Taishan surnames › The 吴 surname
Lineage of the 吴 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.
In Dingfeng Village, under the Tiantou Village Committee of Chixi Town, the surnames long settled are Wu, Luo and Zhong, and the villagers are Hakka. According to Chixi Town's village records, in the Ming the Wu ancestors led their clansmen from Fujian to Xinning County in successive moves, and their descendants then moved to this village; but the article "Huang", citing "An Overview of Taishan Past and Present", says the ancestors of the Chixi Hakka came to Xinning from the counties under Huizhou, Chaozhou and Jiaying in the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods of the Qing.[1][2][edit]
赤溪镇田头村委会的定丰村，世居姓氏为吴、罗、钟，村民属客家民系。据赤溪镇的村落资料，明代吴氏先祖率领族人陆续从福建迁居新宁县，子孙再迁居该村；而「黄氏」一文引《台山古今概览》，说赤溪客家人的祖先是清朝雍正、乾隆年间从惠、潮、嘉所属各县迁入新宁的。
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.
- Settled · 赤溪 Chixi定丰村 Dingfeng Village
The line in detail
The Wu of Dingfeng Village, Chixi[1][2][edit]
赤溪定丰村吴氏
In the Ming the Wu ancestors led their clansmen from Fujian to Xinning County in successive moves; their descendants then moved to Dingfeng Village
明代吴氏先祖率领族人陆续从福建迁居新宁县，子孙再迁居定丰村
Dingfeng Village is in the southwest of Chixi Town, under the Tiantou Village Committee; the surnames long settled there are Wu, Luo and Zhong; after the Wu, the ancestors of the Zhong, Luo, Yang and other surnames also came one after another from various parts of Xinning County to settle here. The villagers are Hakka and commonly speak Hakka. The records do not give the name of the Wu's first migrant ancestor.
定丰村在赤溪镇西南部，属田头村委会，世居姓氏为吴、罗、钟；吴氏之后，钟、罗、杨等姓先祖也陆续从新宁县各地来此定居。村民为客家民系，通用客家话。资料没有记吴氏始迁祖的名字。
Sources differ: When they came and from where: the village records have "in the Ming" and "moved from Fujian to Xinning County"; the article "Huang", citing "An Overview of Taishan Past and Present", says the ancestors of the Chixi Hakka "came one after another to Xinning (Taishan) County in the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods of the Qing, from the counties under Hui(zhou), Chao(zhou) and Jia(yingzhou, that is, Meizhou)" - this refers to the Chixi Hakka in general and says nothing specifically of the Wu.
迁入年代与来处：村落资料作「明代」「从福建迁居新宁县」；「黄氏」一文引《台山古今概览》，说赤溪客家人的祖先「于清朝雍正、乾隆年间，从惠（州）、潮（州）、嘉（应州，即梅州）所属各县先后迁入新宁（台山）县」——这是泛指赤溪客家人，没有专讲吴氏。
Settled: 定丰村 Dingfeng Village
Moved away to: Fujian 福建
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 吴 surname.
References[edit]
- Written by Zhu Yiguang, chief compiler Zhong Riping, "Natural Villages of Chixi Town: Dingfeng Village, Tiantou Village", "History and Culture" section of the website of the Chixi Town People's Government, Taishan City, May 19, 2026 朱奕光撰稿，钟日平总纂：「赤溪镇自然村落情况-田头村定丰村」，台山市赤溪镇人民政府网站「历史文化」，2026年5月19日
- "Huang", in the "Taishan Surnames" column of the Taishan Municipal Government website, December 19, 2017 「黄氏」，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)
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