Taishan surnames › The 叶 surname
Lineage of the 叶 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 Ye surname counts Shen Zhuliang, Duke of Ye in the state of Chu in the Spring and Autumn period, as its first generation. Ye Yong, the Duke of Ye's 66th-generation descendant, served as registrar of Nanhai, Guangdong, and later lived in Nanhai, becoming the founding ancestor of the Ye of Guangdong; the descendants of Ye Qiongzhi, Ye Yong's fifth-generation descendant, moved from Nanhai to Xinhui and other places, and from Xinhui into the Kengwei, Songshan, Zhuling and Qunhou area of Dugang in Taishan. The Ye have been in Taishan for more than six hundred years since moving south; the Ye throughout Taishan (except those who came later from other provinces) all honor Ye Qiongzhi as the grand founding ancestor of the Ye of Taishan, and there has long been a saying: "our roots for ten thousand years are in Dugang".[1][2][edit]
叶姓以春秋时楚国叶公沈诸梁为第一世。叶公第六十六代裔孙叶颙任广东南海主簿，后居南海，为广东叶姓之始祖；叶颙第五代孙叶琼枝的后裔由南海分迁新会等地，再由新会迁入台山独冈坑尾、松山、珠岭和群厚地区。叶氏南迁台山已六百多年，台山各地叶姓（除后来外省迁入者）均尊奉叶琼枝为台山叶姓太始祖，素有「万年根本在独冈」之称。
- First ancestor Shen Zhuliang 沈诸梁 (courtesy name Zigao; called the Duke of Ye, also called Ye Shen Zhuliang)
- Founding ancestor of the Ye of Guangdong Ye Yong 叶颙 (courtesy name Zi'ang; art name Qingjie; alternative courtesy name Chengmei; posthumous name Zhengjian)
- Founded a line Ruchen, Songshou, Chunshou, Baishou 如琛、松寿、椿寿、柏寿
- Founded a line Ye Youxing 叶有兴
- Founded a line Ye Songxing 叶松兴
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.
- Shenyin Shu 沈尹戍sonShen Zhuliang 沈诸梁 First ancestordescendantYilang 一琅grandsonYe Yanqing 叶延庆grandsonYe Yong 叶颙 First in GuangdongdescendantYe Qiongzhi 叶琼枝
- descendantRuchen, Songshou, Chunshou, Baishou 如琛、松寿、椿寿、柏寿 Founded a line
- Settled · 水步 Shuibu坑尾村 Kengwei Village松山村 Songshan Village
- descendantYe Youxing 叶有兴 Founded a line
- Settled · 水步 Shuibu珠岭村 Zhuling Village
- descendantYe Songxing 叶松兴 Founded a line
- Settled · 水步 Shuibu群厚 Qunhou
Where the surname lives, by town - the sources do not say which branch:
- The 叶 families by town
- 水步 Shuibu南溪 Nanxi塘步 Tangbu西潮 Xichao联安 Lian'an白庙 Baimiao群青 Qunqing坑尾 Kengwei松山 SongshanGangning administrative district 冈宁管区
- 附城 Fucheng (today 台城街道 Taicheng Subdistrict)光明 Guangming
- 三合 Sanhe君子坑 Junzikeng横塘 Hengtang
- 端芬 Duanfen墩寨 Dunzhai
- ElsewhereDakeng, Fucheng 附城大坑Sanba 三八Doushan 斗山Duhu 都斛Nuofu 挪扶Chengxi 澄溪Chenbian, Dajiang 大江陈边Scattered in small market towns 散居小市镇
The line in detail
沈尹戍
Made sima (marshal) in the reign of King Huan of Chu
楚桓王朝代被封为司马
This text says that for putting down the rebellion of Sheng, Duke of Bai, and rendering service to Chu, he was enfeoffed at Nanyang (south of today's Ye County, Henan, also called the land of "Ye") and granted the rank of duke.
本文称其因平白公胜之乱，有功于楚，得封南阳（今河南叶县南，又称「叶」地），赐爵为公。
Sources differ: Wikipedia's "Ye" article writes "Shenyin Xu", and says he was Left Sima (marshal) of Chu and died in battle in the 18th year of King Zhao of Chu.
维基百科「叶姓」条作「沈尹戌」，称其任楚国左司马，楚昭王十八年战死沙场。
1st generation Shen Zhuliang courtesy name Zigao; called the Duke of Ye, also called Ye Shen Zhuliang[1][2][3][edit]
第一世 沈诸梁 字子高；称叶公，又称叶沈诸梁
A man of Chu in the Spring and Autumn period
春秋时期楚国人
He inherited his father's fief of "Ye", and so was called the Duke of Ye and took the fief "Ye" as his surname; from then on his descendants all changed their surname from Shen to Ye (other Shen families kept Shen as their surname). The Duke of Ye in the idiom "the Duke of Ye loves dragons" is this man. His descendants lived in Ye generation after generation.
