Lineage of the 甄 families of Taishan

Emperor Shun^[1][edit]

帝舜

Histories and genealogies record that the Zhen are descendants of Emperor Shun. One account says Shun made pottery on the riverbank, and his descendants took Zhen as their clan name; another says that in the time of King Lie of Zhou, Chen Tong went over to the Zhou, and the King of Zhou, because Shun had held the office of potter, named his clan Zhen. Huang Chun, a jinshi of the Wanli period of the Ming, also says in his "Preface to the Zhen Genealogy" that the old genealogies say Shun made pottery on the riverbank, and so the sense of zhen tao, making pottery, was taken and Zhen became the clan name.

史籍和谱牒记载甄姓属帝舜的后裔。一说舜陶甄河滨，其后以甄为氏；一说周烈王时陈通奔周，周王以舜居陶甄之职，命为甄氏。明万历进士黄淳《甄氏族谱·序》亦称古谱谓舜陶于河滨，遂取甄陶之义，而以甄为氏。

Zhen Ji Distant ancestor of Shunhe's family^[1][2][edit]

甄济 舜河家族远祖

Under the Tang, vice director in the Ministry of Rites, editorial director and concurrently attendant censor, and secretary to the heir apparent

唐朝礼部员外郎、著作郎兼侍御史、太子舍人

A man of Wuji, Dingzhou; moved from Wuji to Weizhou (today Jixian, Henan); Zhen Jinzhuo's article has him moving to Weihui Prefecture, Henan

定州无极人，从无极迁卫州（今河南汲县）；甄进灼文作迁居河南卫辉府

Zhen Jinzhuo's article names Zhen Chen and Zhen Ji as distant ancestors of Shunhe's family, with their ancestral home in Wuji County, Hebei.

甄进灼文称舜河家族远祖为甄琛、甄济，祖籍河北无极县。

Zhen Tingxuan^[1][2][edit]

甄廷宣

Passed the jinshi examination under Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song, served as compiler of the national history, and went out to serve as prefect of Anqing Prefecture, Nanjing

南宋高宗时考取进士，任国史撰修，出仕南京安庆府知府事

Settled in Anqing

定居安庆

Sources differ: Zhen Bingchang's article, following the "Zhen Genealogy" compiled jointly by Wangbei and Xiakeng, has "Tingxuan"; Zhen Jinzhuo's article has "Yanxuan".

甄炳昌文据旺北、霞坑合修《甄氏族谱》作「廷宣」，甄进灼文作「延宣」。

Zhen Shanqing The first of the Zhen surname to come to Guangdong^[1][2][3][edit]

甄善庆 最初入粤的甄姓人

Jinshi of the guichou year of Shaoxi under Emperor Guangzong of the Southern Song (1193); judge of Nanxiong Prefecture, Guangdong

南宋光宗绍熙癸丑（1193）科进士，任广东南雄府推官

Lived originally in Anqing; came to live in Guangdong because of his post, and died in office. Had two sons: the eldest, Jingfu, took the family and escorted his father's coffin back to Anqing Prefecture; the second was Jingxian.

原居安庆，因任职而流寓广东，卒于任上。生二子：长子景福携眷扶父灵柩回安庆府；次子景贤。

Zhen Jingxian^[1][2][3][edit]

甄景贤

Settled at Zhujili, Nanxiong (Zhen Jinzhuo's article has the Second Lane of Zhujili)

定居南雄珠玑里（甄进灼文作珠矶里第二巷）

Had four sons: Rujin, Rubi (that is, Shunhe), Rugui and Ruxi. In the 9th year of Xianchun the brothers moved south with the people; Rugui and Ruxi drowned when their boat capsized in a typhoon at Lianjiangkou; Rujin escaped, but nothing is recorded of his descendants.

生四子：如金、如璧（即舜河）、如圭、如锡。咸淳九年兄弟随民南迁，如圭、如锡在连江口遇台风翻船遭溺，如金幸免，其后代无记载。

1st generation Zhen Shunhe Taboo name Yizhao, courtesy name Qunfang, art name Shunhe; childhood name Rubi 1st-generation migrant ancestor of the Guangdong Zhen^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}[edit]

一世 甄舜河 讳亿兆，字群芳，号舜河；小名如璧 广东甄族始迁一世祖

Born on the 14th day of the 3rd lunar month of the yimao year of Qingyuan of the Song (1195); died in 1274, aged eighty

生于宋庆元乙卯年（1195）农历三月十四日；一二七四年去世，享寿八十岁

Moved in the Xianchun period of the Southern Song from Zhujili, Nanxiong, to Dayuezhen Village, Gangzhou (today Xinhui)

南宋咸淳年间由南雄珠玑里迁居冈州（今新会）大岳甄村

Second son of Jingxian. Wives: née Xu, née Mei and née Huang; had a son, Shimao. When they moved south in the 9th year of Xianchun, four generations lived together. He and his wives died and were buried at Yamenshan, Gugangzhou. The Zhen genealogies of Guangdong all record him as the founding ancestor; the "Zhen Family Genealogy of Sanhe, Duanfen, Baisha, Doushan and Duhu Towns, Taishan City", compiled by Zhen Songzhao in 2004, also takes him as the first migrant ancestor.

景贤次子。妣徐氏、梅氏、黄氏，生子世茂。咸淳九年南迁时四世同堂。考妣卒葬古冈州崖门山。广东甄姓族谱都记载他为开始祖；2004年甄松照编《台山市三合.端芬.白沙.斗山.都斛镇甄氏家谱》亦以他为始迁祖。

Sources differ: Age when he moved south: Zhen Bingchang's article quotes seventy-nine; Zhen Jinzhuo's "An Inquiry into the Story of Zhen Shunhe Gong's Move South and the Founding of the Clan" has 78. The village he first lived in: Zhen Bingchang's article, citing the genealogy, has "Sheshui Village"; the "Preface to the Zhen Genealogy" of Wangbei, Kaiping, and the "Taishan County Gazetteer of Local Lore" have "Shashui Village". Childhood name: Zhen Bingchang's article writes Rubi with the character for "wall"; Zhen Jinzhuo's article and Huang Chun's preface write it with the character for "jade disc". Where he moved to: Zhen Bingchang's article and others have Dayuezhen Village, Gangzhou (today Xinhui); the abstract of the "Zhen Family Genealogy of Sanhe, Duanfen, Baisha, Doushan and Duhu Towns, Taishan City", compiled by Zhen Songzhao in 2004, as recorded in a genealogy catalog, has "at the end of the Southern Song, to escape the turmoil, moved to Taishan City, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province".

南迁时年岁：甄炳昌文所引作七十九岁，甄进灼「甄舜河公南迁开族情缘探究」作78岁。原居之村：甄炳昌文引族谱作「涉水村」，开平旺北《甄氏族谱·序》及《台山县乡土志》作「沙水村」。小名：甄炳昌文作「如壁」，甄进灼文及黄淳序作「如璧」。迁居地：甄炳昌文等作冈州（今新会）大岳甄村；家谱目录所录2004年甄松照编《台山市三合.端芬.白沙.斗山.都斛镇甄氏家谱》摘要作「南宋末年，因避乱，迁广东省江门市台山市」。