Compared with other surnames combined under a common county, the lai xing family has a special place, that is, the counties they serve are not the same: some take "Yingchuan" as a pledge, while others take "Songyang" as their native place.
As we all know, Yingchuan refers to the south-central part of Henan Province, that is, Xuchang County, and Songyang refers to Songyang County of Zhejiang Province. The two places are far apart by a Yangtze River. How can they be related to the lai xing family in Taiwan Province Province? !
It is precisely because of a south and a north that many Laixing people will inevitably wonder, is it because the county looks different, which means that the roots are different and the blood is different? In fact, people who have such doubts can be said to be over-worried, because "Yingchuan" or "Songyang" is basically a matter of two or two. As long as we know the ins and outs of Lai Xing, we can know that there is no qualitative difference between them. It turns out that the reason for this is this: Lai Xing came from Lai Guo in the early years of the Zhou Dynasty, when Lai Guo was located in Yingchuan. Therefore, after the descendants of Lai took the country as their surname and spread to other places, they took "Yingchuan" as a common token to commemorate the original birthplace of the family.
As for Songyang, it can be said that it is a branch of Lai's family in Yingchuan. Due to the eastward movement of Jinshi 1700 years ago, Lai had merged into a large family in Songyang, Zhejiang Province at that time. At the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, an outstanding son Lai Yu gave the court permission to make Songyang a county, and was awarded the title of Songyang County in the imperial book of Emperor Jin 'an.
Is Lai Xing's "Yingchuan" and "Songyang" one and two, and two and one? Mr Lai of Taichung City has compiled genealogies for many surnames in this province. On the genealogy he compiled for his own lai xing, he described the engraving of lai xing, Yingchuan and Songyang counties as follows: "I traced back to my lai xing from the 19th grandson of Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan to my 13th son, Uncle Ying. Business has the world, and his brother Shuying was ordered by Lai, and later generations took the country as their surname and Yingchuan as their county. There are five people in the brotherly country and forty-eight people in the Ji family name country. This year, Lai Zaiying, the land of old Xuzhou, Chen Ping, Runing and Ruzhou, was born here. Therefore, Yingchuan is called Lai's nickname.
Its name is Songyang, because when Emperor Wu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Andixiao met a public official who served as the magistrate of Jiangdong and asked Songyang to be the county, which was given by Shuyang County, an imperial relative of Andi. Zunyi, the descendant of later generations, called Songyang a noble family, so it depends on the reputation of Songyang's hometown, which is also the origin. The word "Fuxi Biography" was used in Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty. When there were hundreds of family names, lai xing gave up, and Xiqiao gave up, so it was called Xichuan. 」
From Mr. Lai Guo Min's above explanation, we can know that the lai xing family in our country has an earlier "Xichuan" besides the extensive "Yingchuan" and "Songyang". In fact, according to the book Custom Pass, Nankang, a place name located in the northeast of Yunxian County, Jiangxi Province, also belongs to Laixing County, which is obviously because Laixing has been famous for its prosperity in Jiangxi since ancient times.
Lai Xing's surname is the ancestor, and his younger brother, Uncle Ying. It is said that he loved the military since he was a child, and he was praised for his generosity and good literary talent. Later, Zhou Wang was helpless, and the prince mobilized the army. He was ordered to explore the east and the west, and made great contributions. What is commendable is that after he settled down in Zhou Wuwang, he retired to Laidi, Henan. Soon after, the King of Wu thanked him for his founding meritorious service, and named the place where he lived as Laiguo, and gave it to the Marquis, thus creating a famous surname for later generations.
Lai Yu, the founder of Songyang Lai, is also a great figure. According to the records of Lai's old genealogy, he is the 29th grandson of Uncle Ying, the ancestor of English transmission. He is famous not only for his literature, but also for his career. He used to be the magistrate and deputy envoy of Jiangdong, and later served as Dr. Zhong Xian. He also worked in farming and achieved outstanding results. Lai Yu, the ancestor of Songyang, and Uncle Ying, the ancestor of Yingchuan, are in the same strain, which will be introduced in detail below.
According to Mr. Lai, at present, most of the lai xing in the southwest and southeast provinces of China and overseas Chinese communities in Nanyang come from Songyang, Zhejiang, so in Taiwan Province Province, there are also many lai xing whose symbol is Songyang. As for the provinces in Northeast China and North China, Lai Xing, who lived in Japan and South Korea, moved directly from Henan. Up to now, most of them take "Yingchuan" as their county hope, indicating that their roots are in Henan. Ouyang Xiu, a great writer in Song Dynasty, was born in Luling, Jiangxi. He personally wrote a preface to the genealogy for the villagers who were in trouble at that time. This preface is short, but it fully reflects the grand occasion of Laixing in Jiangxi Province a thousand years ago. The full text is like this:
"When a family has a genealogy, people will know what they know, respect their ancestors, love their bodies, be cautious in self-cultivation, self-denial, show their surnames and show their order. Don't be intimate, don't be different. However, Hua Mu lost his virginity because the world was forgiving, so he worshipped the tomb of King Fenyang as the first jade-like stone, worshipped the emperors who had merits and virtues in the previous generation as their ancestors, falsely accused their ancestors and deceived people, which violated the original meaning of the spectrum. My hometown is Yongfeng and Wan 'an counties, and Lai's family is also famous. Another family member moved to Shanghang County, Fujian Province, all of whom are descendants of an ancestor. You, Gong Yu, are my son-in-law, and one day he built my door with his blood. Please make a preface. Lai's predecessor, the Spring and Autumn Period, had dependent countries. In the calendar, the 14th was a duke, and later in the Han Dynasty, he became a duke. He is a satrap and gave birth to Xian Zhigong. Fairy Zhi Gong gave birth to Gu Gong and worked for the Han Dynasty. When the good old man was born, when Emperor Huan of Han Dynasty was born, he was named as the Prime Minister, gave birth to the public, and gave a silver seal to Dr. Qing Guanglu, and gave birth to a Langgong. He knows a college student from Chongzheng Temple, fifteen years old.
My view of Lai clan is that Wan 'an and Yongfeng counties in Jiangxi are the best, and Yuanzhou Prefecture in Jiangxi is also the best. I've been an official for decades, and now I'm back in Li, enjoying Lin Quan. Lai Ruyu invited me again and didn't want to go to Jin. Yu Yue: I have a good relationship with Lai. The Lai family is fortunate to know what it is, but there is no need to stop the normal order of its genealogy. 」
The famous writer Ouyang Xiu's Preface to Lai's Genealogy was originally published in Guangdong Lai's Old Genealogy. Taiwan Province Lai Xing's ancestors made a special trip back to their hometown Tangshan to copy it. It's really precious.