A Study On The Li Family In Hutou,A Nxi County During The Ming And Qing Dynasties

The Li family in Hutou,Anxi County,was a famous imperial examination family in Ming and Qing dynasties,and one of the most prominent families in Quanzhou during the Qing Dynasty.Since the fifth year of Yuan Tai Ding(1328),the Li clan moved from Jianzhou to the head of Lake of Anxi County.The hard work and careful management of the ancestors of the family helped the Li clan in the head of Lake of Anxi County to gain a firm foothold in the area.As a foreign family,the Li family in Hutou,Anxi County,took an active part in local construction and local affairs,involved in local charities,built bridges and roads built nunnery,and provided relief to the poor and disaster victims during the process of the family's rise and development into the Imperial Examination Family In addition to thieves and bandits,protect the villagers for the people,constantly enhance the family's prestige and influence in local society.At the same time,attention was also paid to maintaining the stability and unity of the family,establishing Yitian,a charity undertaking within the family,and gradually attaching importance to the development of family education and the creation of family study atmosphere,with a view to obtaining official status by means of the imperial examination for the sons of the Family So that family power and influence from the local community to the central development.With their unremitting efforts and the combined effect of the social and political environment at that time,the Li family in Hutou,Anxi County,began to enter the imperial examination system from the middle of the Ming Dynasty And in the late Ming Dynasty to achieve the family imperial examination,but in the KangYongQian period,to achieve the Li family at the head of Anxi Lake imperial examination,creating a "four times ten scholars seven Hanlin" grand occasion.Although the Li family in Hutou,Anxi County,declined gradually with the emergence of a series of social problems in the Jiadao period,the Li family in Hutou,Anxi County,had developed into a famous family of imperial examinations in Fujian.It is not difficult to find the reasons for this,and Li family passed on the family culture is closely related.And the most can reflect a family's internal culture,is the family tradition inherited within the family for generations.Since its formation,the family ethos of the Li family in Hutou,Anxi County,has run through the development of the family,and with the development of the Times,its contents have been constantly enriched,and the outstanding family ethos has even developed into a local convention Contributed to the stability of the local community.At the same time,the excellent family style has been inherited so far,affecting the generation of Family Children's growth.