The Research About Hui Nationality Of Hebei Genealogy

Family tree plays the same important role in a clan just as what history means to a nation. Family history is the microcosm of society. Family tree is an important way for many ethic groups in our country to record their family history. During the Ming and qing dynasties, the action of revising family trees overwhelmed society. It is not only populated in the Han people but also makes its way to the distinguished Hui people. The combination of Confucius Culture and Islamic Culture together constitute the family tree of Hui people, it not merely takes in the essence of Confucius Culture but also keeps the connotation of Islamic Culture. Due to the influence of geography and environments ,the Hui people in Hebei province receive advanced culture and they are affected by the strong effect of religion thoughts together with the confinement of thoughts in traditional society, so they show an ambivalent psychology of receiving things and be received by others, compliance and resistance. We can see the exact and real phenomena in the family tree of Hui people of Hebei province, in which preface, benefaction record, epitaph, Herald of Death, family instructions, explanatory notes, post and rank, migration, mandate, announcement, and genealogical table are used to record a series of Hui people's history in Hebei province. These mainly include the origins of Hui people's ancestors and their migration, distribution at that time. Meanwhile, their socioeconomic status and political position, local pictures, clan system, historical figures, kinship system, family structure, surnames evolution and identifications of group are also taking into thoroughly investigation and consideration. This article focuses on the book A source book of the Hui people in Hebei province , according to the 16 local chronicles family tree and minority literature in the book, we can make a thorough inquiry of the origins of Hui people in Hebei, and their process of becoming faithful to Islamism at last encloses in Hui ethnic. We also attach importance to the aim of composing family trees , the religion thoughts, the system of traditional morality, the Orion of the name , Degress typographical, National martial arts, ethic polices , and the correct errors in family trees and so on.