Who are Mao Taihua's descendants? Many people may say that Shaoshan Chong, Hunan, but according to the auction of "Qingyang Mao Clan Genealogy", the local archivist found that Mao Taihua's descendants were *** and his ancestors were originally from Qingyang Village, Jiangshan City, Zhejiang.
In 2009, Mao Xinyu, the only grandson of Mao Taihua, took his wife to visit the descendants of the Mao family in Qingyang County and confirmed the relationship. So, how did the ancestors of ** migrate from Zhejiang to Hunan?
Further research and exploration are needed.
According to the records of the "Mao Family Genealogy", the origin of the Mao family can be traced back to Zheng, the son of King Wen of Zhou, Zheng was enshrined in the Mao State, and the descendants of the Mao State took the country name as their surname and became the Mao family.
During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the emergence of bronze technology and iron farming tools greatly promoted the development of agriculture and the growth of the population. The descendants of the Mao family have cultivated and multiplied, and the family power has continued to expand, and they are no longer satisfied with the limited country.
They began to expand to Sanheng and seek a broader world. However, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, wars were frequent, and people everywhere had no fixed residence, and the Mao children were forced to leave their hometowns and began to look for a safe place to escape from the world.
It is impossible to verify when Mao migrated from Zhejiang and when he arrived in Hebei, but according to records, his descendant Mao Sui was born in Zhao State, in today's Hebei. The social environment during the Han and Northern Dynasties was sometimes good and bad, and the descendants of the Mao family, like other families, moved on a small scale with the changes in society.
Especially during the Three Kingdoms period, wars were frequent, and Hebei, as a place of warfare, was often affected by the wrestling between Cao Wei and Sun Wu, and a large number of people fled to Henan.
Mao Bao was a famous general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and his family had settled in Xingyang, Henan Province for many years. Mao Bao is Wen Qiao's confidant and favorite general, he relied on the help of his family and the township in the troubled times, organized a family army of nearly 1,000 people, became the vanguard of Wen Qiao's many battles, and made great achievements.
Whenever the battle began, Mao Bao always rushed to the front, and sometimes he was spotted by the enemy, and an arrow pierced through the thigh and nailed to the saddle, but he remained calm and commanded freely.
When he saw that the soldiers were too heavy, he ran to the camp of the wounded soldiers and wept bitterly, despite the fact that his thighs were still bleeding, and personally boiled medicine for them. Mao Bao's bravery and compassion convinced the soldiers of him, and his ranks grew and his military exploits grew.
He was promoted from a commoner to a duke and marquis, and he was tired of worshipping the order of Linxiang County, the Taishou of Lujiang, and the founding marquis of Zhouling County.
Mao Bao's two sons, Mu Zhi and An Zhi, inherited their father's career and became the premier generals in the army. The Mao family still maintained its glory after Mao Bao's death.
Mu Zhi's second son, Mao Xuan, stood on the shoulders of his grandfather and father, continued the family's courage and ability, and occupied an important position in the chaotic court situation of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In the Battle of Weishui, Mao Xuan led his troops to pursue the former Qin troops, played the prestige of the family, broke the curse of defeat in the south and the north, and was awarded the Yizhou Assassin History for his merits, inheriting his father's position.
Later, Mao Xuan learned that Huan Xuan had the intention of usurping the throne, and united with King Liang, King Wuling and other clans to crusade against the rebels. The glory and prestige of the Mao family prospered from generation to generation under the leadership of Mao Xuan.
During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Xingyang Mao family flourished under the leadership of three generations of grandparents, but in the troubled times, it was difficult for manpower to control. The wars of the Sui and Tang dynasties made the descendants of the Mao family embark on the road of migration again.
After the disgrace of Jingkang, the Northern Song Dynasty perished, the capital Kaifeng fell, and Henan was scorched earth. In order to continue the rule of the dynasty, King Kang Zhao Gou led a large number of clan courtiers to move south, and the Han families who did not want to be insulted by the Jin people in the north and the Central Plains also followed the steps of the royal family to the south of the Yangtze River.
