Does anyone know the story of Chen Yuanguang? Where is he from?

Chen Yuanguang, the son of Chen Zhengzhi, became the stepfather after Zheng Chen's death, and took over the post of chief marching officer in Lingnan. General Zhang Kai was appointed in the Tang Dynasty, and the people called Zhang Kai the Holy King (14-55 years old).

In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, there was a "savage turmoil" at the turn of Fujian and Guangdong, and "the people were in dire straits". In the second year of the General Chapter (669), 13-year-old Chen Yuanguang went south with his father, General Zheng Chen, and was stationed in Gu Sui 'an County (now Yunxiao County). As a result, he wrote a magnificent historical chapter of entrepreneurship represented by Chen Yuanguang, which had a far-reaching impact at home and abroad. In order to enrich the study of Zhang Kai's history and culture, this paper tries to describe Chen Yuanguang's ancestral home and the activities of his ancestors before they entered Fujian for reference.

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Chen Yuanguang, whose real name is Tingju, was born in Gushi, Gwangju on February 26th, 657. "Gushi County Records" contains: Gushi is located in the southeast of Henan Province, at the junction of Henan and Anhui. It borders Dabie Mountain in the south and Jinzhai County in Anhui Province. North of Huaihe River, across the river from Funan County, Anhui Province; East of Huoqiu County, Anhui Province; The west, northwest and southwest are connected with Huaibin, Huangchuan and Shangcheng counties respectively. History says that "the territory is vast, the peaks are steep, and Jingchu, Shihuai and Zhongzhou are under control, ranking first in the city." Its establishment and evolution can be traced back to the Zhuan Xu era. When Zhuan Xu was in office, Gushi County belonged to Anguo, and the road history recorded: "Laishi Fengzi Pavilion is stronger than An." Levin's name is Zhuan Xu. In Xia and Shang Dynasties, Gushi was the land of Guo; In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, Gushi County was called "Phoenix". The Book of the Later Han Dynasty contains: In the second year of Jianwu in the Eastern Han Dynasty (26), Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu named his sister-in-law and his eldest brother Li Tong as Gushi Hou, and worshipped Dasinong, making him "communicate with the emperor first, and want to be strong and early". Gushi appellation is derived from this and has a history of nearly 2000 years.

Gushi is located in the north and south of the Central Plains, and its special geographical location makes it rich in products in the north and south. Convenient land and water transportation and rich population resources make Gushi the origin and distribution center of Central Plains immigrants. Gushi, simple folk customs, emphasis on education, respect for etiquette, gathering of humanities, celebrities come forth in large numbers. Since the Spring and Autumn Period, there have been heroes and celebrities with a bachelor's degree who glorified China and went down in history. Chen Yuanguang, the holy king of Zhang Kai, and his grandparents were among them.

