Taishan surnames › The 余 surname
Lineage of the 余 families of Taishan
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 Yu chapter of "Origins of Taishan's Surnames", based mainly on the "Genealogy of the Yu Shaoxian Hall", holds that You Yu was the beginning of the Yu. Yu Cong, eldest son of Yu Yin, fleeing the bandit disorders of the Five Dynasties, moved to Bacui Ward in Qujiang, Shaozhou, Guangdong, and the line passed down to Yu Jing, a renowned minister of the Song; later descendants honored Yu Jing as the founding ancestor, the first generation. In the first year of Shaoding under Emperor Lizong of Song, Shiji of the ninth generation moved with his five sons from Qujiang in Shaozhou to Gugang Prefecture, settling at Hetang Township in Hua'e, Xinhui; the branching out from Hanlao of the tenth generation is the source from which the Yu became a great clan in the Five Counties, and above all in Taishan. Of all places, Taishan has the largest concentration of Yu, and within Taishan, Sanba Town has the most.[1][2][3][edit]
《台山姓氏源流》余氏篇以《余绍贤堂族谱》为主要依据，认为由余是余氏之始。余寅长子余从避五季寇乱，迁居广东韶州曲江拔萃坊，传至宋代名臣余靖，后世子孙奉余靖为始祖第一世。九世师箕于宋理宗绍定元年由韶州曲江携五子迁居古冈州，定居新会华萼荷塘乡；从十世汉老开枝，是五邑地方，特别是台山余氏开大族之源。余氏人口聚居最众者可算台山，而三八镇又为台山之最。
- First ancestor You Yu 由余
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 Yellow Emperor 黄帝sonXuanxiao 玄嚣⋯ 2 more ⋯20th-generation descendantYou Yu 由余 First ancestor⋯ 4 more ⋯sonQing 庆sonYu Jing 余靖 Founding ancestor
- descendantYucunli of Dihai (Rulinli) 荻海余村里（儒林里）
- Settled · 附城 Fucheng桂水 Guishui三合 Sanhe
- sonZuo 佐
- Settled那旺 Nawang南坑 Nankeng广海 Guanghai冲蒌 Chonglou台城 Taicheng白沙 Baisha上川 Shangchuan四九 Sijiu
- sonRan Weng 然翁
- sonLie Weng 烈翁sonNanlong, Yuelong, Xinglong, Yuanlong 南龙、跃龙、兴龙、元龙
Where the surname lives, by town - the sources do not say which branch:
- The 余 families by town
- 三八 Sanba (today 白沙镇 Baisha Town)13 administrative districts, 109 natural villages 13个管区，109条自然村
- 白沙 Baisha和边 Hebian周边 Zhoubian回龙 Huilong大边 Dabian
- 台城街道 Taicheng Subdistrict桂水 Guishui
The line in detail
The Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan[1][2][edit]
黄帝 轩辕氏
This text says the forebears of the Yu came from descendants of the Ji surname, offshoots of the Yellow Emperor, Xuanyuan.
本文称余氏之先世出自姬姓之后，为黄帝轩辕氏之流裔。
Source text (Chinese)
余氏之先世，出自姬姓之后，黄帝轩辕氏之流裔也
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弃
Held the office of Houji (master of agriculture) with merit, and was enfeoffed as lord of Youtai
掌后稷之官有功，封为有邰诸侯
Three more generations after Xuanxiao came Qi.
玄嚣之后又三世至弃。
Source text (Chinese)
黄帝之子玄嚣，又三世至弃，掌后稷之官有功。封为有邰诸侯
[1]
叔虞
Marquis of Tang
唐侯
Sixteen generations from Qi came King Wen (Chang), King Wu (Fa) and King Cheng (Song); King Cheng enfeoffed his full younger brother Shuyu at the old site of Yao's capital, as Marquis of Tang. When Shuyu died, his son Xie succeeded him, and because there was a Jin River in Tang, he renamed the state Jin.
自弃十六世，至文王昌、武王发、成王诵；成王封同母弟叔虞于尧之故圩，曰唐侯。叔虞卒，子燮立，因唐有晋水，改国曰晋。
由余
Of the ducal house of Jin; the king of the Rong made him his aide; he later left the Rong and went over to Qin, where Duke Mu of Qin treated him with the courtesies due a guest
晋公族；戎王以为佐，后去戎归秦，秦穆公以客礼待之
Because his country was beset by troubles, he left Jin and went among the Rong; later he went over to Qin
以国家多难，去晋游戎；后归秦
In the 37th year of Duke Mu of Qin, Qin attacked the Rong, adding twelve states and opening up a thousand li of land, and so became overlord of the Western Rong. When You Yu died, his descendants took their grandfather's name as their surname and so were surnamed Yu; this was the beginning of the Yu surname, and its place of origin was Xiapi Commandery (today's Pi County, Jiangsu Province).
秦穆公三十七年伐戎，益国十二，辟地千里，遂霸西戎。由余卒，其子孙以王父字为氏，乃姓余，此余族开姓之始，发祥地为下邳郡（即今江苏省邳县）。
Sources differ: Yu Jing's "Preface to the Genealogy of the Yu of Xiapi" says of Qi that "thirty generations later there was a descendant named You Yu", which does not agree in the number of generations with this text's "sixteen generations from Qi to King Wen" and its statement that You Yu was "the 20th-generation descendant of Shuyu". There are several other accounts of the beginning of the Yu: that Kong (also called Han), third son of Yu the Great, was enfeoffed as King of Yudu, and his descendants took Yu as their surname; that Wuyu, a son by a concubine of Shaokang, a descendant of Yu the Great, was enfeoffed as King of Yue, and his descendants were also called Yu; and that the Xu, Yu, Tu and She share one origin. The author holds that the You Yu account is reasonable and supported by historical sources, while the other accounts "cannot be ruled out for now".
余靖《下邳余氏世谱序》称弃之后「后三十世有苗裔曰由余」，与本文「自弃十六世，至文王」、由余为「叔虞之二十世孙」之说代数不合。余氏之始另有多说：大禹三子空（又名罕）被封为余渡王，子孙以余为姓；大禹之裔孙少康之庶子无余被封为越王，子孙又称余氏；又说徐、余、涂、佘同出一家。作者认为由余之说有理并有史料根据，对其他说法「暂且不能否定」。
Source text (Chinese)
时晋公族有由余者，叔虞之二十世孙也
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以国家多难，末族难挽，不忍目击，乃去晋，游戎。戎王以为佐，国日富强
[1]
穆公知其贤，数使人间要由余去戎归秦。秦穆公以客礼待之
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穆公三十七年遂伐戎，益国十二，辟地千里，遂霸西戎
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由余卒，其子孙遂以王父字为氏，乃姓余也。此余族开姓之始，发祥地为下邳郡（即今江苏省邳县）
[1]
按余氏之先世，出自黄帝之子玄嚣，又三世至弃，后三十世有苗裔曰由余
[1]
说是大禹三子空又名罕，被封为余渡王，子孙后来就以余为姓氏
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又说是大禹之裔孙少康之庶子无余，被封为越王，子孙又称余氏
[1]
说徐、余、涂、佘同出一家
[1]
故暂且不能否定
[1]
笔者认为，说由余是余氏之始，说来有理，并有史料根据
[1]
余钦
Erudite of the Great Academy
大学博士
8th year of Kaiyuan of the Tang (740 CE)
唐开元八年（公元740年）
Lived at Xiuning in She (today part of Anhui)
居歙之休宁（今属安徽）
This text says all of Yin Gong's descendants go back to You Yu of Qin.
本文称寅公后代子孙皆源于秦由余。
Sources differ: The text glosses "the 8th year of Kaiyuan of the Tang" in parentheses as "740 CE", and both copies agree; but the 8th year of Kaiyuan and 740 CE are not the same year.
文中「唐开元八年」括注为「公元740年」，两本同；开元八年与公元740年不是同一年。
寅
Moved out to live separately at Xin'an Village, Tong'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian; under Emperor Xizong of Tang (874–888 CE), because of the Huang Chao rebellion, moved to Guangze in Shaowu (today in Fujian)
析居福建泉州府同安县新安村；唐僖宗时（公元874—888），因黄巢之乱，徙居邵武之光泽（今福建）
Five generations after Yu Qin came Yin Gong. He had three sons: the eldest, Cong; the second, Xian, who moved to Nanchang, Jiangxi; and the third, Gun, who moved to Qiantang, Zhejiang.
