Yue Fei's descendants fled to Han Cheng as the founding father of the country, and now he has returned to China to recognize his ancestors
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Thank you for your support! When it comes to our neighbor South Korea, the first thing that comes to mind is their love of "stealing culture". Since Korea was a vassal state of China in the past, and has become a colony of Japan and the United States in modern times, they like to borrow the culture and celebrities of their neighbors to add luster to their own country without their own glorious history.
One of the most well-known things about Koreans is that they are keen to identify their ancestors, calling themselves "Korean culture" such as Dongyi and Goguryeo, and claiming the culture that many Chinese consider their ancestors to be their own.
There was even the question "What, Confucius was Korean?" What, Shih Tzu is Korean? What, Sun Yat-sen is Korean? What, I'm also Korean? Jokes.
However, in South Korea, a country that likes to recognize its ancestors, there is really a ...... of descendants of the national hero Yue Fei
Yue Fei was born on February 15, the second year of Chongning in the Northern Song Dynasty, on March 24, 1103 AD. Since he was a child, he has shown a heroic spirit, calm and silent, upright temperament, and has the courage to speak out, regardless of good and evil.
He loved history books and the art of war, which led him to marry Liu at the age of 16, give birth to a son Yue Yun at the age of 17, and have a daughter An Niang a year later. When he was 20 years old, Yue Fei joined the army to conquer Liao, although he made many military exploits, but he was dismissed many times because he was too straight, and was forced to "return home".
However, he did not give up, but continued to work hard, giving birth to his second son, Yue Lei, in April 1125, and was dismissed again four months later for writing against Zhao Ji's move south.
It wasn't until 1128 that he really gained a firm foothold in the fourth time in the army, and in the next five years, he became a member of the Duzhen side, and was awarded the title of martial arts doctor, Changzhou defense envoy, Tongtai town envoy and Zhitaizhou.
In this process, Yue Fei's wife Liu remarried someone else because of the war, so Yue Fei married Li Wa (Xiao'e) as his wife, and gave birth to a third son, Yue Lin, in 1130.
Yue Fei, a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty, fought in the south and north throughout his life, and made many achievements. He not only recovered the six counties of Xiangyang in the Northern Expedition, but also suppressed the uprising of Zhongxiang Yang Mo in Hunan. During these battles, his fourth son, Yue Zhen, was born in Tanzhou (Changsha) in May 1135.
Yue Fei's heroic deeds were not only rewarded by Emperor Zhao Gou, but also made him a lieutenant, the Xuanfu envoy of Shenghu Beijing West Road and the envoy of Henan and Hebei and the ambassador of Yingtian. Zhao Gou even issued a special edict: "The matter of Zhongxing is entrusted by me." ”
However, just as Yue Fei was preparing to make another northern expedition to the Central Plains and show his skills, the Jin army betrayed the alliance and invaded south again. Yue Fei added the title of Zhengyi Shaobao, and was ordered to go north to the Central Plains again.
Playing triumphant songs all the way, the soldiers pointed directly at Bianliang. Even the son-in-law of Jin Wushu sent someone to contact him quietly, saying that he was willing to lead 50,000 people to surrender. At this great moment, the "Dajin Jiangnan Country Lord Wanyan Composition" appeared on the stage, and he asked Yue Fei to be a teacher with 12 gold medals in a row.
This made Yue Fei's ten-year efforts come to naught in an instant, and all the results were erased in an instant. This is the story of Yue Fei, whose heroic deeds and tragic experiences have deeply moved us.
Yue Fei, a hero of both civil and military affairs, died with hatred under the ** of the Southern Song Dynasty ruling group. His five sons had different ends. The eldest son, Yue Yun, was loyal and sacrificed his life for the country.
The verdict of Dali Temple is "the official is reduced, the prison is three years, the official is chased, the copper is fined 20 catties into the palace, and the strangulation is stopped." However, Zhao Gou chose political sacrifice at a critical moment and issued an edict "Yue Fei will give death." ”
The second son, Yue Lei, suffered exile and eventually died in a foreign land. The third son, Yue Lin, was also exiled, but in his lifetime, he saw that his father was rehabilitated, and extensively collected his father's deeds.
