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Lineage of the 雷 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.

The three surnames Lei, Fang and Kuang share one origin: a son of Emperor Yuwang, 8th-generation descendant of Shennong, lived at Leize and took Lei as his surname, becoming the founding ancestor of the Lei. Lan (official name Chao Weng), 19th-generation descendant of General Lei Wanchun of the Tang, came south during the turmoil of the Jin armies and registered his household at Zhuji Lane in Nanxiong, becoming the founding ancestor of the Lei of Guangdong; his second son, Fu, moved in the 9th year of Xianchun of the Southern Song (1273) to Gubo Du in Xinhui, spread to Doudongli in Wenzhang Du, and moved to Tangmian Township in Dajiang, Taishan, becoming the founding ancestor of the Lei of Taishan; Chao Weng's 7th-generation descendant Ang (courtesy name Boyong) moved to Haiyan in Taishan. By an incomplete count, the Lei living in Taishan number about 31,000 in all. The Taicheng Subdistrict Office (2016) gives instead a total population of 20,600 (another account says 31,000).[1][2][3][edit]

雷、方、邝三姓同出一源：神农八世孙帝榆罔之子居雷泽，以雷为姓，为雷氏始祖。唐朝雷万春将军的十九世孙兰（宦名朝翁）因值金兵乱，南下建籍于南雄珠玑巷，为广东雷氏始祖；其次子复于南宋咸淳九年（1273年）迁居新会古博都，延蔓于文章都斗洞里，迁台山大江塘面乡，为台山雷氏始祖；朝翁七世孙昂（字伯颙）迁居台山海宴。据不完全统计，居台山雷氏共约3.1万人。台城街道办事处（2016）则作总人口20600人（一说3.1万人）。

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.

  • Shennong 神农sonLin 临⋯ 6 more ⋯sonLei 雷 First ancestordescendantLei Wanchun 雷万春15th-generation descendantYunzheng 云蒸5th-generation descendantLan 兰 First in Guangdong
    • sonFu 复 Founded a line
      • Settled · 大江 Dajiang, 公益 Gongyi塘面 Tangmian沙岗 Shagang新塘基 Xintangji独岗 Dugang曹岗 Caogang吕边 Lvbian张良边 Zhangliangbian
    • 7th-generation descendantAng 昂 Founded a line
      • Settled · 海宴 Haiyan, 汶村 Wencun Village河南 Henan新河 Xinhe沙头 Shatou澳村 Aocun Village沙边 Shabian沙浦 Shapu雷许村 Leixu Village上坑 Shangkeng

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

The line in detail

Shennong the Flame Emperor[1][edit]

神农 炎帝

In remote antiquity, leader of the tribes of the Jiang surname; lived around Qishan in Shaanxi, and later spread into the Central Plains.

上古时代姜姓部族的首领，居陕西岐山一带，后发展到中原一带。

Source text (Chinese)

神农氏（即炎帝）是上古时代姜姓部族的首领，居陕西岐山一带，后发展到中原一带，取莽水氏生子临 [1]

son

Lin[1][edit]

临

Source text (Chinese)

取莽水氏生子临，临生帝承 [1]

son

Emperor Cheng[1][edit]

帝承

Source text (Chinese)

临生帝承，帝承生帝明 [1]

son

Emperor Ming[1][edit]

帝明

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帝承生帝明，帝明生帝宜 [1]

son

Emperor Yi[1][edit]

帝宜

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帝明生帝宜，帝宜生帝来 [1]

son

Emperor Lai[1][edit]

帝来

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帝宜生帝来，帝来生帝里 [1]

son

Emperor Li[1][edit]

帝里

Source text (Chinese)

帝来生帝里，帝里生帝榆罔 [1]

son

Emperor Yuwang[1][edit]

帝榆罔

The original also calls him the 8th-generation descendant of Shennong.