According to genealogical records, the ancestral home of Gwangju is the floating Chen family. Therefore, Chen ancestral halls in Fujian, Taiwan Province and overseas are all marked with "floating light" and "floating light". Regarding the origin of floating Chen, we can learn from "Hundred Surnames Stack? Chen's Origin, Preface Written by Pan Wei, a Scholar in Tang and Yuan Dynasties, Chen's Genealogy in Song and Qing Dynasties, Chen's Genealogy in Xiao Yun and Chen's Genealogy in Xiazhang, etc. , all show that Chen is the descendant of the grandson of the Yellow Emperor. According to Bian Hui Chen, Shun married Yao's two daughters before that and lived in Guangxi. After Shun died, he was transferred to Yuzhou, and Yu Fengshun's only son went to Yuzhou (now Yucheng County, Henan Province). At the end of Shang Dynasty, the 32nd generation grandson of Shang Jun joined his father and became Zheng Tao (official name). Because of his superb pottery-making skills, he won the favor of Zhou Wen Wang Jichang. After the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, Ji Chang's son named his father's son Gui as the Hou of Chen (now Huaiyang, Henan). After the death of Gui Man, posthumous title Gong Man, his grandson took the country as his surname, namely Chen. It spread to the 53rd Chen Minggong and died in 588. It was passed on to Chen Menglian and was appointed as the seventy-fourth Hou Xiang of Gushi. It was sent to Chen Shi as 8 1. The word Zhong Gong, named Qiu Ling, was named Yingchuan County, and was honored as the ancestor of Chen in Yingchuan. As a descendant of the 98th generation, Chen Baxian. Born in Xiaruoli (now Changxing, Zhejiang) of the Great Wall, Chen was the founder of the Southern Dynasties, namely Jiankang (Nanjing, Jiangsu). After it spread to Chen in the Southern Dynasties, it took 5 emperors and 33 years, and it was destroyed by Sui in the ninth year (589). According to genealogical records, Ba Han is the elder brother of Chen Wudi Taiwei Ba Xian. He gave birth to nuts in the 99th generation, the first gram of nuts was 65,438+000 generations, and the third son of Ke Geng was 65,438+0065,438+0 generations. Min Sheng, Fu Sheng Yuan Yang, Zheng Sheng Yuan Guang, 102. According to the Qing Dynasty's Gwangju Annals? Loyalty and Righteousness Biography records: "Song Xiaozong added Chen Yuanguang as a spiritual work to conform to King Zhaolie Guangji, and ordered Si Chunqiu to worship it. It originated from the descendants of Hu Gongman, and the descendants took the country as their surname, so it was easy to be Chen. During the Jianwu period of the Han Dynasty, the ancestors of Menglian, the Hou Xiang of Gushi, were buried at the foot of Fuguang Mountain, so their descendants stayed at home. "It can be seen that since the Han Dynasty, Gwangju Gushi has been the place where the Chen clan has been propagated and passed down, and the context of floating Chen is also clear. In addition, nearly 10,000 soldiers with 87 surnames who entered Fujian with Zheng Chen and Chen Yuanguang and their families mostly stayed in Minnan, living in harmony with the local people and passed down from generation to generation, becoming the ancestors of most Minnan people now. With the passage of time, the descendants of Zhang Kai have been multiplying and migrating, and their descendants have even crossed the ocean and spread all over the world. Therefore, Chen's descendants are respected as their ancestors and their second ancestors at home and abroad.

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Chen Guoren, Yuan Guang's great-grandfather, is the son of Ba Xian's brother Chen Bahan, the king of Runing. He was born on the fifth day of July, 562. His name was Yude and Yuexi. He lived in seclusion at the foot of Fu Guang Mountain in Gushi to avoid the troubled times in the early Sui Dynasty. Later, he was Da Situ, and Pingkou died in Zhejiang. In the twentieth year of Shaoxing in the Song Dynasty (1 150), he was made loyal to the monarch. Yuan Guang's great-grandmother Ye was named Mrs. Yan Lie.

Yuan Guang's grandfather, Chen Kegeng, was born on the first day of the first month in 598 AD. He joined the army since he was a child, was brave and good at fighting, and made many meritorious deeds. He is called "Little Prince". After his father died in Zhejiang, he retreated to the border of Gushi in Gwangju and hid there in order to make a comeback. "gram has been self-sustaining, ploughing and eating", renamed "gram ploughing". He organized and trained young people in rural areas to maintain local social order, which made Chen Jiajun famous. After Sui Yangguang proclaimed himself emperor, he was dissolute and shameless, and the people were in poverty, and all localities rose up in succession. The Gushi Rebel Army organized by Chen Kegeng developed rapidly and became an important force against Sui Dynasty. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, when the peasant uprising army was fighting for power and profit and killing each other, some people encouraged Chen Kegeng to be a marshal alone and called on the volunteers in the world to fight against the tyranny of the Sui Dynasty and restore the Chen Dynasty. Mrs. Wei pushed her way through the crowd, thinking, "It's okay to gather mobs to defend him, but protect the family; Whether it is a blessing or a curse, it is impossible to swallow it. "Later, Chen Kegeng resolutely led the troops to drop the king of Tang Dynasty, assisted Tang Yuan and Li Shimin, promoted the founding of the Tang Dynasty, moved to the north and south, attacked Dangke Linfen, and made brilliant achievements. He was called the founding father, and was appointed as a corps commander Zuo Fu and General Huaihua. Li Yuan specially gave him the "Founding Father" and praised him: "Chen Gong is great, a hero in the world, a robbery of the times, and respects Rong Yuan. Knowing my destiny, I don't bow to it, but I am loyal to Huo Yi and lead all the people. Wei Bei traveled to Hebei and became famous in Hedong. Zhu said that Li was trapped and Du was captured. Ji Xi, Emperor Ji, does not seek self-interest, falls to the world, and people are arrogant. "He died on the second day of May, 649, at the age of 52, and was buried in Tiewengfeng, Gwangju, Henan ("Seven Stars Arch the Moon "Cemetery). In the 20th year of Shaoxing in Song Dynasty (1 150), Jimei Jiaqing was made a marquis.

Yuan Guang's grandmother, Wei Jing, whose name is Yu Jue, is the daughter of Sui Zhongshu. She was born in Runing, Henan in 599 1 month1day. I have studied literature and martial arts since I was a child. I am intelligent and resolute, and I have the gift of literature and martial arts. He married Ke Geng at the age of 18, and urged Ke Geng to help Li Yuan establish the Tang Dynasty with 50,000 chosen men. Xu Tianzheng's "Epitaph of Chen Kegeng, the Founding Father of Wei Family" reads: "Jun Fu's contribution to the founding of the country is also the contribution of Wei persuasion." Gushi county annals? Legend: After returning to her hometown, Mrs. Wei lived at the northern foot of Anyang (this town). During this period, Mrs. Wei did several major things: First, exterminate mountain thieves and eliminate four evils for the people. Anyang Mountain is 25 miles east of Gushi and belongs to Dabie Mountain. Because of years of war, education is not as good as before. At that time, hundreds of monks gathered in the temple on the mountain, colluded with bandits, disobeyed the king's laws and violently attacked the village. After Mrs. Wei verified it, she presented it to the court, recruited government soldiers, and settled down in three ways. The second is to teach literature and martial arts and cultivate love for grandchildren. Mrs. Wei loves Yuanguang and cultivates it with her heart. Yuan Guang was brilliant since he was a child. He read a lot of classics and ran through history. He lost a lot by small and gained a reputation. /kloc-won the first place in Guangzhou township at the age of 0/3, which was inseparable from grandma's teaching and supervision. The third is to be prepared for danger in times of peace and accumulate armaments. Mrs. Wei was ordered to establish Anshan Racecourse, cultivate good horses in Gushi, cut trees in forest farms, build warships in Wulongtan and train sailors. Fourth, organize and mobilize villagers to develop production. Vigorously promote advanced farming techniques to make people worry about food and clothing. She cares about the sufferings of the people, wins the hearts of the government and people, and enjoys high prestige. Originally, Mrs. Wei could live in Anyang Mountain for a long time, but the country was in trouble, and Minnan was frequently in a hurry. After Mrs. Wei sent her son Chen to the southern expedition, the next year, she was in charge of the southern aid at the age of 765,438+0. She led more than 8,000 soldiers with a surname of 58 in Gushi, mobilized warships, went out of Quanhe River, entered the Huaihe River, turned the canal and reached Zhejiang. However, the weather is unpredictable. When marching to Jiangshan County, Zhejiang Province, the soldiers and sailors in the army refused to accept it, and the plague was rampant, and many people died. Mrs. Wei resisted the great grief of losing her beloved son, grandson and soldiers, and led a large army to continue south to help stop the chaos and peace. In 677 and 678 AD, the couple died of illness one after another. In her later years, Mrs. