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Translated from the Chinese, each part followed by its Chinese original. Places in Taishan are given with their pinyin; the sources’ own words (Source text) are in Chinese.

Compiled from the sources listed at the end. Every generation and every branch gives its source, and “Source text” shows the source’s own sentences; one that gives none is marked “no source”. Where a source says generations are lost or unknown, a dashed line marks the gap; where sources disagree, both are given.

The He are very widespread in Taishan, and the Taishan He have two branches: the Longtang branch and the Shangshufang. The He of Wencun and Shangchuan belong to the Longtang branch; they were brought from Fojing Village by Qingbo of the 17th generation, a descendant of He Yuan (art name Qingfu), founding ancestor of the Kaiping He. The He of Helveju Village, Duanfen Town, belong to the Shangshufang and came from Xinhui; in Beidou, Guanghai, Duanfen, Chixi, Nafu, Shenjing and other places the two branches live mixed together. There are also He who came from Enping, Gaoming, Yangjiang, Heshan and other places.[1][edit]

何氏在台山分布很广，台山何氏有两房：龙塘房和尚书坊。汶村、上川的何氏属龙塘房，是开平始祖何源（号清甫）的后裔十七世清波从佛井村迁来的；端芬镇何略咀村的何氏属尚书坊，从新会迁入；北陡、广海、端芬、赤溪、那扶、深井等地两房混聚。此外还有从恩平、高明、阳江、鹤山等地迁入的。

Lineage chart

Each box is a stretch of the line; a name leads to its entry and sources below. Each branch ends in the villages it settled - a linked one opens its village page. Scroll sideways when the chart is wide.

The line below: how it relates to the one above, its sources do not say.

  • He Yuan 何源
    • Longtang branch 龙塘房
      • Settled汶村 Wencun Village上川 Shangchuan北陡 Beidou广海 Guanghai端芬 Duanfen赤溪 Chixi那扶 Nafu深井 Shenjing
    • descendantXianjie 显结sonQingbo 清波 Founded a line
      • Settled · 汶村 Wencun Village白沙 Baisha黑沙 Heisha鱼地 Yudi

The line below: how it relates to the one above, its sources do not say.

  • Shangshufang 尚书坊
    • Settled · 端芬 Duanfen何略咀村 Helveju Village北陡 Beidou广海 Guanghai赤溪 Chixi那扶 Nafu深井 Shenjing

Where the surname lives, by town - the sources do not say which branch:

  • The 何 families by town
    • 端芬 DuanfenHelveju Village, Nanyang Management Area: 50 households, nearly 200 people (Shangshufang) 南阳管理区何略咀村50户近200人（尚书坊）
    • 汶村 Wencun Village白沙 Baisha鱼地 Yudi平丰 Pingfeng

The line in detail

Jian, Shu He Jian was originally Han Jian; He Shu was his younger brother Great progenitors of the surname[1][2][edit]

瑊、庶 何瑊本为韩瑊；何庶为其弟 受姓太始祖

Han Jian took his wife, née Jiang, into hiding in Lujiang Commandery, living in obscurity at an important ford in Dongxiang, where he ran a ferry

韩瑊携姜氏遁迹于卢江郡，隐于东乡要津，掌舟渡人

The He surname in truth stems from the Han, has its source in the Ji and the Zhou, and begins with Jian. After the state of Han was destroyed, the Han clan's descendants scattered; one line settled in the Jiang–Huai region, and among them Han Jian, fearing Qin's cruelty, went into hiding in Lujiang Commandery. The First Emperor of Qin, suspecting that the surviving clans of the Six States sought revenge, secretly ordered them hunted down and killed; when a Qin official passing through Dongxiang asked Jian about himself, Jian pointed to the river and said "This is my surname"; the official misheard and registered him as of the clan "He" (river), and Jian then, keeping the sound, changed the "He" meaning river into the "He" of the surname. Jian had a younger brother, He Shu, and the two brothers are the great progenitors of the He surname. Lujiang Commandery is the He clan's place of renown, and their descendants set their hall name as "Lujiang Tang". The genealogies say the descendants of the two great founding ancestors Jian and Shu all came to Guangdong in the two great migrations at the end of the Northern Song and the beginning of the Southern Song.