原文又称其为神农氏八代孙。

Source text (Chinese)

帝里生帝榆罔，帝榆罔生雷（雷氏始祖） [1]

雷氏起源，据族谱记载，神农氏八代孙帝榆罔之子 [1]

son

Lei Founding ancestor of the Lei[1][edit]

雷 雷氏始祖

Helped the Yellow Emperor campaign against Chiyou, earned merit in the victory, and was enfeoffed at Fangshan (northwest of today's Yu County, Henan Province)

相黄帝伐蚩尤，得胜有功，封于方山（今河南省禹县西北）

Lived at Leize, and so took Lei as his surname

居雷泽，遂以雷为氏

The original says this is the origin of the Lei, handed down generation after generation through the Xia, Shang and Zhou and on to the Tang. Later his descendants took the name of their fief, Fangshan, as their surname, taking the Fang surname; the Kuang in turn came from the Fang, so the three surnames Lei, Fang and Kuang share one origin. The "New Hundred Family Surnames" says that, according to tradition, the Yellow Emperor had a minister named Lei Gong, whose descendants were called the Lei; the original regards this as the same as what the Kuang genealogy records.

原文称这是雷氏起源，历夏、商、周以及唐，奕世相传。其后子孙以封地方山为姓，取方姓；邝氏又出于方氏，雷、方、邝三姓同出一源。《新百家姓》称：相传黄帝有个臣子雷公，他的后代称雷氏；原文认为与邝氏族谱所记相同。

Source text (Chinese)

帝榆罔生雷（雷氏始祖） [1]

雷氏起源，据族谱记载，神农氏八代孙帝榆罔之子，居雷泽，遂以雷为氏，始得姓曰雷。相黄帝有功，黄帝封于方山（今河南省禹县西北）。这是雷氏起源。历夏、商、周以及唐，奕世相传 [1]

相黄帝伐蚩尤，得胜有功，封于方山 [1]

后子孙以地（方山）为姓，取方姓 [1]

邝氏之先，始自方，方氏始自雷，雷、方、邝三姓流出一源，根同枝分 [1]

《新百家姓》一书关于雷姓来源：“相传黄帝有个臣子雷公，他的后代称雷氏。” [1]

《新百家姓》关于雷、方两姓来源与邝氏族谱所记相同 [1]

descendant

Lei Wanchun[1][edit]

雷万春

Military official supporting the state under the Tang; defended Suiyang together with the county magistrate Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan

唐朝辅国武臣，与县令张巡、许远镇守睢阳

757 CE

公元757年

An Qingxu sent generals with more than 100,000 troops to attack the city; Lei Wanchun resisted bravely and, though hit by six arrows, held the city; in the end, cut off from outside help, he was captured when the city fell and calmly met his death.

安庆绪遣将带兵十余万攻城，雷万春奋勇抵抗，身中六箭，坚守城池；最后外援断绝，城陷被俘，从容就义。

Source text (Chinese)

传至唐朝，辅国武臣雷万春将军，与县令张巡、许远镇守睢阳 [1]

公元757年，安庆绪（安禄山次子）遣将带兵十余万攻城，雷万春奋勇抵抗，在一次战役中，他身中六箭 [1]

最后因外援断绝，饥不能战，城陷，与张巡、许远等大小战将36人被俘，从容就义 [1]

15th-generation descendant

1st-generation ancestor of the Henan main line Yunzheng taboo name Cheng; courtesy name Jinwei; art name Caoyuan[1][edit]

河南大宗一世祖 云蒸 讳铖，字金威，号操垣

Registered his household at Xiangfu County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan

建籍于河南开封府祥符县

His father died when he was young, and he was left alone and destitute.

年少父亡，孤苦伶仃。

Moved away to: Xiangfu County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan 河南开封府祥符县

Source text (Chinese)

万春公十五世孙，河南大宗一世祖云蒸，讳铖，字金威，号操垣。操垣公年少，父亡，孤苦伶仃，建籍于河南开封府祥符县 [1]

5th-generation descendant

Lan courtesy name Xinsi; official name Chao Weng; art name Zhitang Founding ancestor of the Lei of Guangdong[1][edit]

兰 字馨斯，宦名朝翁，号芝堂 广东雷氏始祖

Passed the jinshi examination; served as deputy prefect of Nanxiong

登进士，任南雄二守

Because of the turmoil of the Jin armies, came south and registered his household at Zhuji Lane, Shashui Village, Baochang County, Nanxiong Prefecture, Guangdong

因值金兵乱，南下建籍于广东南雄府保昌县沙水村珠玑巷

The original also calls him the 19th-generation descendant of Wanchun Gong. He and his wife, Lady Yan (titled gongren), died one after the other and were buried together at Shoushan in Nanxiong. Two sons: the elder, Yu, and the younger, Fu. Later, meeting "the affair of the imperial consort", Yu and Fu each moved with their sons to Yangcheng (Guangzhou); before long Yu chose to settle at Weichong in Panyu (8th month of the 9th year of Xianchun, 1273 CE), and had sons Fu, Lu and Shou.

原文又称其为万春公十九世孙。与恭人阎氏相继而殂，合葬于南雄之寿山。子二人：长豫，次复。后遭「皇妃之变」，豫、复各偕其子迁移于羊城；不久豫卜居于番禺韦涌（咸淳九年八月，公元1273年），有子福、禄、寿。

Moved away to: Zhuji Lane, Shashui Village, Baochang County, Nanxiong Prefecture, Guangdong 广东南雄府保昌县沙水村珠玑巷

Source text (Chinese)

万春公十九世孙，河南云蒸公五世孙，广东雷氏始祖，讳兰，字馨斯，宦名朝翁，号芝堂，因值金兵乱，遂南下建籍于广东南雄府保昌县沙水村珠玑巷，登进士，任南雄二守 [1]

子二人，长曰豫，次曰复，是时朝翁与恭人（元朝为六品官之妻的封号）阎氏相继而殂，合葬于南雄之寿山。后遭“皇妃之变”，豫、复二公各偕其子迁移于羊城。不久，豫祖卜居于番禺韦涌，时咸淳九年八月（公元1273年），有子三人曰福、禄、寿 [1]

万春公十五世孙，河南大宗一世祖云蒸 [1]

  • 2nd-generation ancestor Fu Founding ancestor of the Lei of Taishan[1][2][edit]

    二世祖 复 台山雷氏始祖

    The 9th year of Xianchun (1273)

    咸淳九年（1273年）

    Met with "the affair of the imperial consort" and moved with his sons to Yangcheng (Guangzhou); on a jiazi night in the 9th year of Xianchun (1273) moved to Gubo Du in Xinhui County (corresponding to today's Shuikou area of Kaiping City), and spread to Doudongli in Wenzhang Du (corresponding to today's Dajiang, Gongyi and Shuibu towns of Taishan City); moved to Tangmian Township, Dajiang, Taishan (today's Zhongjian Village, Shiqiao administrative area, Dajiang Town)

    遭「皇妃之变」，偕其子迁移于羊城；咸淳九年（1273年）甲子夜迁居新会县古博都（相当于现开平市水口辖区），延蔓于文章都（相当于现台山市大江、公益、水步镇辖区）斗洞里；迁台山大江塘面乡（现大江镇石桥管区中间村）

    His descendants live apart in more than ten villages, including Shagang, Tangmian, Xintangji, Dugang, Caogang, Lvbian and Zhangliangbian.

    子孙分居于沙岗、塘面、新塘基、独岗、曹岗、吕边、张良边等十多村。

    Sources differ: The original first says Fu Gong moved in the 9th year of Xianchun (1273) to Gubo Du in Xinhui County (today's Shuikou, Kaiping City) and spread to Doudongli in Wenzhang Du; later it says "the 2nd-generation ancestor Fu Gong moved in 1273 CE to Tangmian Township, Dajiang, Taishan City". The Taicheng Subdistrict Office (2016) says he moved in the 9th year of Xianchun of the Southern Song (1273) from Gubo Du in Xinhui County to Tangmian Township, Dajiang, Xinning County.

    原文先称复公于咸淳九年（1273年）迁居新会县古博都（今开平市水口），延蔓于文章都斗洞里；后又称「二世祖复公于公元1273年迁台山市大江塘面乡」。台城街道办事处（2016）称他于南宋咸淳九年（1273年）从新会县古博都迁居新宁县大江塘面乡。

    Settled: 塘面 Tangmian, 沙岗 Shagang, 新塘基 Xintangji, 独岗 Dugang, 曹岗 Caogang, 吕边 Lvbian, 张良边 Zhangliangbian

    Source text (Chinese)

    豫、复二公各偕其子迁移于羊城 [1]

    复祖则于咸淳九年（1273年）甲子夜迁居于新会县之古博都（相当于现开平市水口辖区）。延蔓于文章都（相当于现台山市大江、公益、水步镇辖区）斗洞里，子孙分居于沙岗、塘面、新塘基、独岗、曹岗、吕边、张良边等十多村 [1]

    自二世祖复公于公元1273年迁台山市大江塘面乡（现大江镇石桥管区中间村）以来 [1]

    现分居在台山市公益镇的张良边管区 [1]

    台山雷氏始祖是广东雷氏二世祖雷复。他于南宋咸淳九年（1273年）从新会县古博都（今属开平市水口镇）迁居新宁县大江塘面乡（今大江镇石桥村委会中间村） [2]

  • Ang courtesy name Boyong[1][edit]

    昂 字伯颙

    Died on the 20th day of the 7th month of the 17th year of Chenghua of the Ming (1481 CE), aged 67

    卒于明成化十七年（公元1481年）7月20日，享年67岁

    Moved to Haiyan in Taishan

    迁居于台山海宴

    The original calls him Chao Weng's 7th-generation descendant without saying whether he descends from Yu or from Fu. His descendants now live apart at Henan, Xinhe, Shatou, Aocun and Shabian in Haiyan Town and at Shapu, Leixu Village, Shangkeng and other places in Wencun Town, about 5,200 people, all descendants of Boyong Gong.

    原文称朝翁七世孙，未言出自豫或复。其后裔现分居于海宴镇河南、新河、沙头、澳村、沙边及汶村镇的沙浦、雷许村、上坑等，人口约5200人，皆是伯颙公之后裔。

    Settled: 河南 Henan, 新河 Xinhe, 沙头 Shatou, 澳村 Aocun Village, 沙边 Shabian, 沙浦 Shapu, 雷许村 Leixu Village, 上坑 Shangkeng

    Source text (Chinese)

    朝翁七世孙，讳昂，字伯颙，迁居于台山海宴，现分居于海宴镇河南、新河、沙头、澳村、沙边、汶村镇的沙浦、雷许村、上坑等人口约5200人，皆是伯颙公之后裔。公卒于明成化十七年（公元1481年）7月20日，享年67岁 [1]

Where they live[edit]

The original says that in the more than 720 years since the 2nd-generation ancestor Fu Gong came to Taishan, the Lei have come to live in 95 natural villages in the three towns of Gongyi, Dajiang and Shuibu, numbering about 15,000 or more; others live in 28 natural villages in Sijiu, Taicheng, Sanhe, Chonglou, Doushan and other towns, about 6,000 people; Boyong Gong's descendants in Haiyan and Wencun number about 5,200; it also records that Chao Weng's 7th-generation descendant Jishan Gong and 13th-generation descendant Wenli Gong moved to Shachong in Zhongshan City, where they now number more than five thousand; it then says "by the incomplete count above, the Lei living in Taishan number about 31,000 in all". The Taicheng Subdistrict Office (2016) says instead that the Lei live in 134 natural villages under 38 village committees in 14 towns, with a total population of 20,600 (another account says 31,000), most concentrated in Dajiang Town, about 13,000.[1][2]

原文称自二世祖复公迁台山以来的720多年间，雷氏分居公益、大江、水步三镇共95条自然村，人口约1.5万人以上；另分居在四九、台城、三合、冲蒌、斗山等镇28条自然村，人口约6千人；海宴、汶村伯颙公后裔约5200人；又记朝翁七世孙积善公及十三世孙文力公迁居中山市沙涌，现在人口约五千多人；随后称「据上述不完全统计，居台山雷氏共约3.1万人」。台城街道办事处（2016）则称雷氏分居14个镇、38个村委会、134条自然村，总人口20600人（一说3.1万人），以大江镇为集中，约1.3万人。

