongzhi reign period (1490) this unfilial person was left alone [by my father’s death]. My uncle reminded me of my father’s order, causing me to feel deep and unbearable sorrow. So I asked others help in the work of revision and we used every method we could. We added what was lost or missing; we reorganized what was in disorder; we corrected what was inaccurate; we removed what was dubious. We did not date groundlessly to add anything if was not in the old [edition]. We also purchased certain amount of verse and prose from relatives and friends. With the supplements it was neither too excessive nor too brief; it came to six volumes. In the jiayin year (1494) we were ready to hire the printers but the two volumes of “Past Virtues” and “Funerary Texts” were still not finished. It was seven years later in the xinyou year of the Hongzhi reign period (1501) that the compilation was complete. Hurrah! It is not filial both to forget [one’s own] ancestors, not is it filial to claim [others’ ancestors as one’s own]. I see today that people often discard their real origins and falsely arbitrarily claim [membership in] other lineages in order to embellish their claim to a good pedigree. How can they avoid scorn and criticism from true gentlemen? My uncle worried deeply about this, therefore in editing he wrote according to facts in every instance so that there was not the slightest falsehood. Had not my uncle meticulously investigated things it would not have been so accurate and truthful. When the book was done he said we ought to have a preface in front. I had resigned from office due to illness, and could not go to ask a famous person for one. So for the meantime I have written a brief account of the project as above. If in the future someone is interested and collect [the necessary information] and plans [a new compilation] then our purpose in doing this will not have entirely been lost. Written by [Lu] Ge, (盧格, 1450-1516), fifteenth generation descendant, Metropolitan Graduate, with the rank of Gentleman-Literatteur, Investigating Censor for Jiangxi Province, in the fifteenth day of the sixth month, in the summer of the xinyou year of the Hongzhi reign period (1501) of the Ming. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Fourth Preface IIIF Item Metadata UUID 0e64f391-3a1f-426b-843e-511826ef09f3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Locations: Lu Family Compound IIIF Collection Metadata UUID ef1dea0a-d225-47cd-a967-29f9e4289186 Taggregator This Item Type is used as a location placeholder to aggregate Items based on tags. Primary Tag lu_fam-hallway Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Texts: Lu Family Compound IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 39b0e445-f635-4452-8236-26296f43d5ef Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document It was in the autumn of the gengchen year (2000) when the Committee for the Recompilation of the Genealogy of the Lu Residential Compound, a National Level Unit for the Preservation of Cultural Relics, invited me to write a preface for the [new] genealogy of the Lus of Yaxi. Aware that the responsibility was too heavy for me to shoulder and that I am of little talent and shallow knowledge, I originally intended to politely decline. However, it occurred to me that the Lus of Yaxi and the Lus of Lingshan share the same root and origin, both being form the descendants of Grand Duke Jiang, the a Chief Councilor of the Zhou dynasty. Thus, despite [my] crudeness, I am writing a bit to record their greatness. According to the historical record, Grand Duke Jiang assisted King Wu in punishing Zhou, [the last emperor] of the Yin dynasty, and in taking the empire. [When King Wu] divided up the land, [he] enfeoffed the Duke’s father as Marquis of Qi(the fief was in the eastern part of contemporary Shandong). Lü Chi, Duke Wen, who was the seventh generation descendant of Grand Duke Jiang, had a son named Gao 高. At this point they began to take Gao as their clan name. Gao Xi, who was Gao’s grandson, was a high minister of the state of Qi and helped establish Xiaobai [as the new lord of the state with the title of] Duke Huan. For this he was given the walled town of Luzi as his fief; he changed the clan name from Gao to Lu 盧. This is why historians consider Gao Xi to be the primogenitor of all [those with the surname] Lu.  [Gao] Xi’sdescendants proliferated like thickly leaved spreading branches. The family tradition of learning was thus long established and men of talent came forth in droves. In Qing there was the Erudite Lu Ao. In early Han there was Lu Huan, King of Yan; the names of both are in the histories. In Eastern Han there was the great Confucian scholar Lu Zhi, who gained a great reputation. Cao Cao once said in admiration: “Secretary Lu is the hope of the world, the bulwark of the state” and warned his troops not to trespass on his village, such was his respect for Lu Zhi. [Lu] Zhi’s descendents continued without interruption; we can trace their lines. The histories say that [Lu] Yu, son of [Lu] Shi, served the Wei dynasty as Minister of Works, and [Lu] Ting, his grandson, served the Jin dynasty as Director of the Palace Library. The lineage flourished, gaining examination degrees and court rank without interruption. According to the historical record, in the Tangthe Lus produced eight Chief Councilors and three