何姓实本于韩而源于姬、周，又始于瑊。韩国灭后，韩氏子孙分散各地，其中一支散居江淮一带，有韩瑊因惧秦虐，遁迹卢江郡。秦皇疑六国遗族寻仇，密令搜诛六国遗族，秦吏过东乡问及瑊，瑊指河水曰「姓此」，秦吏误听，登记为「河」氏，瑊遂依音转「河」为「何」。瑊有弟何庶，兄弟二人为何氏受姓太始祖。卢江郡是何氏的望地，后裔定堂名为「卢江堂」。谱称瑊、庶两大始祖的后裔均于北宋末、南宋初的两次大迁徙入粤。

Moved away to: Lujiang Commandery 卢江郡

Source text (Chinese)

何姓实本于韩而源于姬，周，又始于瑊 [1]

韩国灭后，韩氏子孙分散各地，其中有一支散居江淮一带（今安徽省地方），因惧秦虐，有韩瑊 [1]

携姜氏遁迹于卢江郡，隐于东乡要津，掌舟渡人 [2]

秦吏过东乡，逐一诘问客居者，适问及瑊。瑊指冰冷河水曰“姓此” [1]

秦皇疑为六国遗族寻仇，遂密令搜诛六国遗族 [1]

秦吏误听为“河”姓，遂登记为“河”氏 [1]

遂依音转“河”为“何” [1]

何瑊居于卢江郡，有弟何庶，兄弟二人实为何氏受姓太始祖 [1]

卢江郡是何氏的望地，何氏后裔以卢江为郡属，定堂名为“卢江堂” [1]

何氏瑊、庶两大始祖的后裔均于北宋末，南宋初的两次大迁徙入粤的 [1]

The line below: how it relates to the one above, its sources do not say.

49th generation He Yuan Courtesy name Laiyuan, art name Qingfu Founding ancestor in Kaiping[1][edit]

四十九世 何源 字来远，号清甫 开平始祖

In the Jianzhong Jingguo year of Emperor Huizong of Song, served in Eastern Guangdong (today Xinhui County) as Commissioner of Instruction ("Nianyi"); advanced to Grand Master Jiayi and Academician of Guangnan East Circuit; posthumous name Wenyi; when his terms were complete, promoted beyond the usual steps to Right Assistant Director (did not take up the post)

宋徽宗建中靖国之年官居东粤（今新会县）念一宣教使，进阶嘉仪大夫、广南东道学士，谥文懿；历任已满，超擢右丞（无上任）

Originally from beneath the big banyan tree at Yanshouli, Hanjiang, Putian County, Xinghua Prefecture, Fujian Province; in 1118 CE, a wuxu year, unable to return to Putian because of war and chaos and the blocked roads, he went with his family to Longtang, Dengmingdu, Xinhui (today Longtang, Shuikou, Kaiping City), and settled there

原是福建省兴化府莆田县涵江延寿里大榕树下人；公元1118年戊戌，因兵荒马乱、路途梗塞无法回归莆田，携眷奔新会登名都龙塘（今开平市水口龙塘），定居于此

According to the Longtang genealogy of Kaiping, the founding ancestor of the He in Kaiping. He and his nephew He Li were jinshi of the same examination in the Northern Song (the text calls He Li a 50th-generation descendant of Jian, progenitor of the surname, and the top graduate of the yiwei year of Zhenghe of the Song). Married the daughter of Geng Gong of the Lin clan, a pacification commissioner. Had four sons, Shaoyu, Ciyu, Jiyu and Youyu, of the 2nd generation. Later, kinsmen moved to other parts of Kaiping and to Zhongshan, Xinhui, Taishan, Enping, Yangjiang and other places. The Longtang branch of the Taishan He are Qingfu's descendants.

据开平龙塘族谱，为何氏开平始祖。与侄何栗是北宋同科进士（文中称何栗为受姓瑊祖五十世裔孙、宋政和乙未状元）。娶林氏安抚使耕公之女。生四子：少裕、次裕、季裕、幼裕，属二世。后有宗亲迁居开平各地和中山、新会、台山、恩平、阳江等地。台山何氏的龙塘房为清甫后裔。

Sources differ: The text says Qingfu was already in office in Eastern Guangdong in the Jianzhong Jingguo year of Emperor Huizong of Song, and also that he and his nephew He Li were jinshi of the same examination, while in the text He Li was the top graduate of the yiwei year of Zhenghe of the Song; the dates do not agree.

