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Lineage of the 阮 families of Taishan

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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.

Most of the Ruan of the counties of central Guangdong honor Shilin Gong (taboo name Kui, courtesy name Shanfu), Grand Master of Splendid Happiness with Silver Seal and Blue Ribbon under the Song, as their great founding ancestor: having offended powerful men, he was demoted to instructor of Nan'en Prefecture and made his home at Huangqiaotou in Pingkangli, Xinning (in today's Shangge area of Doushan Town). Of his sons, Pingkang lived at Hengmei Village, Shangge, Taishan, and Pingtai moved to Tangtou, Cuodong, his descendants branching out to Tangdi. The article's author also found that, of the ninety-seven households that came south with Luo Gui, the one surnamed Ruan was Ruan Keyi, who was assigned to Cuodong Du, today called Tingping Village.[1][2][3][edit]

粤中各县阮氏大都奉宋银青光禄大夫石麟公（讳逵，字善富）为太始祖：他因忤权贵左迁南恩州教授，家于新宁平康里黄桥头（在今斗山镇上阁地区）。其子平康居台山上阁亨美村，平泰迁居矬峒塘头，后人分支塘底。文章作者又考，随罗贵南迁的九十七户中阮姓者为阮可益，他被分配到矬峒都，今名汀萍村。

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.

  • Keyi 可益
    • Settled汀萍村 Tingping Village

The line below: how it relates to the one above, its sources do not say.

  • Shilin 石麟 Founded a line
    • Settled · 斗山 Doushan黄桥头 Huangqiaotou
    • sonPingkang 平康
      • Settled · 斗山 Doushan上阁 Shangge亨美村 Hengmei Village
    • sonPingtai 平泰 Founded a line
      • Settled · 端芬 Duanfen塘头 Tangtou塘底 Tangdi

Where the surname lives, by town - the sources do not say which branch:

  • The 阮 families by town
    • 斗山 Doushan上阁 Shangge那洲 Nazhou美南村 Meinan Village南昌村 Nanchang Village龙平村 Longping Village亨美村 Hengmei Village石头村 Shitou Village泗美村 Simei Village
    • 端芬 Duanfen塘头 Tangtou塘底 TangdiTangnan Village, Xiangbu administrative district 香步管区的塘南村Henan Village, Xiangbu administrative district 香步管区的河南村Beice Village, Natai administrative district 那泰管区的北册村Naqunyang Village, Xikuo administrative district 西廓管区的那群洋村
    • 三合 SanheTangsheng Village, Hengtang 横塘塘盛村
    • 广海 Guanghai奇石村 Qishi Village
    • 海宴 Haiyan祐村坦 Youcuntan

The line in detail

Keyi[1][edit]

可益

The permit issued by Zhong Wenyuan, prefect of Nanxiong, to those migrating south, and the ruling by Li Congfang, magistrate of Gangzhou, allowing them to register as residents, list ninety-seven households of thirty-five surnames headed by Luo Gui, among them Ruan Keyi of the Ruan surname; on reaching Gangzhou he was assigned to Cuodong Du, today called Tingping Village

南雄知府钟文远发给南迁人等的批引及冈州县尹李丛芳准予落籍的批词，以罗贵为首，凡三十五姓九十七户，其中阮姓者为阮可益；到冈州被分配到矬峒都，今名汀萍村

None of the Ruan of the counties of central Guangdong take Ruan Keyi as their first migrant ancestor. The article's author believes it was indeed Ruan Keyi Gong who came south with the migrants at that time; Ruan families still live in Tingping Village today, all of them his descendants.

粤中各县阮氏都不以阮可益为始迁祖。文章作者认为当时随同南迁的确是阮可益公，汀萍村现在还住有阮族，均是他的后人。

Settled: 汀萍村 Tingping Village

Source text (Chinese)

惟查当日南雄知府钟文远所发给该批南迁人等的批引及冈州县尹李丛芳准予落籍的批词，以罗贵为首，凡三十五姓，九十七户中，阮姓者为阮可益，但粤中各县之阮氏，都不以阮可益为始迁祖 [1]

笔者深入了解，当时随同南迁确是阮可益公。他到冈州被分配来矬峒都现名汀萍村居住，现在该村还住有阮族数十八，均是他的后人 [1]

The line below: how it relates to the one above, its sources do not say.

Shilin Taboo name Kui; courtesy name Shanfu Great founding ancestor[1][3][4][5][edit]

石麟 讳逵，字善富 太始祖

Grand Master of Splendid Happiness with Silver Seal and Blue Ribbon under the Song; having offended powerful men, demoted to instructor of Nan'en Prefecture

宋银青光禄大夫；因忤权贵，左迁南恩州教授

Born in the 2nd year of Chunyou under Emperor Lizong of the Southern Song (1241 CE); died in the 9th year of Dade under Emperor Chengzong of the Yuan (1305 CE), aged sixty-four

生于南宋理宗淳祐二年（公元一二四一年），终于元成宗大德九年（公元一三〇五年），享寿六十四岁

Lived at Zhuji Lane, Niutian Ward, Shixing County, Nanxiong Prefecture; after being demoted to instructor of Nan'en Prefecture, made his home at Huangqiaotou in Pingkangli, Xinning (in today's Shangge area of Doushan Town)

家住南雄州始兴县牛田坊珠玑巷；左迁南恩州教授后，家于新宁平康里黄桥头（在今斗山镇上阁地区）

Most of the Ruan of the counties of central Guangdong honor him as their great founding ancestor. He married first Lady Qu (of Shenting Village, Panyu) and then Lady Bai; Lady Qu is buried on the hill behind Kengwei Village, Shangge, Taishan, and Lady Bai at Shenting Village, Panyu (Xinzao), in the same grave as he. According to the genealogy of Chongcha Xiancun, Xinhui, Lady Qu bore three sons, Pingkang, Ping'an and Pingtai, and Lady Bai two sons, Yuejiang and Guangyuan. The Xinhui genealogy records: Ping'an lived at Tanjiang, Xinhui; Yuejiang at Tanyi, Wenhai and Gulang in Shunde; Guangyuan at Xiangjiao, Zhongshan.

粤中各县阮氏大都奉其为太始祖。先后娶屈氏（番禺莘汀村人）、柏氏；屈氏葬台山上阁坑尾村后山，柏氏葬番禺莘汀村（新造），与公合葬。据新会冲茶贤村族谱，屈氏生平康、平安、平泰三子，柏氏生越江、广源二子。新会族谱载：平安居新会潭江，越江居顺德谭义、文海、古朗，广源居中山象角。

Sources differ: The genealogies all say that Shilin Gong moved from Zhuji Lane in Nanxiong to Gangzhou in the 9th year of Xianchun under Emperor Duzong of Song; the article's author, however, holds that the one who came south with Luo Gui was Ruan Keyi, and that Shilin Gong made his home in Xinning because, having offended powerful men, he was demoted to instructor of Nan'en Prefecture. The Shangge genealogy of Taishan records only that he fathered Pingkang, Ping'an and Pingtai, does not record Yuejiang or Guangyuan, and does not note which wife bore whom; on this basis the author believes Yuejiang and Guangyuan were born of Lady Bai. The "Ruan Genealogy of Tangji Village, Tangtou, Xinning" catalogued on the Yun Jiapu (Cloud Genealogy) website has "First ancestor to move to Guangdong: (Song) Ruan Meifu, taboo name Kui, art name Shilin" (this article has courtesy name Shanfu and calls him Shilin Gong), and says he lived for generations at Chenliu, Henan, moved to Zhuji Lane in Nanxiong Prefecture, and moved again to Dongcun, Xinhui, today's Pingkang, Xinning, and that his son Ruan Ping'an moved to Tanyin Village, Xinhui (this article has Tanjiang, Xinhui); as for that genealogy's founding ancestor, one catalogue entry gives Ruan Da ("traveled from Henan to eastern Guangdong and lodged at Zhuji Lane, Nanxiong"), while the text of the other entry gives Ruan Kui, with Ruan Da as ancestor of the line, yet its heading line still reads "Founding ancestor: Ruan Da".