Although Yue Fei has left us, his heroic deeds and noble qualities will always be remembered by future generations.
Before Yue Zhen and Yue Ai were exiled, their families sent them across the Yangtze River in advance and changed their surnames, and it was not until their father's death that they reverted to their original surnames 21 years later, and Song Xiaozong also renamed Yue Ai "Yue Ting".
Regarding the legend of "Yue Silver Bottle", there is no such person in history. After Yue Ting went into exile, he gave birth to three sons, namely Yue Yuan, Yue Yu and Yue Kun, and their descendants are mainly distributed in the four provinces of Hubei, Henan, Anhui and Hunan in China.
Yue Yu's son, Yue Fuhai, followed General Li Bai in the Yuan Dynasty to fight in the south and north. Yue Fuhai's son, Yue Afu's son, Yue Yayuan, was a Jurchen gold medal Qianhu, who was promoted to the general of the expedition to the west because of his military merits and was stationed in Qinghai.
Yue Yayuan's son was called Yue Doulan, and later changed his mother's surname to Tong Doulan and was named "Qinghai Bo". Although he was the seventh grandson of Yue Fei, it turned out that he became a loyal vassal of Dayuan.
After that, he was ordered to lead a large army from Qinghai into Goryeo. However, Hu Lu's reign was destined to last long, and the brave Zhu Yuanzhang soon overthrew Meng Yuan. Tong Doulan, who remained in Goryeo, did not choose to pledge allegiance to the newly established Han Chinese dynasty.
Instead, in the fourth year of Hongwu, he changed his vote to Lee Sung-gyee, the commander of Goryeo, and changed his name to "Li Zhilan". In the twenty-first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to recover the east and north of Tieling.
The Goryeo court was stubborn, believing that it could stand up to the Ming army on its own. They refused to give the land to the Ming Dynasty and ordered Li Chenggui to attack the Liaodong region.
However, Li Chenggui was well aware of the gap between himself and the Ming Dynasty army, and if he really went to war, it would undoubtedly be death. Although he wrote against it to no avail, he decided to cross the river with his troops.
However, they found it difficult to march and had insufficient food, so they wrote to the court asking for the withdrawal of their troops. However, the king of Goryeo, Shinyu, insisted that they continue their march. Under these circumstances, Li Chenggui chose to disobey the king's order, returned to Kaesong with his troops, exiled Cui Ying, a subordinate servant, and conducted an overview of the government with Cao Minxiu.
Soon after, a man with the "Book of Han" came running over, and he pointed to the "Biography of Huo Guang" and said to Li Chenggui: "You should plan as soon as possible." Li Chenggui followed his advice and staged a coup d'état to depose Xin Yu and make Xin Chang king.
In history, there are not many people who have carried out this kind of abolition and have been able to have a good end, and Li Chenggui is also very clear about this. So he tried every means to squeeze Cao Minxiu out and control the government alone.
In 1389, the Ming Dynasty declared that Xin Chang was not a descendant of King Gongchou and did not allow him to enter the court. Li Chenggui used this as an excuse to abolish Xinchang, set up Wang Yao as king, and began to adopt the "Hongwu Year Name" to maintain friendly relations with the Ming Dynasty.
After another three years, he abolished Wang Yao, moved the capital to Seoul, and established Joseon, and Lee's Joseon was officially established.
Regardless of whether Li Chenggui deposed the monarch or not, Li Zhilan always supported him unconditionally. This shrewd interpersonal skills made Li Chenggui deeply appreciate him, reused him and named him the founder of the country, and posthumously awarded him the title of "Xianglie".
Several of Li Zhilan's children and grandchildren also served in the ** middle school and got the ** Houlu. Li Zhilan's descendants had close ties with the Chinese people and cooperated in the process of resisting the Japanese invaders.
Over the past 600 years, Lee Zhilan's descendants have spread throughout North and South Korea, in South Pyongan Province, Sungcheon County, South Hamgyong Province, and Gangwon Province.