The Xingyang Mao clan moved to Jishui, Jiangxi Province and became the Jishui Mao clan, which was their third stage. Jishui is located in the south of the Yangtze River, outstanding people, abundant products, is the Southern Song Dynasty and the early Yuan Dynasty of the rich and stable representatives, the descendants of the Mao family in a relatively relaxed environment to take root, become a local family.
In the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, due to the emperor's ** and excessive debauchery, coupled with the frequent use of foreign troops, the treasury was empty, and the financial situation was very difficult. In order to alleviate this predicament, the first people at all levels have come up with various names to indiscriminately collect excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, making the lives of the people who are already living in difficulties even more difficult, and peasant uprisings have occurred one after another in various places.
Such social conditions were no longer suitable for human habitation, so many families who could afford to do so began to plan to move to places with smaller populations and more remote areas that were not affected by the war.
Mao Taihua, the head of the Mao family, also joined the migration team, and he took the young adults of the family all the way south, but because there was no clear goal, he finally stopped in Lijiang, Yunnan.
Lijiang is a good place, where the environment is beautiful and the climate is pleasant. Due to the high altitude, there were not many wars here, which made Mao Taihua very satisfied.
So, he decided to settle here. Yunnan is a multi-ethnic place with a high level of cultural tolerance. Mao Taihua relied on his strength and talent to take root in the local area, and married a girl of the Naxi tribe as his wife, and established a happy family.
After decades of war, a new leader finally appeared in the Central Plains, Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, a unified dynasty, in order to consolidate the border defense, he decided to set up the Lancang Guard in the border area, and reorganize the military households.
Mao Taihua was young and strong, and when he saw that the country was in need, he joined the army and became a soldier of the Lancang Guard. During his days in the army, in addition to farming in his spare time, he would also go to war when needed.
Relying on his own efforts and military exploits, he was eventually promoted to centurion, lived a very nourishing life, and gave birth to 4 sons.
Why did Mao Taihua choose to move inward in middle age? According to the research of "Mao Family Genealogy", the historiography has given two possibilities. The first is the population filling theory. Because Hunan was a battleground for soldiers and one of the main battlefields in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, many men were conscripted or killed in battle, resulting in a significant decline in the population of the province.
In order to balance the development of various places, Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, ordered the population of Jiangxi to be relocated to Hunan. Although Mao Taihua was in Yunnan at the time, his home was also in Yunnan, and his military household registration was also in Yunnan, because his ancestral home was Jiangxi, he was also included in the migration list.
In response to the call of the policy, Mao Taihua and his wife decided to move to Hunan with their eldest son and youngest son, while leaving their second and third sons in Yunnan to inherit their father's military household. At this time, Yunnan had basically recovered its prosperity after the invasion of war, and many old people who fled the war with Mao Taihua also began to plan to return to their homeland, which made Mao Taihua hesitate.
He told his family about his homesickness, which was unanimously approved by his wife and children. However, the law of the Ming Dynasty required the military household to inherit the family in the original household registration, so Mao Taihua needed to leave one or two sons to inherit the military household in Yunnan.
Mao Taihua finally decided to return to his hometown with his eldest and youngest sons, leaving his second and third sons in Yunnan. He went deep into the interior and found that remarkable development had been made in various places, and his feelings for his hometown of Jishui, Jiangxi Province, had also weakened.
They felt the beautiful scenery and friendly people in Hunan and decided to settle here. This is the later Shaoshan Chong, and the Jishui Mao clan gradually developed into the Shaoshan Mao clan.
More than 500 years later, Shaoshan Chong gave birth to the founding great man of Chinese history, the Mao clan has a long history, after natural and man-made disasters and thousands of years of evolution, it is difficult for a family to accurately trace back to their ancestors, and even *** himself does not know.