余钦之后历五世而至寅公。生三子：长子从；次子咸，迁江西南昌；三子衮，迁浙江钱塘。
从
Fleeing the bandit disorders of the Five Dynasties, moved to Bacui Ward in Qujiang, Shaozhou, Guangdong
避五季寇乱，迁居广东韶州曲江拔萃坊
Source text (Chinese)
长子曰从，避五季寇乱，迁居广东韶州曲江拔萃坊
[1]
1st generation Yu Jing Original name Xigu; courtesy name Andao, also Chongsong; art name Wuxi; posthumous name Xiang; honored as Zhongxiang Gong; known for short as Minister Yu (Yu Xiang) Founding ancestor[1][2][3][edit]
一世 余靖 原名希古，字安道，一字崇嵩，号武溪，谥襄；尊称忠襄公，简称余相 始祖
Passed the jinshi examination in the 2nd year of Tiansheng under Emperor Renzong of Song (1024); appointed Minister of Works under Emperor Yingzong; on his death, granted the title Minister of Justice and the posthumous name Xiang
宋仁宗天圣二年（1024）登进士第；英宗时拜工部尚书；卒赠刑部尚书，追谥曰襄
1000–1064 CE
公元1000～1064
The family lived for generations at Bacui Ward, Qujiang County, Shaozhou Prefecture, Guangdong
世居广东韶州府曲江县拔萃坊
Later descendants worshipped Yu Jing as the founding ancestor, the first generation, and regarded Shaozhou as the place where the founding ancestor's line arose; the Yu of Taishan honor him as their founding ancestor. He had three sons and six daughters; the three sons' lines were named Tian, Di and Ren (Heaven, Earth and Man): the eldest son, Bozhuang (Tian line); the second son, Zhongxun (Di line, the Yu Xiangxian Hall); and the third son, Shuying (Ren line, the Yu Shaoxian Hall). Bozhuang died early; he had a son, Siguang, whose descendants spread through the two prefectures of Chaozhou and Huizhou.
后世子孙奉祀余靖为始祖第一世，并视韶州为始祖发祥地；台山余姓奉其为始祖。生三子六女，三子分别以天地人为字派：长子伯庄（天字派），次子仲荀（地字派余象贤堂），三子叔英（人字派余绍贤堂）。伯庄早卒，生子嗣光，其子孙分居潮惠两府。
Source text (Chinese)
从此，后世子孙奉祀余靖为始祖第一世，并视韶州为始祖发祥地
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台山的余姓，奉宋代名臣余靖为始祖
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一世祖靖公（公元1000～1064），世居广东韶州府曲江县拔萃坊。生三子六女，三子分别以天地人为字派
[1]
长子伯庄公（天字派余XX堂），次子仲荀公（地字派余象贤堂），三子叔英公（人字派余绍贤堂）
[1]
余氏始祖第一世余靖，原名希古，字安道，一字崇嵩，号武溪，谥襄。尊称忠襄公，简称余相
[1]
宋仁宗天圣二年（1024）三月，余靖应试科举，登进士第
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仁宗死，英宗即位，又拜余靖为工部尚书
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朝廷特赠刑部尚书之衔，追谥曰襄
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二世祖伯庄公（天字派余XX堂），早卒，生子嗣光。其子孙分居潮惠两府者
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Yucunli of Dihai (Rulinli)[1][2][edit]
荻海余村里（儒林里）
Formerly part of Dihai, Taishan, and in the past known collectively as Rulinli; transferred to Kaiping County in 1953
原属台山荻海，昔日统称儒林里；1953年划归开平县
Jing Gong's descendants have multiplied generation after generation; in the Yucunli of Taishan, some places have now reached nearly the 40th generation. From Jing Gong's 24th generation on, worthies of the past composed generation names for the Yucunli of Dihai, Taishan: Guo Shou Shi Chuan, Long Ying Biao Zhang; Zhong He Yu Qing, Xu Zhen Ming Yang; Chang Qi Zi Da, Xian Yao Rong Xiang (Guo is the 24th generation, through Xiang, the 47th; those from Zhong on were composed later by Yu Tinghuai, and "Yu Qing" has in some cases been changed to "Li Le"). The Yucunli of Dihai, formerly part of Taishan, with 6 administrative districts, 70 natural villages and more than 8,000 people, was transferred to Kaiping County in 1953. The Zhongxiang Gong Ancestral Hall of Dihai stands at Jiaodizui, Dihai Port, Taishan; it was begun in the 33rd year of Guangxu of the Qing (1907) and completed in the 4th year of the Republic (1915).