The two countries still retain temples dedicated to Li Zhilan and her descendants. Lee Yang-ho, the presiding officer of Taejong Temple in Busan, South Korea, is a descendant of Lee Zhilan. He can accurately trace the ancestral names of his branch: Li Zhilan gave birth to Li Monk, Li Monk gave birth to Li Cunzhuang, Li Cunzhuang gave birth to Li Ti, Li Ti gave birth to Li Yunqi, Li Yunqi gave birth to Li Shifan, Li Shifan gave birth to Li Tan......Li Yangho is the 25th grandson of Yue Fei.
Since Li Zhilan had previously served as "Qinghai Bo", and North Korea came from Qinghai, his descendants called themselves "Qinghai Li", and although they had changed their surname to Li, they never forgot that they were Yue Fei's descendants and were proud of it.
They have always hoped to be able to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, but due to various reasons, such as the fact that China and South Korea have not established diplomatic relations before, and they are worried that the mainland will not recognize them, this is not easy to achieve.
Although some people question that a group of people surnamed Li claim to be descendants of Yue Fei, the descendants of Yue Fei on the mainland have always been working hard for the reunion of their clansmen. In order to inherit Yue Fei's traditional virtues of serving the country with loyalty, filial piety and righteousness, in 1988, Yue Fei's descendants established the Yue Fei Thought Research Association.
Beginning in 1996, Yue Chaojun, the secretary general of the Yue Fei Thought Research Association, began to compile a family tree in order not to miss any clues. He is the 28th grandson of Yue Fei, and in order to accomplish this task, he has worked tirelessly and traveled all over the world, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, the United States, Japan, Canada and other places.
After consulting relevant historical materials, the Yue Dynasty army discovered a group of descendants of the Yue clan who were living on the Korean Peninsula. Although they could not return to North Korea, Yue Chaojun traveled to South Korea in 2000 to learn about the situation of this "brother and sister" who had been separated for more than 600 years.
At that time, Li Wanxing, the president of the Li Clan Association in Qinghai, South Korea, specially raised funds to repair the ancestral tomb that was already overgrown with weeds, and organized the clansmen to worship the ancestors in spring and autumn every year, and the scale was larger and larger each time.
When Yue Chaojun met Li Wanxing, he showed great enthusiasm and hoped to go to China to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors on behalf of this tribe as soon as possible. After carefully reviewing the genealogy and related classics, as well as communicating with Li Wanxing, Yue Chaojun finally confirmed that they were indeed descendants of Yue Fei as well.
This branch of "compatriots" who have been displaced abroad has now officially recognized their ancestors and returned to their ancestors.
For ten years, President Li of Qinghai in South Korea has maintained close ties with Yue Fei Thought Research Association. In order to commemorate the 910th anniversary of Yue Fei's birth, the "First Yue Fei Cultural Festival and the 910th Anniversary of Yue Fei's Birth" was held in Hangzhou Yuewang Temple Scenic Area on March 26, 2013.
The event was unique in that there were not only more than 150 descendants of Yue Fei from all over the mainland, but also more than 30 descendants of Yue Fei from Taiwan and 17 descendants of Yue Fei from South Korea.
This is the first time that Yue Fei's descendants have gathered so neatly more than 600 years ago. At this ancestor worship ceremony, they also specially arranged some personnel to play the role of Song Dynasty soldiers, and resumed the "three offerings" and "martial dances" that had been interrupted for many years.
Li Wanxing brought his son Li Xizhong to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony, although they were not fluent in Chinese, but Li Xizhong stammered and said his feelings about participating in the ancestor worship ceremony: "My ancestors told the story of Yue Fei who was loyal to the country, but was killed by Qin Hui.
We have always been proud of our ancestors, and we are very excited and happy to be invited to Hangzhou to participate in the ceremony, and we also hope to invite the Yue clan to Korea for exchanges. ”
Before Yue Fei died, he only left "The sun is clear!" It's clear every day! "Eight big words. His experience was deeply saddened, and Qin Hui and Zhao Gou were nailed to the pillar of shame because of this.
Due to the changes of the times, Yue Fei's descendants have been separated for 600 years and cannot recognize each other. However, even after changing his name and nationality, it is gratifying that the descendants of Yue Fei in Korea have not forgotten their faith in their ancestors and finally recognized their ancestors.