hundreds and twenty odd metropolitan graduates. In fact, the Cuis and the Lus produced more high officials and metropolitan graduates than the Li and the Zheng[clans] and even Li Shimin, the Tang emperor Taizong, lamented himself that “my clan cannot match the Lu clan.” Over thousands of years things change; what was once part of the sea becomes land for mulberry trees and grain. Lu Shi 盧寔 (cir., 1065), the Registrar of Wu county, was the first to move to Qiaosi (“Clever Brook”) in Dongyang, . Four generations later Yuanfu (Lu Yuanfu 盧員甫, 4th gen.) moved on to Yaxi (雅溪, “Elegant Brook”) and became the primogenitor of the Yaxi Lus. Four generations later the brothers of [Lu] Dazhen (盧大振, 8th gen., 1227-1298) and [Lu] Dacheng (盧大成, 8th gen., 1232-1276) through connections my marriage became Commandant-escort of Prince Wei of the Song imperial clan. When the Mongols [i.e. the Yuan dynasty] invaded the Central Plain, they raised troops to resist the Yuan. The battle was lost and they were killed, and several hundred of their kin were slaughtered. It is said that due to this the waters of Elegant Brook red. How dreadful! This story was transmitted from the elders to sons and grandsons, for whom not-serving in the Yuan government was righteous. In the ancestral hall a descendant wrote the couplet: “Their bodies reverted to purity: they could serve the Song government but withdrew in the Yuan. They bring glory to their descendants: though they have vanished their virtue is not forgotten.” From this we can see how greatly the Lu descendants honored the two words, “Spirit [of] Integrity (氣節).” When the Ming dynasty replaced the Yuan, the Hongwu Emperor Zhu [Yuanzhang] adopted the proposals of Confucian scholars Ye Shi (葉適, 1150-1223) and Song Lian (宋濂, 1310-1380) and held examinations to recruit literati. Beginning with Lu Rui’s (盧睿, 13th gen., 1390-1462) success in passing the metropolitan examination in the xinchou year of the Yongle reign period (1421), [the Lus] produced [in total] eight metropolitan graduates, twenty nine provincial graduates, and one hundred and fifty odd officials in the Ming and Qing. How they flourished! After the examination system was abolished at the end of the Qing and the modern school system was established, the number of Lus who have entered into advanced educational institutions has been increasing as quickly as bamboo shoots after a spring rain. I will omit repeating the number of them, since that list is already recorded in the Generational Transmission section [of the new genealogy.] Today government policy works and people are in harmony, hundreds of things abolished [after the founding of the PRC] have now been revived. Everywhere work on compiling genealogies has been not uncommon and the compilation of local gazetteers is something everyone knows about. Publication must not be delayed. Lu lineage members were concerned that the old writings of their ancestors and such have not been compiled for a long time and determined to take action. They carefully selected over forty elders who were familiar with ancient literature and organized a Committee for the Compilation of the Yaxi Lu Genealogy to work at putting in order and amending [the old genealogy]; a very challenging task. It has been several years since I was appointed as an official in Dongynag county. I have frequently visited the Lu Family Compound, a National Preservation Unit, and I was have been deeply impressed by the enormous structure of Seriousness and Consonance Hall (Suyong tang 肅雍堂). I felt, however, that something was missing in its beauty. Now for the first time I have clearly figured out where the problem lies: Even though the Seriousness and Consonance Hall has a reputation comparable to the Imperial Palace, it lacks of writings and paintings so that visitors have no means to know its accumulated history. Now that the problem has been solved celebration and congratulations are in order. I hope that the Seriousness and Consonance Hall and the Genealogy of the Lus will illuminate each other and profusely radiate their extraordinary splendor, continuing the past and opening the way to future, and that they will be a great contribution to the culture of Dongyang county. This is my sincere expectation and thus this preface. Respectfully written in the middle of the winter of the gengchen year by Lu Ziyue 盧子躍, Mayor of DongyangMunicipality and lineage descendant. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The New Preface IIIF Item Metadata UUID afba34c3-481d-477e-b8bc-55e4ac23232a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Texts: Lu Family Compound IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 39b0e445-f635-4452-8236-26296f43d5ef Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The Lu family rose in Zhuo Commandery [in modern Hebei] with the eminent Confucian Lu Zhi, Leader of Court Gentlemen in the Han Dynasty. Since the Six Dynasties (222-589) those who most valued family status have been the Cuis, the Lus, the Lis, and the Zhengs, known as the Four Surnames. Lu Lian, a Song Dynasty Academician serving as the Supervisor of Eastern Zhe Region, first made his home in Tai Prefecture. His descendants moved from Tai Prefecture to Qiaoxi (“Elegant Brook”) in Dongyang County, then to Yaxi on the east of the city wall. All this happened in the Song Dynasty; these are referred