Taishan surnames › The 凌 surname
Lineage of the 凌 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.
Genealogy catalogs list a manuscript "Ling Family Genealogy" (compiled by Ling Yizhong, recording events to 1985), giving the ancestral home as Chixi County, Guangdong Province (also given as Chixi Town, Taishan City), the founding ancestor as Ling Bing, and the family as dispersed in Chixi County, Hong Kong and elsewhere; the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library's guide to genealogies also lists a "Ling Family Genealogy" (call number mic 1945 no.1411398), recording the same places of dispersal.[1][2][3][edit]
家谱目录著录《凌氏族谱》稿本一部（凌亦忠编修，1985年记事），祖籍广东省赤溪县（一作台山市赤溪镇），始祖凌炳，族人散居赤溪县及香港等地；香港中文大学图书馆的族谱指南也著录《凌氏族谱》一部（索书号 mic 1945 no.1411398），所记散居地相同。
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.
- Bing 炳 Founding ancestorLing of Chixi 赤溪凌氏
- Settled赤溪县 Chixi County
The line in detail
Bing Founding ancestor[1][3][edit]
炳 始祖
The "Ling Family Genealogy" takes Ling Bing as its founding ancestor. The genealogy is a manuscript compiled by Ling Yizhong, recording events to the 74th year of the Republic (1985), in 15 double leaves, with illustrations, lineage tables and portraits; the ancestral home is Chixi County, Guangdong Province (the Gujishuku website's catalog gives Chixi Town, Taishan City, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province). The Gujishuku website's catalog also records Ling Guilin and Ling Guiping as the first migrant ancestors in Hong Kong.
《凌氏族谱》以凌炳为始祖。谱为稿本，凌亦忠编修，民国74年（1985年）记事，15双叶，有插图、世系表、肖像；祖籍广东省赤溪县（古籍书库网目录作广东省江门市台山市赤溪镇）。古籍书库网目录又记香港始迁祖凌桂林、凌桂平。
赤溪凌氏
Dispersed in Chixi County, Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and elsewhere
散居广东省赤溪县及香港等地
The "Ling Family Genealogy" records the Ling as dispersed in Chixi County, Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and elsewhere, with events recorded up to 1985. The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library's guide to genealogies lists a "Ling Family Genealogy" (call number mic 1945 no.1411398) with the same places of dispersal.
《凌氏族谱》所记凌氏散居广东省赤溪县及香港等地，记事至1985年。香港中文大学图书馆的族谱指南著录《凌氏族谱》（索书号 mic 1945 no.1411398），所记散居地同。
Settled: 赤溪县 Chixi County
Moved away to: Hong Kong 香港
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 凌 surname.
References[edit]
- "Ling Family Genealogy, Ling clan, Ling Bing, manuscript, Ling Yizhong, Hong Kong, China", Yunjiapu genealogy website, July 12, 2022 「凌氏族谱 凌氏 凌炳 稿本 凌亦忠 中国香港」，云家谱网，2022年7月12日
- "Genealogies 族譜；家譜", Chinese University of Hong Kong Library, Hong Kong Studies LibGuides (updated June 30, 2026) 「Genealogies 族譜；家譜」，香港中文大学图书馆 Hong Kong Studies LibGuides（2026年6月30日更新）
- Shandong Xiaoxinge, "71 Family Genealogies of Taishan City: Is Your Family on the List?", Bilibili, October 19, 2023 (source: Gujishuku website) 山东小新哥：「台山市71部家谱，看看你家族是否在列？」，哔哩哔哩，2023年10月19日（资料来源：古籍书库网）
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