继承其父的封地「叶」，乃称为叶公，并以封地「叶」为姓；自此其后人均改沈姓为叶姓（其他沈姓的仍保留以沈为姓）。成语「叶公好龙」中的叶公即此人。其后裔在叶地代代相传。
Sources differ: This text makes putting down the rebellion of Sheng, Duke of Bai, being enfeoffed at Nanyang and being granted the rank of duke the deeds of his father, with Shen Zhuliang inheriting his father's fief; Wikipedia's "Ye" article says instead that King Zhao of Chu enfeoffed Shen Zhuliang at Ye, so that he was called the Duke of Ye, and that it was the Duke of Ye himself who put down the rebellion of Sheng, Duke of Bai, was enfeoffed at Nanyang and was granted the rank of duke.
本文以平白公胜之乱、得封南阳、赐爵为公为其父之事，沈诸梁继承其父封地；维基百科「叶姓」条则称楚昭王封沈诸梁于叶，称为叶公，平定白公胜的叛乱、得封南阳、获赐为公的是叶公本人。
62nd generation Yilang[1][edit]
第六十二代 一琅
Served the Later Tang; in the Qingtai period was Grand Master for Court Service (chaofeng dafu)
仕职后唐，清泰年间任朝奉大夫
Moved with an official posting to Xinfeng County, Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi
随官迁至江西赣州府信丰县
62nd-generation descendant of the Duke of Ye.
叶公第六十二代裔孙。
Source text (Chinese)
直至其第六十二代裔孙一琅，仕职后唐，清泰年间任朝奉大夫，乃随官迁至江西赣州府信丰县
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64th generation Ye Yanqing[1][2][edit]
第六十四代 叶延庆
Moved from Xinfeng County to Xianyou County, Xinghua Prefecture, Fujian
由信丰县迁至福建兴化府仙游县
Source text (Chinese)
又传至叶公第六十四代裔孙，即一琅之孙叶延庆，由信丰县迁至福建兴化府仙游县
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66th generation Ye Yong courtesy name Zi'ang; art name Qingjie; alternative courtesy name Chengmei; posthumous name Zhengjian Founding ancestor of the Ye of Guangdong[1][4][edit]
第六十六代 叶颙 字子昂，号清介，别字诚美，谥正简 广东叶姓之始祖
A jinshi by qualification; served as registrar of Nanhai, Guangdong, and was credited with catching bandits; appointed Minister of War, then promoted to Grand Academician of the Guanwen Hall, Left Executive and concurrently Administrator of the Bureau of Military Affairs
进士出身，任广东南海主簿，捕盗有功，官拜兵部尚书，又擢观文殿大学士左仆射兼知枢密院事
Born in the 1st year of Daguan
生于大观元年
Later lived at Dapu in Nanhai and did not return to Fujian
后居南海大圃而不归闽
On Yonghan North Road in Guangzhou (today's Beijing North Road) there was once the "Qingjie Academy", built by the descendants of Ye Yong in Guangdong in his memory.
广州市永汉北路（即今之北京北路）曾有「清介书院」，为广东叶颙后人纪念叶颙而建。
Sources differ: The "Biography of Ye Yong" in the "History of Song" says Ye Yong was a native of Xianyou in Xinghua Military Prefecture, passed the jinshi examination in the 1st year of Shaoxing, and was registrar of Nanhai County, Guangzhou; after the winter solstice of the 3rd year of Qiandao he was made superintendent of the Taiping Xingguo Temple, and "returned home, and died without illness, aged sixty-eight". This text, however, says he was born in the 1st year of Daguan, and later lived at Dapu in Nanhai and did not return to Fujian. Further, the "History of Song" records that when he was registrar of Nanhai and acting sheriff, the police inspector caught a dozen or more bandits and gave the credit to Yong, who declined it as "taking another's credit, deceiving the sovereign, and seeking undeserved reward"; his offices were Vice Minister of Personnel, again acting Minister, Academician of the Duanming Hall, Assisting Civil Councilor and concurrently Associate Administrator of the Bureau of Military Affairs, then Left Executive of the Department of State Affairs and concurrently Military Affairs Commissioner, and he retired as Academician of the Guanwen Hall, which differs from this text's "credited with catching bandits; appointed Minister of War, then promoted to Grand Academician of the Guanwen Hall, Left Executive and concurrently Administrator of the Bureau of Military Affairs".