to the Yaxi Lus of Dongyang. It has been over eight hundred years since the Lus moved to Yaxi. During this time, eminent worthies came forth in every generation, most of whom were renowned in their day for their handling of governmental affairs or for personal behavior of note. Among them, Censor-in-Chief Lu Rui was especially notable for his accomplishments. Father Lu Hongchun, with the rank of Grand Master for Splendid Happiness, suffered a beating at court beatings for speaking out and his son and Lu Maoding, “the heroic,”<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1">[1]</a> died for loyalty to the dynasty and adhering to integrity; they were indeed great men. Although recently they have fewer civil service examination degrees, the atmosphere of their family is was still pure and respectful, they are still the best in the southeast. When I was serving as Surveillance Commissioner of Zhejiang Province, the current Secretary in the Bureau of Revenue Lu Bingtao was still a student. He liked learning and was honest in his behavior, and from him I learned of his family background. Moreover, from writing an inscription on the Painting of the Virtues of the Yaxi [Lus] for his respected father, the honorable Lu Fengzhi, I could also imagine the beauty of the natural environment their joy in [learning from] books and histories. Now Secretary Lu Bingtao has brought his genealogy and begged me to do a preface. The difficulty in the study of genealogy is such that even <a href="#" onclick="showTooltipPopUp(1249,1247)">Ouyang Xiu</a> and <a href="#" onclick="showTooltipPopUp(1250,1247)">Su Xun</a> [the famous Song dynasty scholars] have not been exempt from later criticism. Li李 Yanshou said in his preface to the History of the Northern Dynasties that his ancestor was Gao Yao, who served Emperor Yao as a Grand (da) Judge (li 理) and used the official title as the clan name of Li 理. There was a Li 理 Zheng in the time of [the evil] King Zhou who was too upright for [the king]to tolerate. His wife from the Qihe clan fled with their son Lizhen, hiding in the Village of Yihou where they survived by feeding on fruit from trees, and thus changed their surname from “Li” 理 to “Li 李 ” [plum].<a href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2">[2]</a> Confucian scholars deride the absurdity of this account. The genealogy of my family was created in the first years of the Jiajing Era (1522-1566), and my ancestor the honorable Qin Jin, whose honorific was Duanli, set very strict standards [for our genealogy]. Our Qin family migrated from Kuaiji [in modern Zhejiang] to Gaoyou [in modern southern Jiangsu], and then from Gaoyou to Wuxi [in modern southern Jiangsu], which caused a break there in the genealogy. The record starting with the ancestor who migrated to Wuxi was titled the Genealogy of the Qin Family of Xishan, while the pre-Wuxi ancestors belonged to a separate genealogy titled The Generational Chart for Respecting Our Origin. The Lu family history reaches far back in time, but for the genealogy, they draw the line at the family’s migration to Yaxi. It is neither too inclusive nor too exclusive, it is both verifiable and trustworthy; it can serve as a model. Looking back on my own family, loyalty and filiality were handed down from generation to generation, and we have had standards in educating our descendants. In the past, Xiangwen inscribed my ancestor Qin Leyi’s, grave with the words, “Wearing loose clothes<a href="#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3">[3]</a> and walking in cautious manner, so simple and sincere that one can recognize him as a descendant of the Qin family without even asking. ” But today, when the habit of haughtiness and arrogance is growing and the style of filiality and respectfulness is declining, my ancestors’s rules have practically disappeared. We wish we were like the Lu family—continuing to cultivate the fields received from the ancestors without fail—but it is difficult. Mr. Lu Bingtao was appointed from Hanlin Academy to serve as [Secretary in] the Bureau of Revenue. A prominent [future] awaits. However, he should be respected by the Lus as a person who extols the virtues accumulated by his ancestors and glorifies his family genealogy and not only because he passed the civil service examination. Written on the first auspicious day of the fourth month, in the year jisi, fourteenth year of the Jiaqing reign period (1809) the Grand Master of Comprehensive Discussion, Left Vice Censor-in-Chief with rank three grades higher, Qin Ying. <hr /> <a href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1">[1]</a> When Lu Hongchun served in the Bureau of Sacrifices of the Ministry of Rites, he almost died from being beated at court for his outspokenness. Lu Maoding was killed by rebels when serving in the Miliary Defense Circuit of Jianchang Prefecture in Sichuan Province; he was given the posthumous title “Liemin” (“heroic”) by the Qing court. <a href="#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2">[2]</a> The character for “plum”李 is made up by the characters for “tree” 木 and “fruit” 子. <a href="#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3">[3]</a> The term “loose clothes” refers to clothes used in formal rituals in antiquity; it late became a symbol of a Confucian scholar. 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