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Traditional Chou clan genealogy vs. actual Chou clan genealogy
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Traditional genealogy from Emperor Huang Di 2276 BC:
Huang Di (Huang2 = Yellow, Ti4 = Supreme Ruler) Huang Di
| |__________________________________________
Hsuan Hsiao (Hsuan = Dark, black, sombre; profound | | |
Hsiao = clamour) Ch'ang I Hsuan Hsiao Lung Miao
| (Light of the (Profound, (Imperial,
Chiao Chi (Chiao = humility, ants [insect + high, lofty, eminent, proud], Sun, idea) clamour) progeny)
Chi = The utmost point) | or Shao Hao
| Chuan Hsu (Be few, bright
Di Yu (Supreme Ruler, to eulogize) (Good, sedate, sky/Heaven)
____|_________________________________________ respectful;
| | | | concern)
Ch'i Chi Yao Ti Chih |
To reject, Lines on Name of God Younger brother, Ch'iung Chi
caste aside; bamboo or (eminent, to seize. (Impoverished,
discard, wood. high) (Supreme ruler ridgepole)
abandon. (a bond) (title), to retain) |
(millet) Ching K'ang
Aka: Hou Chi (Reverence,
peace)
Actual genealogy: Notation from the genealogy to the right:
Jobab (Jehovah to hold) The Chow clan, being of the Shemite race (in China called, Chi people),
2206 possessed a written language, Shemite customs, and a belief in God, as
| opposed to Hamites (descendants of Ham/Han) who did not. Included in
Hoshaiah (Jehovah has saved, to carry or bear) this set of beliefs were burial customs. Chinese (Hamites or Han
| people) did not bury their dead. The dead were wrapped in straw and
Jesharelah (Upright towards God) were left to rot above ground. Chinese did not possess a written
In China, Jesharelah was known as Hou Chi. Sovereign god language as they were of Nimrod's migration to the east, called the
of millet and Minister of Agriculture under Emperor Shun. river of Hiddekel in the Holy Scriptures (the record of early mankind's
history). Nimrod removed written language from amongst his people, as
| a preserved memory of sins against God was not desired by Nimrod. Much
Bu Zhu of China's early customs and traditions were shaped by the Chow clan
| and Chi people, early in China (Shina's) history, as the Chow lived
Ju amongst barbaric Hamites of their time period. What was, also,
| preserved was the early history and genealogy of China and Emperor
Gong Liu -Chou family patriarch at Mount Huang Di.
| Pin. Gong Liu is the clan ancestor
Qing Jie of all people surnamed Liu or Lau. As the Chow clan migrates into China, early in China's history, around
| In ancient China, the Liu or Lau 1800 BC, an adoption takes place and their genealogy tree is included
Huang Pu clan is adopted unto the family of in Emperor Huang Di's 100 family surnames. The Chow clan are cousins
| Emperor Huang Di's great-great- to the Shang Dynasty people (Tang surname), who possibly entered China,
Cha Fu grandson named Yao. in 1900 BC, along with the other Han people. The descendants of
| the Shang Dynasty included the Chow clan genealogy in their family
Hui Yu tree, beginning with Huang Pu, in around 1637 BC, who was of the tenth
| generation, by adoption, to Huang Di.
Gong Fei
| Sinocization, therefore, may have taken place around 2100 BC to 2000 BC
Gao Yu and as late as 1900 BC.
|
Ya Yu
|
Gong Shu Zu Lei -Gong Shu Zu Lei is the clan ancestor
| of all Chinese people surnamed Loui.
|
Gu Gong Tan Fu -Gu Gong Tan Fu is a descendant and
T'ai Wang the successor of Gong Liu.
Patriarchal founder of the Chou Dynasty.
Copyright (c) 1993-2000 Lester D.K. Chow
Notation: An additional explanation of what is copywritten. Basically all copyright laws are
applicable and intellectual property, thereby, protected. While family genealogies generally
do not fall under the copyright laws (as they are thought to be the possession of all family
members) this does not apply here. The above genealogy list is the academic studies work
product of Lester D.K. Chow, who is a self-taught ancient world and Asian history minor.
Permission must be obtained for its use. Please write to: Lester D.K. Chow, P.O. Box 4604,
Honolulu, Hawaii 96812 or e-mail him at: zhouclan at yahoo.com
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