《宋史·叶颙传》称叶颙为兴化军仙游人，登绍兴元年进士第，为广州南海县主簿；乾道三年冬至后提举太平兴国宫，「归至家，不疾而薨，年六十八」。本文则称其生于大观元年，后居南海大圃而不归闽。又，《宋史》载其任南海主簿摄尉时，巡检获盗十余人，归功于颙，颙以「掠美、欺君、幸赏」辞之；其官历为吏部侍郎、复权尚书，端明殿学士、参知政事兼同知枢密院事，进尚书左仆射兼枢密使，以观文殿学士致仕，与本文「捕盗有功，官拜兵部尚书，又擢观文殿大学士左仆射兼知枢密院事」不同。
Source text (Chinese)
传至叶公第六十六代裔孙，亦即延庆之孙叶颙，字子昂，号清介，别字诚美，卒谥正简，生于大观元年，进士出身，任广东南海主簿，捕盗有功，官拜兵部尚书，又擢观文殿大学士左仆射兼知枢密院事，后居南海大圃而不归闽
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叶颙，乃广东叶姓之始祖
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广州市永汉北路（即今之北京北路）曾有“清介书院”，此乃是广东叶颙后人为纪念叶颙而起建的
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葉顒，字子昂，興化軍仙遊人。登紹興元年進士第，為廣州南海縣主簿，攝尉
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乾道三年冬至，上親郊而雷，顒引漢故事上印綬，提舉太平興國宮。歸至家，不疾而薨，年六十八
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盜發，州檄巡、尉同捕，巡檢獲盜十餘人，歸其勞於顒，顒曰：「掠美、欺君、幸賞，三者皆罪，不忍為也。」
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除吏部侍郎，復權尚書
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除端明殿學士，拜參知政事兼同知樞密院事
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除知樞密院事，未拜，進尚書左僕射兼樞密使
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以觀文殿學士致仕
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70th generation Ye Qiongzhi courtesy name Lingyang; art name Wangyu Grand founding ancestor of the Ye of Taishan[1][2][edit]
第七十代 叶琼枝 字陵阳，号王宇 台山叶姓太始祖
Served as a prefect under the Song; granted by imperial patent the title Grand Master of Court Administration (chaozheng dafu)
任宋朝知府，诰封朝政大夫
During the Song dynasty
宋朝年间
Fifth-generation descendant of Ye Yong. His descendants moved from Nanhai to Xinhui, Hua County and Heshan. The Ye throughout Taishan (except Ye families who came later from other provinces) all honor Ye Qiongzhi as the grand founding ancestor of the Ye of Taishan; the Guanghua School at Gangning (formerly part of Dugang) has the "Ye Gong Qiongzhi Memorial Hall".
叶颙之第五代孙。其后裔由南海分别迁新会、花县、鹤山。台山各地叶姓（除后来外省叶姓迁入者）均尊奉叶琼枝为台山叶姓太始祖；冈宁（旧属独冈）之光华学校有「叶公琼枝纪念堂」。
Moved away to: Xinhui 新会, Hua County 花县, Heshan 鹤山
73rd generation Ruchen, Songshou, Chunshou, Baishou[1][2][5][edit]
第七十三代 如琛、松寿、椿寿、柏寿
Moved from Xinhui to Kengwei Village and Songshan Village, Dugang, Taishan
由新会迁台山独冈坑尾村和松山村
The Ye of Kengwei and Songshan, and those who later moved out from there, use the generation names Da, Jun, Chong, Jian, Ye. According to the Shuibu Town government website (2026), the Baishou Ye Gong Ancestral Hall and the Ye Ancestral Hall in Kengwei Village are listed as immovable cultural relics (the page does not say whom the Baishou Ye Gong Ancestral Hall honors).
坑尾、松山及后由此迁出的叶姓，班派为「达、君、崇、建、业」。据水步镇政府网（2026年），坑尾村的栢寿业公祠和叶氏宗祠被列为不可移动文物（该页未说栢寿业公祠所奉为何人）。
Settled: 坑尾村 Kengwei Village, 松山村 Songshan Village
75th generation Ye Youxing[1][2][edit]
第七十五代 叶有兴
Moved from Xinhui to Zhuling Village, Dugang, Taishan
由新会迁至台山独冈珠岭村
Fifth-generation descendant of Qiongzhi. The Ye of Zhuling, and those who later moved out from there, use the generation names Jin, Yue, Yuan, Lai.
琼枝之五代孙。珠岭及后由此迁出的叶姓，班派为「近、悦、远、来」。
Sources differ: This text puts Ye Yong in the 66th generation and Qiongzhi in the 70th, and calls Qiongzhi "Ye Yong's fifth-generation descendant"; it also puts Youxing in the 75th generation and calls him "Qiongzhi's fifth-generation descendant". The two uses of "Nth-generation descendant" are not counted the same way.
