Taishan surnames › The 蔡 surname
Lineage of the 蔡 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.
A catalogue of genealogies lists a Taishan "Cai Genealogy", not divided into juan (compiled by Cai Jinkan of the Qing and enlarged by Cai Yuren; compiled in the 34th year of Guangxu of the Qing, manuscript copy continued in the Republican period), which takes Yuanding of the Song as founding ancestor and Nanyou of the Song as first migrant ancestor. Today Shapu Village in Dajiang Town has the Cai Great Ancestral Hall farm-life exhibition hall.[1][2][edit]
家谱目录著录台山《蔡氏族谱》不分卷（清蔡金龛纂修，蔡雨人增修；清光绪三十四年修，民国间续修抄本），以宋代元定为始祖，宋代南囿为始迁祖。今大江镇沙浦村有蔡氏大宗祠农家展馆。
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.
- Cai Yuanding 蔡元定 Founding ancestordescendantCai Nanyou 蔡南囿 First migrant ancestor
The line below: how it relates to the one above, its sources do not say.
- The Cai of Shapu Village 沙浦村蔡氏
- Settled · 大江 Dajiang沙浦村 Shapu Village
Where the surname lives, by town - the sources do not say which branch:
- The 蔡 families by town
- 大江 Dajiang沙浦 Shapu
The line in detail
Cai Yuanding courtesy name Jitong; art name Xishan; posthumous name Wenjie Founding ancestor[1][edit]
蔡元定 字季通，号西山，谥文节 始祖
A man of the Song
宋代人
Moved to Jianyang, Fujian, in the Southern Song
南宋时移居福建建阳
The "Cai Genealogy" (Taishan) compiled in the 34th year of Guangxu of the Qing takes Yuanding as founding ancestor.
清光绪三十四年修《蔡氏族谱》（台山）以元定为始祖。
Cai Nanyou First migrant ancestor[1][edit]
蔡南囿 始迁祖
A man of the Song
宋代人
The Taishan "Cai Genealogy", not divided into juan (compiled by Cai Jinkan of the Qing and enlarged by Cai Yuren; compiled in the 34th year of Guangxu of the Qing, manuscript copy continued in the Republican period, third revision; held at "Taishan Archives"), takes him as first migrant ancestor; the same catalogue also lists a mimeographed edition of 1935, titled "Shachong Cai Genealogy" on the center fold and the cover.
台山《蔡氏族谱》不分卷（清蔡金龛纂修，蔡雨人增修；清光绪三十四年修，民国间续修抄本，三修本；藏「台山档」）以他为始迁祖；同目录另录1935年油印本，版心、书衣题《沙涌蔡氏族谱》。
The line below: how it relates to the one above, its sources do not say.
Where they live[edit]
| 大江 Dajiang | 沙浦 Shapu · Shapu Village has the Cai Great Ancestral Hall farm-life exhibition hall 沙浦村有蔡氏大宗祠农家展馆[2] |
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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 蔡 surname.
References[edit]
- "Cai Genealogical Records" (catalogue of Cai genealogies), World Cai Clan Association · Cai Clan website 「蔡氏谱碟」（蔡氏家谱目录），世界蔡氏宗亲总会·蔡氏宗亲网
- "Shapu Village", in "Villages (Communities) Under Its Jurisdiction" of the Dajiang Town People's Government, Taishan Municipal Government website 「沙浦村」，台山市大江镇人民政府「下辖村（社区）」，台山市人民政府门户网站
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