族谱均谓石麟公于宋度宗咸淳九年由南雄珠玑巷迁来冈州；文章作者则认为随罗贵南迁的是阮可益，石麟公是因忤权贵左迁南恩州教授而家于新宁。台山上阁族谱只载生平康、平安、平泰，不载越江、广源，也不注何人所出；作者据此认为越江、广源是柏氏所出。云家谱网所录《新宁塘头塘基村阮氏谱》作「迁粤始祖：(宋)阮美富，讳逵，号石磷」（本文作字善富、称石麟公），并说他世居河南陈留，迁南雄州珠玑巷，再迁新会东村今新宁平康，其子阮平安迁新会潭因村（本文作新会潭江）；该谱的始祖，一条著录作阮达（「自河南游粤东，寓南雄珠玑巷」），另一条正文作阮逵、以阮达为派祖，其标题行却仍作「始祖：阮达」。

Settled: 黄桥头 Huangqiaotou

Source text (Chinese)

大都奉石麟公为太始祖，据族谱所载均谓石麟公于宋度宗咸淳九年由南雄珠玑巷迁来冈州 [1]

但同一时期家住南雄州始兴县牛田坊珠玑巷的宋银青光禄大夫阮石麟公，讳逵字善富，因忤权贵，左迁南恩州教授，遂家于新宁平康里黄桥头（在今斗山镇上阁地区）。他先后娶了两个夫人——屈氏和柏氏。屈氏是番禺莘汀村人 [1]

据新会冲茶贤村的族谱记载，说屈氏生三子：平康、平安、平泰，柏氏生二子越江、广源。而台山上阁之族谱只说生平康、平安、平泰，而无越江、广源，又不注何人所出，因此越江、广源二公是柏氏所出无疑 [1]

始祖石麟公生于南宋理宗淳祐二年（公元一二四一年），终于元城宗大德九年（公元一三O五年），享寿六十四岁 [1]

终于元成宗大德九年 [3]

葬于台山上阁坑尾村后山，喝飞鹰打兔形；柏氏葬于番禺莘汀村（新造）深水庙右边，与公合葬 [1]

新会的族谱载：平安翁居新会潭江、平康翁居台山上阁，自上阁分支新会长涧、冲茶、贤村；越江翁居顺德谭义、文海、古朗；平泰翁居台山塘头，广源翁居中山象角 [1]

迁粤始祖 : (宋) 阮美富,讳逵,号石磷.始祖 : 阮达. 自河南游粤东,寓南雄珠玑巷 [4]

始祖 : 阮逵. 自河南游粤东,寓南雄珠玑巷. 世居河南陈留，迁南雄州珠玑巷，再迁新会东村今新宁平康，其子阮平安，迁新会潭因村；阮平泰，居塘头村 [5]

派祖:阮达 [5]

始祖 : 阮达,迁粤始祖 : (宋) 阮美富,讳逵,号石磷 [5]

  • Pingkang[1][edit]

    平康

    Lived at Hengmei Village, Shangge, Taishan

    居台山上阁亨美村

    The Shangge genealogy of Taishan says Pingkang Weng was the eldest.

    台山上阁族谱称平康翁居长。

    Sources differ: The genealogies differ on where his descendants went: the Xinhui genealogy says branches went from Shangge to Changjian, Chongcha and Xiancun in Xinhui; the Shangge genealogy of Taishan says his descendants lived variously at Shanbei, Nanhai, Dafan, Xiancun in Xinhui, Chongcha, Xin'an, Dachong and other places; the author's summary, however, puts Changjian, Chongcha and Xiancun in Xinhui, Dachong in Xin'an, and Dafan in Nanhai under the line of Ping'an Weng, and takes Wenhai in Shunde, Huanglian, Gulang in Tanyi, Yunfu and Shangjiao in Panyu as branches of Pingkang Weng, while the Xinhui genealogy has Tanyi, Wenhai and Gulang in Shunde as where Yuejiang Weng lived. The author says earlier compilers of the genealogies did not consult one another, and it can no longer be verified.