It wasn't until 23 years after the chairman's death that the appearance of "Qingyang Mao Clan Genealogy" made people sort out this complicated family history.
Mao Yongguo hurriedly rushed into the Jiangshan City Archives and found Xu Yonghuan, the curator who was about to get off work. "Director Xu, I just heard that several brothers in the clan are planning to sell our family's genealogy. ”
Xu Yonghuan's face sank, "How much did they bid?" We buy it! Mao Yongguo gestured a few fingers, "Our museum is in financial difficulties, so we can't get this number." ”
Mao Yongguo was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, "They are in a hurry to sell, Director Xu, if it is bought by others, it will be difficult for us to refer to it in the city." ”
Director Xu resolutely opposes the flow of "Qingyang Mao Clan Genealogy" to the market, because the genealogy is compiled in detail, without breaking the dynasty, vividly reflecting the living conditions of the people at different stages, and has a high reference value for repairing the old county chronicles of Jiangshan City.
He patted his thigh and decided to go to Vice Mayor He. Vice Mayor He, who was in charge of archival work, knew the importance of the "Qingyang Mao Clan Genealogy", and immediately decided to buy it back and store it in the Jiangshan City Archives.
After the genealogy was purchased, Jiangshan City invited many experts in archival science and history to conduct research and research. During the research, they were pleasantly surprised to find that the Shaoshan Mao clan and the Jiangshan Mao clan had the same ancestry.
The genealogy of the Mao family reveals the family history of Mao Taihua's 20th generation grandson, although all walks of life have always thought that the family family lives in Shaoshan, but in fact, the Mao family has a history of ups and downs.
As soon as this news came out, it immediately attracted the attention of some experts and scholars who studied ***'s thoughts and life. They gathered in Jiangshan City to find new sources for their writings and research.
According to archival experts, the compilation of the Mao family tree is very realistic, and the revisionists of the past dynasties have not exaggerated the merits and status of their ancestors, nor have they pulled the lintel to glorify their own door.
This is different from the genealogy of those big families in the past, and it gives people a deeper understanding of the history of the Mao family.
The Genealogy of the Qingyang Mao Clan is a genealogy that truly records the lives of ordinary toiling people under the feudal dynasty. In addition to recording family members, more attention is paid to the inheritance of family mottos and family styles, and the education and guidance of future generations.
In 2002, the "Genealogy of the Mao Clan of Qingyang" was selected into the first batch of "List of Chinese Archives and Documentary Heritage", which has extremely high research value in folklore, history, and humanities.
In 2009, Major General Mao Xinyu and his wife attended a press conference in Jiangshan City, correcting and sorting out Mao's ancestral home.
Mao Xinyu visited Mao's former residence under the leadership of the municipal party committee and archivists. The former residence of the Mao family is located in Qingyang Village, which is backed by Jianglang Mountain and has pleasant scenery. Mao Xinyu stayed in the village for a long time, talked cordially with the descendants of the Mao family, and shook hands one by one.
Mao Xinyu's visit made the descendants of the Mao family scattered all over the world rush back. The small village was filled with a joyful atmosphere, and everyone's faces were full of joy, as if it were a festival.
When Major General Mao Xinyu smiled affectionately like ***: "Don't be restrained, I'm here to recognize my ancestors and find my roots, we are all Mao family!" The audience immediately erupted in thunderous applause.
In addition to the Shaoshan Mao clan and the Jiangshan Mao clan, the Jiangxi Jishui Mao clan, the Yunnan Lancang Mao clan, the Henan Xingyang Mao clan and the nearby Sanheng Mao clan also sent representatives to participate, and the descendants of the Mao clan from all over the country reunited in Qingyang Village to witness the press conference.
Mao Xinyu spoke highly of the revision and preservation of the "Mao Family Tree", and called on the descendants of the Mao family to unite as one, inherit the simple and rigorous family style of the Mao family, and do their part for the development of the new era of socialism.