本文称叶颙为第六十六代、琼枝为第七十代，琼枝为「叶颙之第五代孙」；又称有兴为第七十五代，为「琼枝之五代孙」——两处「代孙」的算法不一。
Settled: 珠岭村 Zhuling Village
76th generation Ye Songxing[1][2][edit]
第七十六代 叶松兴
Moved from Xinhui to the Qunhou area of Taishan
由新会迁至台山群厚地区
Sixth-generation descendant of Qiongzhi. The Ye of Qunhou, and those who later moved out from there, use the generation names Lan, Fang, Gui, Mao.
琼枝之六代孙。群厚及后由此迁出的叶姓，班派为「兰、芳、桂、茂」。
Settled: 群厚 Qunhou
Where they live[edit]
The Ye of Taishan number only some five thousand in China (about seven thousand overseas); the settlements below total about 5,300. In general, apart from the Qunhou and Duhu settlements, the three villages of Kengwei, Songshan and Zhuling in Dugang are the earliest places of origin of the Ye in Taishan; the Ye of Guangming and Dakeng in Fucheng, Junzikeng and Hengtang in Sanhe, Yewu in Dunzhai, Duanfen, Doushan, Gangning, Sanba, Chawan in Shangchuan and other places basically moved out from Dugang, directly or indirectly.[1][2]
台山叶氏在国内仅有五千余人（在海外约七千人），以下各居点合计约5300人左右。一般来说，除群厚和都斛居点外，独冈坑尾、松山、珠岭三村是台山叶姓最早之发源地；附城光明和大坑、三合君子坑和横塘、端芬墩寨叶屋、斗山、冈宁、三八、上川茶湾等地的叶姓，基本上是由独冈迁出或间接迁出的。
Source text (Chinese)
台山叶氏在国内仅有五千余人（在海外约七千人）
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以上合计总数约为5300人左右
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一般来说，台山除群厚和都斛居点外，独冈坑尾、松山、珠岭三村是台山叶姓最早之发源地
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其他如附城光明和大坑、三合君子坑和横塘、端芬墩寨叶屋、斗山、冈宁、三八、上川茶湾等地的叶姓者，基本上是由独冈迁出或间接迁出的
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| 水步 Shuibu | 南溪 Nanxi, 塘步 Tangbu, 西潮 Xichao, 联安 Lian'an, 白庙 Baimiao, 群青 Qunqing, 坑尾 Kengwei, 松山 Songshan; Gangning administrative district 冈宁管区 · Gangning administrative district: Nanxi (four natural villages), Tangbu, Xichao, Lian'an and Baimiao, 8 villages in all, about 1,300 people; Qunqing (also called Qunhou), about 700 people; Kengwei and Songshan, about 600 people 冈宁管区南溪（四条自然村）、塘步、西潮、联安、白庙共8村，约1300人；群青（又称群厚），约700人；坑尾、松山，约600人[1][2] |
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| 附城 Fucheng (today 台城街道 Taicheng Subdistrict) |
光明 Guangming · About 800 people 约800人[1][2] Source text (Chinese)
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| 三合 Sanhe | 君子坑 Junzikeng, 横塘 Hengtang · Junzikeng about 400 people; Hengtang about 200 people 君子坑约400人；横塘约200人[1][2] |
| 端芬 Duanfen |
墩寨 Dunzhai · About 300 people 约300人[1][2] Source text (Chinese)
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| Elsewhere |
Dakeng, Fucheng 附城大坑; Sanba 三八; Doushan 斗山; Duhu 都斛; Nuofu 挪扶; Chengxi 澄溪; Chenbian, Dajiang 大江陈边; Scattered in small market towns 散居小市镇 · About 1,000 people in all 共约1000人[1] Source text (Chinese)
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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 叶 surname.
Genealogies on this site: 水步長塘邨葉氏族谱
References[edit]
- "Ye", in the "Taishan Surnames" column of the Taishan Municipal Government website, December 19, 2017 「叶氏」，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)
- Ye Jingwen, "Ye", 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 叶敬文：「叶氏」，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
- "Ye (surname)", Chinese Wikipedia (accessed October 2026) 「叶姓」，维基百科（2026年10月查阅）
- Toqto'a (Yuan) et al., "History of Song", juan 384, "Biography of Ye Yong", from the Wikisource transcription （元）脱脱等：《宋史》卷三百八十四《叶颙传》，据维基文库录文
- "Dugang Village", in "Villages (Communities) Under Its Jurisdiction" on the website of the Shuibu Town People's Government, Taishan, May 11, 2026 「独冈村」，台山市水步镇人民政府网站「下辖村（社区）」，2026年5月11日
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