    各谱所记其后人去处不一：新会族谱称自上阁分支新会长涧、冲茶、贤村；台山上阁族谱称后人分别居住山背、南海、大范、新会贤村、冲茶、新安、大冲等处；作者综述则把新会长涧、冲茶、贤村、新安大涌、南海大范归入平安翁一支，而以顺德文海、黄连、谭义古蓢、云浮、番禺上滘为平康翁的分支，新会族谱却以顺德谭义、文海、古朗为越江翁所居。作者说前人修谱彼此不相谋，现已无从考证。

    Settled: 上阁 Shangge, 亨美村 Hengmei Village

    Moved away to: Wenhai, Shunde 顺德文海, Huanglian 黄连, Gulang, Tanyi 谭义古蓢, Yunfu (moved there in the 13th generation) 云浮（十三世时迁去）, Shangjiao, Panyu 番禺上滘

    Source text (Chinese)

    平康翁居台山上阁，自上阁分支新会长涧、冲茶、贤村 [1]

    台山上阁族谱载：平康翁居长，后人分别居住山背、南海、大范、新会贤村、冲茶、新安、大冲等处 [1]

    台山塘头族谱载：平康翁居上阁亨美 [1]

    平康翁居台山上阁亨美村，分支顺德文海、黄连、谭义古蓢、云浮（十三世时迁去）、番禺上滘 [1]

    从化、增城、宝安、河源、揭阳、新会长涧、冲茶、贤村、分支新安大涌、南海大范、新会崖门 [1]

    越江翁居顺德谭义、文海、古朗 [1]

    由此可知前人修谱，彼此不相谋，现在去古已远，无从考证，只好各是其是了 [1]

    斗山镇上阁：那洲625人、美南村1000人、南昌村185人、龙平村25人、亨美村180人 [1]

  • Pingtai[1][5][edit]

    平泰

    Moved to Tangtou, Cuodong (Tangtou, Taishan)

    迁居矬峒塘头（台山塘头）

    His descendants lived at Tangtou, Taishan; in the 9th generation a branch went to Tangdi, Taishan.

    后人居台山塘头，九世时分支台山塘底。

    Sources differ: The Taishan and Xinhui genealogies both record that Pingtai Weng lived at Tangtou, Taishan; the Xiangjiao genealogy of Zhongshan, however, says that Pingtai Weng's descendants lived at Haiyan, Taishan, and another branch in the provincial capital. For the branches of his descendants, the Shangge genealogy of Taishan gives Huizhou, Boluo, Sanshui, Xinxing, Dongguan, Yangchun, Yangjiang and other places, while the author's summary gives Huizhou, Shunde, Gaotangji in Dongguan, Leizhou, Sanshui, Yangjiang, Yangchun and Xinxing (without Boluo, and adding Shunde and Leizhou).

    台山、新会族谱均记平泰翁居台山塘头；中山象角族谱则说平泰翁后人居住台山海宴，另一房居住省城。其后人分派，台山上阁族谱作惠州、博罗、三水、新兴、东莞、阳春、阳江等处，作者综述则作惠州、顺德、东莞高塘基、雷州、三水、阳江、阳春、新兴（无博罗，多顺德、雷州）。

    Settled: 塘头 Tangtou, 塘底 Tangdi

    Moved away to: Huizhou (moved there in the 5th generation) 惠州（五世时迁去）, Shunde 顺德, Gaotangji, Dongguan 东莞高塘基, Leizhou 雷州, Sanshui 三水, Yangjiang 阳江, Yangchun 阳春, Xinxing 新兴

    Source text (Chinese)

    平泰翁迁居矬峒塘头 [1]

    平泰翁迁居矬峒塘头，分派则有惠州、博罗、三水、新兴、东莞、阳春、阳江等处 [1]

    平泰翁居台山塘头，中山象角所载虽大致相同，但却说平泰翁后人居住台山海宴，另一房居住省城 [1]

    平泰后人居台山塘头，分支台山塘底（九世时迁去）、惠州（五世时迁去）、顺德，东莞高塘基、雷州、三水、阳江、阳春、新兴 [1]

    端芬镇塘头管区829人、塘底管区1044人 [1]

    阮平泰，居塘头村 [5]

Where they live[edit]

Figures as of August 1997, not including those living in Taicheng and other towns; the number remaining in the city is estimated at over five thousand, and the overseas Chinese abroad outnumber those remaining in the city.[1]