靖公子孙世代蕃衍，以台山余村里而言，至今有的地方已蕃衍到近四十世。自靖公二十四世起，先贤为台山荻海余村里撰字派：国守世传，隆英表章；中和毓庆，绪振名扬；昌其滋大，显耀荣祥（「国」字是二十四世，至「祥」字是四十七世；「中」字以下为余廷槐续撰，「毓庆」有改为「礼乐」）。原属台山荻海余村里6个管区、70条自然村、8000多人，于1953年划归开平县。荻海忠襄公祠位于台山荻海埠茭荻咀，始建于清光绪三十三年（1907），落成于民国四年（1915）。
Moved away to: Kaiping 开平
Source text (Chinese)
往后，靖公之子孙世代蕃衍，以我台山余村里而言，至今有的地方，已蕃衍到近四十世
[1]原台山荻海余族乡村，昔日统称儒林里
[1]自靖公二十四世开始，先贤曾为台山荻海余村里诗撰字派：“国守世传，隆英表章。中和毓庆，绪振名扬。昌其滋大，显耀荣祥。”“国”字是二十四世，依次至“祥”字是四十七世
[1]“中”字以下是余廷槐翁（台山冲蒌人）续撰，因远祖有讳庆者，故“毓庆”有改为“礼乐”
[1]另有原属台山荻海余村里6个管区，70条自然村，8000多人，于1953年才划归开平县
[1]荻海忠襄公祠，位于台山荻海埠茭荻咀，始建于清光绪三十三年（1907），落成于民国四年（1915）
[1]2nd generation Zhongxun[1][2][edit]
二世 仲荀
Di line (Yu Xiangxian Hall). He had three sons: the eldest, Silong; the second, Sichang, who had seven sons, and the family moved from Qujiang in Shaozhou to Dongguan and other places; and the third, Sigong, who had a son, Yuanji (where he lived is unknown).
地字派（余象贤堂）。生三子：长子嗣隆；次子嗣昌，生七子，自韶州曲江迁往东莞等地；三子嗣功，生子元吉（居处未详）。
sonson元寿
Moved from Qujiang in Shaozhou to Ezhou in Huguang (Hubei Province)
自韶州曲江迁往湖广（湖北省）鄂州
Some of his descendants later moved to Xinhui, Kaiping, the villages of the Ren section of Rulinli in Taishan, and Guishui, Sanhe and other places in Taishan.
其后有迁居新会、开平及台山儒林里人字股各村及台山桂水、三合等地。
Settled: 桂水 Guishui, 三合 Sanhe
Moved away to: Ezhou, Huguang (Hubei Province) 湖广（湖北省）鄂州, Xinhui 新会, Kaiping 开平, The villages of the Ren section of Rulinli (formerly part of Dihai, Taishan; transferred to Kaiping County in 1953) 儒林里人字股各村（原属台山荻海，1953年划归开平县）
2nd generation Shuying[1][2][edit]
二世 叔英
Ren line (Yu Shaoxian Hall). He had four sons: the eldest, Sili, had a son, Yuangui, and their descendants spread to Kaiping, Enping, Taishan, Yangjiang, Yangchun, Xinhui, Zhongshan, Zhaoqing, Nanhai, Wuzhou and other places; the second was Sijing; the third, Sizu, had a son, Yuanming, and their descendants lived for generations in the prefectural city of Chaozhou; the fourth, Sixiang, had a son, Panlong, and the family moved from Qujiang in Shaozhou to Jiangbian Township in Xiqiao, Nanhai.
人字派（余绍贤堂）。生四子：长子嗣立，生子元桂，子孙分居开平、恩平、台山、阳江、阳春、新会、中山、肇庆、南海、梧州等地；次子嗣京；三子嗣祖，生子远明，子孙世居潮州府城；四子嗣襄，生子攀龙，自韶州曲江迁南海西樵江边乡。
son3rd generation Sijing[1][edit]
三世 嗣京
Second son of Shuying. He had three sons (who lived for generations in Qujiang, Shaozhou), the eldest being Yuanzhen.