Source text (Chinese)

自二世祖复公于公元1273年迁台山市大江塘面乡（现大江镇石桥管区中间村）以来的720多年间 [1]

现分居在台山市公益镇的张良边管区；大江镇的石桥、河木、大塘、棠棣、新大江、拱桥、里坳、陈边等八个管区；水步镇的井风、茅莲、长坑等三个管区共95条自然村，人口约1.5万人以上，另分居在四九镇、台城镇、三合镇、冲蒌镇、斗山镇等28条自然村人口约6千人 [1]

人口约5200人，皆是伯颙公之后裔 [1]

此外，朝翁七世孙积善公及十三世孙文力公迁居中山市沙涌即现在中山市环城区渡头村，现在人口约五千多人 [1]

据上述不完全统计，居台山雷氏共约3.1万人 [1]

分居在大江、水步、四九、冲蒌、台城、三合、斗山等14个镇、38个村委会、134条自然村，总人口达20600人（一说3.1万人）。以大江镇为集中，约1.3万人 [2]

公益 Gongyi 张良边 Zhangliangbian · the Zhangliangbian administrative area 张良边管区[1]
Source text (Chinese)

现分居在台山市公益镇的张良边管区 [1]
大江 Dajiang 石桥 Shiqiao, 河木 Hemu, 大塘 Datang, 棠棣 Tangdi, 新大江 Xindajiang, 拱桥 Gongqiao, 里坳 Li'ao, 陈边 Chenbian · eight administrative areas 八个管区[1]
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大江镇的石桥、河木、大塘、棠棣、新大江、拱桥、里坳、陈边等八个管区 [1]
水步 Shuibu 井风 Jingfeng, 茅莲 Maolian, 长坑 Changkeng · three administrative areas 三个管区[1]
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水步镇的井风、茅莲、长坑等三个管区 [1]
海宴 Haiyan 河南 Henan, 新河 Xinhe, 沙头 Shatou, 澳村 Aocun Village, 沙边 Shabian · descendants of Boyong Gong 伯颙公后裔[1]
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迁居于台山海宴，现分居于海宴镇河南、新河、沙头、澳村、沙边 [1]
汶村 Wencun Village 沙浦 Shapu, 雷许村 Leixu Village, 上坑 Shangkeng · descendants of Boyong Gong 伯颙公后裔[1]
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汶村镇的沙浦、雷许村、上坑等人口约5200人，皆是伯颙公之后裔 [1]
Elsewhere 28 natural villages in Sijiu, Taicheng, Sanhe, Chonglou, Doushan and other towns 四九镇、台城镇、三合镇、冲蒌镇、斗山镇等28条自然村 · about 6,000 people 约6千人[1]
Source text (Chinese)

另分居在四九镇、台城镇、三合镇、冲蒌镇、斗山镇等28条自然村人口约6千人 [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 雷 surname.

References[edit]

  1. "Lei, Fang and Kuang", in the "Taishan Surnames" column of the Taishan Municipal Government website, December 19, 2017 「雷、方、邝氏」，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. "'Suyuan Monthly' and the History of the Lei, Fang and Kuang Surnames of Taishan", in the "History and Culture" column of the Taicheng Subdistrict Office on the Taishan Municipal Government website, April 1, 2016 「《溯源月刊》及台山雷、方、邝三姓历史」，台山市人民政府门户网站·台城街道办事处「历史文化」栏目，2016年4月1日
  3. Kuang Weinan, "Lei, Fang and Kuang", in "Origins of Taishan's Surnames" (vol. 1), compiled by the Cultural and Historical Materials Committee of the Taishan Municipal CPPCC; reposted on the Taishan Classmates website in the thread "[Share] Origins of Taishan's Surnames", August 2007 邝伟南：「雷、方、邝氏」，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

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