截至一九九七年八月的统计，未包括住在台城和其他镇的人口；估计留市人口超过五千人，旅外侨胞总数超过留市人数。

Source text (Chinese)

主要留市人口分布情况（截至一九九七年八月止）如下 [1]

以上数字还未包括住在台城和其他镇的人口，估计留市人口超过五千人；此外，斗山、端芬是侨乡，阮族也不例外，旅外（包括美洲、欧洲、非洲、大洋洲及港、澳、台等地）侨胞总数超过留市人数 [1]

斗山 Doushan 上阁 Shangge, 那洲 Nazhou, 美南村 Meinan Village, 南昌村 Nanchang Village, 龙平村 Longping Village, 亨美村 Hengmei Village, 石头村 Shitou Village, 泗美村 Simei Village · Shangge: Nazhou 625 people, Meinan Village 1,000, Nanchang Village 185, Longping Village 25, Hengmei Village 180, Shitou Village 138, Simei Village 53; 2,206 in all 上阁：那洲625人、美南村1000人、南昌村185人、龙平村25人、亨美村180人、石头村138人、泗美村53人，合共2206人[1]
Source text (Chinese)

斗山镇上阁：那洲625人、美南村1000人、南昌村185人、龙平村25人、亨美村180人、石头村138人、泗美村53人，合共2206人 [1]
端芬 Duanfen 塘头 Tangtou, 塘底 Tangdi; Tangnan Village, Xiangbu administrative district 香步管区的塘南村; Henan Village, Xiangbu administrative district 香步管区的河南村; Beice Village, Natai administrative district 那泰管区的北册村; Naqunyang Village, Xikuo administrative district 西廓管区的那群洋村 · Tangtou administrative district 829 people, Tangdi administrative district 1,044, Tangnan Village in Xiangbu administrative district 214, Henan Village 164, Beice Village in Natai administrative district 112, Naqunyang Village in Xikuo administrative district 275; 2,638 in all 塘头管区829人、塘底管区1044人、香步管区的塘南村214人、河南村164人、那泰管区的北册村112人、西廓管区的那群洋村275人，合共2638人[1]
Source text (Chinese)

端芬镇塘头管区829人、塘底管区1044人、香步管区的塘南村214人、河南村164人、那泰管区的北册村112人，以及西廓管区的那群洋村275人，合共2638人 [1]
三合 Sanhe Tangsheng Village, Hengtang 横塘塘盛村 · A few 少数[1]
Source text (Chinese)

阮氏后人居住台山市除少数住在三合镇横塘塘盛村、广海镇奇石村、海宴祐村坦外 [1]
广海 Guanghai 奇石村 Qishi Village · A few 少数[1]
Source text (Chinese)

阮氏后人居住台山市除少数住在三合镇横塘塘盛村、广海镇奇石村、海宴祐村坦外 [1]
海宴 Haiyan 祐村坦 Youcuntan · A few 少数[1]
Source text (Chinese)

阮氏后人居住台山市除少数住在三合镇横塘塘盛村、广海镇奇石村、海宴祐村坦外 [1]

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 阮 surname.

References[edit]

  1. "Ruan", in the "Taishan Surnames" column of the Taishan Municipal Government website, December 19, 2017 「阮氏」，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)
  2. "Ruan", in the "Taishan Surnames" column of the Taishan Municipal Government website, July 6, 2023 「阮氏」，台山市人民政府门户网站「台山姓氏」栏目，2023年7月6日 (archived copy)
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  4. Catalogue entry for "Ruan Genealogy of Tangji Village, Tangtou, Xinning" (handwritten copy, early Republic, [26] double leaves), on the Yun Jiapu (Cloud Genealogy) website 《新宁塘头塘基村阮氏谱》（手抄本，民国初，[26]双叶）书目著录，载云家谱网
  5. Catalogue entry for "Ruan Genealogy of Tangji Village, Tangtou, Xinning" (manuscript), on the Yun Jiapu (Cloud Genealogy) website 《新宁塘头塘基村阮氏谱》（写本）书目著录，载云家谱网

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