叔英次子。生三子（世居韶州曲江），长子元桢。
sonsonsonsonson8th generation Lingyan[1][2][edit]
八世 陵岩
From Sijing to Lingyan, every generation lived in Qujiang, Shaozhou.
自嗣京至陵岩，历代世居韶州曲江。
Source text (Chinese)
七世祖意公生陵岩公，八世祖陵岩公生师箕公。以上历代世居韶州曲江
[1]son9th generation Shiji[1][2][4][5][edit]
九世 师箕
Moved in the first year of Shaoding under Emperor Lizong of Song, a wuzi year (1228 CE), at the age of 46
宋理宗绍定元年戊子（公元1228）迁居，时年46岁
Moved with his five sons from Qujiang in Shaozhou to Gugang Prefecture (today's Five Counties of Taishan, Kaiping, Enping, Xinhui and Heshan), settling at Hetang Township in Hua'e, Xinhui
由韶州曲江携五子迁居古冈州（即今台、开、恩、新、鹤五邑地方），定居新会华萼荷塘乡
He had five sons: Hanlao, Tanglao, Guolao, Chunlao (died young) and Jilao. Later, descendants also spread to Xiqiao in Nanhai, Shunde, Zhongshan, Dongguan, Panyu, Zhaoqing, Xinxing, Yangjiang, Boluo, Chaozhou, and to Guangxi, Yunnan, Hubei and other places. The five sons were buried one after another, side by side in a joint grave, near Nancun Village in Hetang, Xinhui, called the "Five Lao Tomb".
生五子：汉老、唐老、国老、椿老（早卒）、季老。后来子孙又有分居南海西樵、顺德、中山、东莞、番禺、肇庆、新兴、阳江、博罗、潮州及广西、云南、湖北等地。五子先后并排合葬在新会荷塘南村附近，名叫「五老坟」。
Moved away to: Hetang Township, Hua'e, Xinhui 新会华萼荷塘乡
Zuo courtesy name Fuxiu[1][2][4][5][edit]
佐 字服休
Then moved to Rulinli, which in the Ming belonged to Xinning County (today Taishan County)
又徙儒林里，其地明代隶新宁县（今台山县）
The "Genealogy of This Branch of the Yu of Xiapi, with Their Origins" (compiled by Yu Zhangyan, letterpress edition of the 24th year of the Republic; place of residence Taishan) takes Yu Jing of the Northern Song as the first-generation ancestor and Zuo as the ancestor of this branch.
《下邳余氏源流本房世系谱》（余章彦纂修，民国24年铅印本，居地台山）以北宋余靖为一世祖，以佐为本房之祖。
Sources differ: This account comes from a catalogue of genealogies. The Yu chapter of "Origins of Taishan's Surnames" (based mainly on the "Genealogy of the Yu Shaoxian Hall") gives Shiji Gong's five sons as Hanlao, Tanglao, Guolao, Chunlao and Jilao, with none named Zuo; how the two accounts correspond, the sources do not say.
此说出自家谱书目。《台山姓氏源流》余氏篇（以《余绍贤堂族谱》为主要依据）载师箕公五子为汉老、唐老、国老、椿老、季老，未见名佐者；二说如何对应，资料未载。
Moved away to: Rulinli (formerly part of Dihai, Taishan; transferred to Kaiping County in 1953) 儒林里（原属台山荻海，1953年划归开平县）
10th generation Hanlao[1][2][edit]
十世 汉老
The branching out from Hanlao Gong is the source from which the Yu became a great clan in the Five Counties, and above all in Taishan. He had four sons: the eldest, Qian Weng; the second, Wei Weng, who moved to Huanglian in Shunde (his sons unknown); the third, Xiang Weng, who had seven sons and moved to Kaiping; and the fourth, Xun Weng, whose descendants spread to Taishan, Kaiping, Enping, Xinhui, Heshan, Zhongshan, Yangjiang and other places.
