Research On Huizhou Genealogy In Qing Dynasty

Genealogies are albums which record the reproduction history of a clanand deeds. They are important historic materials for regional sociology,education and population as well as politics and economy researches. There arestill abundant Huizhou genealogies of Qing Dynasty present, which havecomplete contents and a perfect system. A research on Huizhou genealogies ofQing Dynasty is significant to the research of Huizhou society.Huizhou genealogies of Qing Dynasty which have been gathered serve asthe object of this study. First of all, an arrangement and induction is done on thedata of those genealogies, which shows that the number of Huizhougenealogies is great and their compilations are contiguous. This phenomenon ismainly caused by the policies of the government at that time and support ofclans and Huizhou merchants. Secondly, a detailed analysis on the compilationand management of Huizhou genealogies of Qing Dynasty is conducted.Huizhou clans are keen to compile their family trees and set out strict rules ofadministration and preservation. They also adopt various and flexible ways ofraising money and learn from explanatory notes of Ou’s and Su’s genealogiesas well as the stylistic rules and layout of official history. By these means,Huizhou clans made their editing rules of genealogies more and more complete.Besides, Huizhou genealogies of Qing Dynasty contain scholars’ thoughts andtheorems of spectroscopy and conform to some calligraphy principles, based onwhich researches are promising to explore spectroscopy theorems andprinciples of Huizhou genealogies. Finally, being closely related to Huizhousociety, Huizhou genealogies are significant to clans’ unity, social customwhich regards kinship and marriages seriously and clansman education.