Initial Exploration Of Liuchiu Wujiang Liang Clan

At the end of Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty,Changle Jiangtian Liang Family in Fuzhou naturalized themselves to the village of Kume in the kingdom of Liuchiu.Their descendants made a significant contribution to the development offriendly relationship of Liuchiu with East Asia and Southeast Asian countries.At present,in terms with the history of Liuchiu and Min thirty-six surname and other research topics,most domestic and overseas scholars often concentrate on the contributions made by village of Kume village group,while the study of the village of Kume do not attract academic attention.The Wujiang Liang family of Liuchiu is one of the important families of the village of Kume.They not only had a significant influence on the village of Kume,but also made great contributions on the intercourse between Liuchiu and China,e.g.the canonization,tributary,escort envoys,shane and cultural exchanges.In addition,the Liang family also played an important role in Liuchiu's relations with Korea,Southeast Asia and Japan.As for the Liuchiu Liang family and Changle Liang on the research of the Genealogy,the textual research shows that its closest blood relationship was Changlong Liang of Lianjiang.And the ancestors who moved to the Liuchiu the earliest was not Liang Song,but Liang tian.