从汉老公开枝，是五邑地方，特别是台山余氏开大族之源。生四子：长子谦翁；次子谓翁，迁居顺德黄连（生子未详）；三子详翁，生七子，迁居开平；四子询翁，子孙分居台山、开平、恩平、新会、鹤山、中山、阳江等地。
son11th generation Qian Weng[1][2][edit]
十一世 谦翁
His descendants settled in the villages of the Ren section of Rulinli in Taishan, and at Nawang, Nankeng, Guanghai, Chonglou, Taicheng, Baisha, Shangchuan and Sijiu in Taishan
子孙分居台山儒林里人字股各村，及台山那旺、南坑、广海、冲蒌、台城、白沙、上川、四九
He had three sons: Dian Weng, Ran Weng and Lie Weng. The eldest, Dian Weng, had a son, Yinglong (where he lived is unknown).
生三子：点翁、然翁、烈翁。长子点翁，生子应龙（居处未详）。
Settled: 那旺 Nawang, 南坑 Nankeng, 广海 Guanghai, 冲蒌 Chonglou, 台城 Taicheng, 白沙 Baisha, 上川 Shangchuan, 四九 Sijiu
Moved away to: The villages of the Ren section of Rulinli (formerly part of Dihai, Taishan; transferred to Kaiping County in 1953) 儒林里人字股各村（原属台山荻海，1953年划归开平县）, Kaiping 开平, Xinhui 新会, Heshan 鹤山, Yangjiang 阳江, Yangchun 阳春, Gaoyao 高要, Zhongshan 中山, Guangxi 广西
然翁
Adopted out as heir to Xun Weng. He had two sons: the eldest, Yingxing, and the second, Yingmao.
出继询翁。生二子：长子应星，次子应昴。
Source text (Chinese)
次子然翁（出继询翁），生二子：长子应星，次子应昴
[1]应星
The descendants of Yingxing's branch first lived at Libian Village in Taishan, later spreading to the villages of the Shang section of Rulinli in Taishan, and to Sanhe, Nawang and Baisha; some are also in Kaiping and other places
应星祖房子孙始居台山里边村，后分居台山儒林里上字股各村，及三合、那旺、白沙，也有开平等地
Settled: 里边村 Libian Village, 三合 Sanhe, 那旺 Nawang, 白沙 Baisha
Moved away to: The villages of the Shang section of Rulinli (formerly part of Dihai, Taishan; transferred to Kaiping County in 1953) 儒林里上字股各村（原属台山荻海，1953年划归开平县）, Kaiping 开平
应昴
The descendants of Yingmao's branch first lived at Libian Village in Taishan, later spreading to the villages belonging to Wuxiang Bao, Liuxiang Bao, Jiuxiang Bao and Liuguwei in the Da section of Rulin Village in Taishan, and to Sanhe, Nawang, Guanghai and Haiyan; some are also in Kaiping, Enping, Heshan, Xinhui, Zhongshan, Yangjiang and other places
应昴祖房子孙始居台山里边村，后分居台山儒林村大字股五乡堡、六乡堡、九乡堡、六股围所属各村，及三合、那旺、广海、海宴，也有开平、恩平、鹤山、新会、中山、阳江等地
Settled: 里边村 Libian Village, 三合 Sanhe, 那旺 Nawang, 广海 Guanghai, 海宴 Haiyan
Moved away to: The villages belonging to Wuxiang Bao, Liuxiang Bao, Jiuxiang Bao and Liuguwei in the Da section of Rulin Village (formerly part of Dihai, Taishan; transferred to Kaiping County in 1953) 儒林村大字股五乡堡、六乡堡、九乡堡、六股围所属各村（原属台山荻海，1953年划归开平县）, Kaiping 开平, Enping 恩平, Heshan 鹤山, Xinhui 新会, Zhongshan 中山, Yangjiang 阳江
烈翁
He had seven sons, of whom Qianlong lived in Xinhui, Xianglong in Yangchun and Huilong in Kaiping.