文称清甫于宋徽宗建中靖国之年已官居东粤，又称他与侄何栗为同科进士，而文中何栗是宋政和乙未状元，年代前后不合。

Moved away to: Putian County, Xinghua Prefecture, Fujian Province 福建省兴化府莆田县, Longtang, Dengmingdu, Xinhui (today Longtang, Shuikou, Kaiping City) 新会登名都龙塘（今开平市水口龙塘）

Source text (Chinese)

四十九世何源，字来远，号清甫，据开平龙塘族谱记载，是何氏开平始祖 [1]

清甫原是福建省兴化府莆田县涵江延寿里大榕树下人，娶林氏安抚使耕公之女 [1]

清与侄何栗是北宋同科进士及第 [1]

一是为受姓瑊祖五十世裔孙何棠、何栗、何榘三兄弟 [1]

何栗，字文慎，号北斋，宋政和乙未状元 [1]

宋徽宗建中靖国之年，清甫官居东粤（今新会县）念一宣教使，进阶嘉仪大夫、广南东道学士，谥文懿 [1]

历任已满，超擢右丞 [1]

何源（清甫）在宋徽宗时任广东宣教使，后超擢右丞（无上任） [1]

公元1118年戊戌，金太祖天辅八年，兵荒马乱，路途梗塞，清无法回归莆田 [1]

化装携眷奔向城西60里之 [1]

山脚下之新会登名都龙塘（今开平市水口龙塘地方） [1]

便定居于此 [1]

清甫生四子：少裕、次裕、季裕、幼裕，属二世 [1]

有些宗亲迁居开平的里村、迳口、三山圹、山水窟、平塘、社边等地和省内的中山、新会、台山、恩平、阳江等地 [1]

龙塘房清甫后裔十七世祖清波 [1]

  • Longtang branch[1][edit]

    龙塘房

    One of the two branches of the Taishan He, descendants of Qingfu. The He of Wencun and Shangchuan all belong to the Longtang branch, brought in by Qingbo of the 17th generation, and have had more than ten generations of descendants in Taishan; in Beidou, Guanghai, Duanfen, Chixi, Nafu, Shenjing and other places the Longtang branch and the Shangshufang live mixed together.

    台山何氏两房之一，为清甫后裔。汶村、上川的何氏均属龙塘房，是十七世清波迁入的，在台山已有十多世子孙后裔；北陡、广海、端芬、赤溪、那扶、深井等地是龙塘房与尚书坊两房混聚。

    Settled: 汶村 Wencun Village, 上川 Shangchuan, 北陡 Beidou, 广海 Guanghai, 端芬 Duanfen, 赤溪 Chixi, 那扶 Nafu, 深井 Shenjing

    Source text (Chinese)

    台山何氏有两房：一是龙塘房，二是尚书坊 [1]

    其中汶村、上川的何氏均属龙塘房清甫后裔十七世祖清波迁入的，在台山已有十多世子孙后裔 [1]

    其余北陡、广海、端芬、赤溪、那扶、深井等地都是两房混聚 [1]

  • 16th generation Xianjie[1][edit]

    十六世 显结

    According to the Longtang genealogy, his wives were née Zhang and née Zhen, and he had two sons, Qingbo and Qinglang. Xianjie and his wife née Zhang are buried at Fei'eshan, Longtang; his wife née Zhen is buried behind Puyudi, Wencun.

    据龙塘族谱，妣张氏、甄氏，生清波、清浪二子。显结与张氏葬于龙塘飞鹅山，甄氏葬于汶村蒲鱼地后。

    Source text (Chinese)

    据龙塘族谱载：十六世显结有妣张氏、甄氏，生有清波、清浪二子 [1]

    显结与张氏葬于龙塘飞鹅山，甄氏葬于汶村蒲鱼地后 [1]

    龙塘房清甫后裔十七世祖清波 [1]

    son

    17th generation Qingbo[1][edit]

    十七世 清波

    Born in the 8th year of Kangxi of the Qing, died in the 5th year of Yongzheng, aged 59

    生于清朝康熙八年，卒于雍正五年，享年59岁

    A man of Fojing Village, Longtang; on the 9th day of the 11th month of the guiji year of Kangxi of the Qing, moved from Fojing Village to Baisha, Heisha and Yudi in Wencun

    龙塘佛井村人；清朝康熙癸己年十一月初九日从佛井村迁徙来汶村白沙、黑沙、鱼地

    Poor in former days, he went with companions to buy rice from Chen Deng of Xikang, Wencun, Haiyan, Xinning. Chen's wife, née He, was from Longtang; hearing from his voice that he was of the same line as her forebears, she recognized him as a relative and told him to move to Baisha, Heisha and Yudi and farm her family's ancestral fields. With the agreement of his mother and his brothers and sisters, Qingbo moved here, and here his family branched out and spread. He had five sons: Kunyu, Kunmei, Kunzhen, Kunrui and Qindian. He and his wife née Chen are buried together below the beacon tower halfway up the south side of Shimiaoshan, Yudi. The He of Wencun and Shangchuan all belong to the Longtang branch brought in by Qingbo.

    昔日家贫，与同伴到新宁海宴汶村西康陈登处籴米。陈妻何氏是龙塘人，闻其声与其祖一脉，便认作亲戚，叫其迁来白沙、黑沙、鱼地居住，以其祖业田为耕。清波征得母亲兄弟姐妹们同意迁来，在此开枝散叶。生五子：昆玉、昆美、昆珍、昆瑞、勤典。与妣陈氏合葬于渔地石庙山南山腰烽火台下。汶村、上川的何氏均属清波迁入的龙塘房。

    Sources differ: One passage of the same text says "the 17th-generation ancestor Qingbo", another "the 10th-generation ancestor Qingbo". It also says Qingbo was born in the 8th year of Kangxi, yet that when he moved here in the guiji year of Kangxi "Qing was then 24"; the two do not agree.

    同文一处称「十七世祖清波」，另一处称「十世祖清波」。又称清波生于康熙八年，而于康熙癸己年迁来时「时年清24岁」，两者不合。

    Settled: 白沙 Baisha, 黑沙 Heisha, 鱼地 Yudi

    Moved away to: Fojing Village, Longtang 龙塘佛井村

    Source text (Chinese)

    龙塘房清甫后裔十七世祖清波 [1]

    十世祖清波是龙圹佛井村人，生于清朝康熙八年，卒于雍正五年，享年59岁 [1]

    生有五子：昆玉、昆美、昆珍、昆瑞、勤典 [1]

    清波与妣陈氏合葬于渔地石庙山南山腰烽火台下 [1]

    昔日家贫，清波合伴到新宁海宴汶村西康陈登籴米，陈妻何氏是龙圹人，闻其声与其祖一脉，便认起亲戚 [1]

    陈妻便叫其迁来白沙，黑沙，鱼地居住，以其祖业田为耕 [1]

    征得母亲兄弟姐妹们等的同意，于清朝康熙癸己年十一月初九日从佛井村迁徙来汶村上述三村中，时年清24岁，在处开枝散叶 [1]

    其中汶村、上川的何氏均属龙塘房清甫后裔十七世祖清波迁入的 [1]

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Shangshufang[1][edit]

尚书坊

Came from Xinhui

从新会迁入

One of the two branches of the Taishan He. The 50 households, nearly 200 people, of Helveju Village, Nanyang Management Area, Duanfen Town, belong to the Shangshufang and all came from Xinhui; in Beidou, Guanghai, Duanfen, Chixi, Nafu, Shenjing and other places the two branches live mixed together.

台山何氏两房之一。端芬镇南阳管理区何略咀村50户近200人属尚书坊，均从新会迁入；北陡、广海、端芬、赤溪、那扶、深井等地是两房混聚。

Settled: 何略咀村 Helveju Village, 北陡 Beidou, 广海 Guanghai, 赤溪 Chixi, 那扶 Nafu, 深井 Shenjing

Moved away to: Xinhui 新会

Source text (Chinese)

台山何氏有两房：一是龙塘房，二是尚书坊 [1]

端芬镇南阳管理区何略咀村50户近200人却是尚书坊的，均从新会迁入 [1]

其余北陡、广海、端芬、赤溪、那扶、深井等地都是两房混聚 [1]

Where they live[edit]

In the late 1990s the He were very widespread in Taishan, most numerous in the towns of Duanfen, Guanghai, Chixi, Duhu, Shangchuan, Wencun, Beidou, Nafu, Shenjing, Dalongdong and others, and very scattered elsewhere, especially in the hill areas. Besides those who came from Xinhui and Kaiping, some of the Taishan He came from Enping, Gaoming, Yangjiang, Heshan and other places.[1]

1990年代后期，何氏在台山分布很广，群寓在端芬、广海、赤溪、都斛、上川、汶村、北陡、那扶、深井、大隆洞等镇较多，其余的都很散，尤其是山区地方。台山何氏除了从新会、开平迁来外，还有从恩平、高明、阳江、鹤山等地徙入的。

Source text (Chinese)

据初步查考，何氏在台山分布很广，源流很长，群寓在端芬、广海、赤溪、都斛上川、汶村、北陡、那扶、深井、大隆洞等镇较多 [1]

上川有50多户200多人，其余的都很散，尤其是山区地方 [1]

其迁徙的渠道不少，除了新会、开平迁来外，还有恩平、高明、阳江、鹤山等地徙入 [1]

端芬 Duanfen Helveju Village, Nanyang Management Area: 50 households, nearly 200 people (Shangshufang) 南阳管理区何略咀村50户近200人（尚书坊） · more than 200 households, nearly 1,000 people 200多户，近1000人[1]
Source text (Chinese)

其中端芬有200多户，近1000人 [1]

端芬镇南阳管理区何略咀村50户近200人却是尚书坊的 [1]
北陡 Beidou · more than 300 households, nearly 4,000 people 300多户，近4000人[1]
Source text (Chinese)

北陡300多户，近4000人 [1]
汶村 Wencun Village 白沙 Baisha, 鱼地 Yudi, 平丰 Pingfeng · the three villages of Baisha, Yudi and Pingfeng: more than 200 households, nearly 1,200 people 白沙、鱼地、平丰三村200多户，近1200人[1]
Source text (Chinese)

汶村镇的白沙、鱼地、平丰三村有200多户近1200人 [1]
上川 Shangchuan (today 川岛镇 Chuandao Town) · more than 50 households, more than 200 people 50多户，200多人[1]
Source text (Chinese)

上川有50多户200多人 [1]
广海 Guanghai · fairly numerous 群寓较多[1]
Source text (Chinese)

群寓在端芬、广海、赤溪、都斛上川、汶村、北陡、那扶、深井、大隆洞等镇较多 [1]
赤溪 Chixi · fairly numerous 群寓较多[1]
Source text (Chinese)

群寓在端芬、广海、赤溪、都斛上川、汶村、北陡、那扶、深井、大隆洞等镇较多 [1]
都斛 Duhu · fairly numerous 群寓较多[1]
Source text (Chinese)

群寓在端芬、广海、赤溪、都斛上川、汶村、北陡、那扶、深井、大隆洞等镇较多 [1]
那扶 Nafu (today 深井镇 Shenjing Town) · fairly numerous 群寓较多[1]
Source text (Chinese)

群寓在端芬、广海、赤溪、都斛上川、汶村、北陡、那扶、深井、大隆洞等镇较多 [1]
深井 Shenjing · fairly numerous 群寓较多[1]
Source text (Chinese)

群寓在端芬、广海、赤溪、都斛上川、汶村、北陡、那扶、深井、大隆洞等镇较多 [1]
大隆洞 Dalongdong · fairly numerous 群寓较多[1]
Source text (Chinese)

群寓在端芬、广海、赤溪、都斛上川、汶村、北陡、那扶、深井、大隆洞等镇较多 [1]

A place with a link was matched to its village page within the same town; the others are as the sources write them. See the villages of the 何 surname.

References[edit]

  1. "He", in the "Taishan Surnames" column of the Taishan Municipal Government website, December 19, 2017 「何氏」，台山市人民政府门户网站「台山姓氏」栏目，2017年12月19日 (archived copy)
  2. He Jinsen, "He", in "Origins of Taishan's Surnames" (vol. 1), compiled by the Committee for Cultural and Historical Materials of the Taishan CPPCC; reposted on the Taishan Classmates website as "[Share] Origins of Taishan's Surnames", August 2007 何金森：「何氏」，载《台山姓氏源流》（第一册），台山市政协文史资料委员会编；转载于台山同学网「[分享]台山姓氏源流」，2007年8月

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