生七子，其中潜龙居新会，翔龙居阳春，会龙居开平。
Moved away to: Xinhui 新会, Yangchun 阳春, Kaiping 开平
Source text (Chinese)
谦翁之三子烈翁，生七子：南龙（居台山），潜龙（居新会），跃龙（居台山），翔龙（居阳春），兴龙（居台山），元龙（居台山），会龙（居开平）
[1]son
Where they live[edit]
By an incomplete count, the Yu of Taishan living at home number more than 31,000, in 22 towns, 67 administrative districts and 203 natural villages; those living overseas are even more numerous than those at home. In addition, the Yucunli of Dihai, formerly part of Taishan, with 6 administrative districts, 70 natural villages and more than 8,000 people, was transferred to Kaiping County in 1953.[1][2]
据不完全统计，台山市余族在家人口分布在22个镇、67个管区、203条自然村，31000多人；旅居海外人口比在家人口还要多。另有原属台山荻海余村里6个管区、70条自然村、8000多人，于1953年划归开平县。
Source text (Chinese)
近年来，据不完全统计，台山市余族在家人口分布在22个镇，67个管区，203条自然村，31000多人
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旅居海外人口比在家人口还要多
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另有原属台山荻海余村里6个管区，70条自然村，8000多人，于1953年才划归开平县
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| 三八 Sanba (today 白沙镇 Baisha Town) | 13 administrative districts, 109 natural villages 13个管区，109条自然村 · More than 16,500 people; the town with the largest Yu population in Taishan 16500多人，为台山余族人口最多之镇[1][2] |
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| 白沙 Baisha | 和边 Hebian, 周边 Zhoubian, 回龙 Huilong, 大边 Dabian · Yu villages, formed into the Changfeng Brigade in 1958; today part of the Xinsanba Village Committee, Baisha Town (2026) 余姓村落，1958年组成长丰大队；今属白沙镇新三八村委会（2026年）[6] |
| 台城街道 Taicheng Subdistrict | 桂水 Guishui · The history of Guishui Village goes back to the Ming, when Yu ancestors cleared and farmed the land; in the Wanli period the Li of Dongkeng moved in, and the two surnames, Yu and Li, came to live side by side (2026) 桂水村的历史可以追溯到明朝时期，余氏先祖拓荒垦殖；万历年间东坑李氏迁入，形成余李两姓共居的格局（2026年）[7] |
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 余 surname.
References[edit]
- "Yu", in the "Taishan Surnames" column of the Taishan Municipal Government website, December 19, 2017 「余氏」，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)
- Yu Wenlüe, "Yu", in "Origins of Taishan's Surnames" (Volume 1), edited by the Cultural and Historical Materials Committee of the Taishan Municipal CPPCC; reprinted on the Taishan Classmates website in "[Share] Origins of Taishan's Surnames", August 2007 余文略：「余氏」，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
- Huang Renfu, "The Southward Migration of the Zhuji Lane People and the Origins of the Taishan People", "Xinning Magazine", 2014, No. 1, p. 17 (quoting the "Taishan County Gazetteer of Local Lore" as given in "Zhuji Lane Migrants of the Song and the Development of Agriculture in the Pearl River Delta") 黄仁夫：「珠玑巷人南迁与台山人的来由」，《新宁杂志》2014年第1期，第17页（转引《宋代珠玑巷迁民与珠江三角洲农业发展》所载《台山县乡土志》）
- Catalogue entry for "Genealogy of This Branch of the Yu of Xiapi, with Their Origins: 4 juan, plus 1 introductory juan: [Taishan]" (compiled by Yu Zhangyan, letterpress edition of the 24th year of the Republic (1935)), China Genealogy Net, "Genealogy Search", December 23, 2022 「下邳余氏源流本房世系谱：四卷，首一卷：[台山]」（余章彦纂修，民国24年（1935）铅印本）书目，中国家谱网「家谱查询」，2022年12月23日
- "General Catalogue of Chinese Genealogies: Yu (6)" (a transcription of the Yu entries of the "General Catalogue of Chinese Genealogies"), Kejiatong (Hakka) website, May 12, 2022 「中国家谱总目之 余姓（6）」（转录《中国家谱总目》余姓条目），客家通网，2022年5月12日
- "Basic Facts on the Villages (Communities) Under Its Jurisdiction (March 2026)", website of the Baisha Town People's Government, Taishan, March 17, 2026 「下辖村（社区）基本情况（2026年3月）」，台山市白沙镇人民政府网站，2026年3月17日
- "This Taishan Village History Museum Makes Its Debut on a Provincial Platform!", in the "Government News" column of the Taishan Municipal Government website, February 12, 2026 (source: Taishan Fabu) 「台山这个村史馆亮相省级平台！」，台山市人民政府门户网站「政务要闻」，2026年2月12日（来源：台山发布）
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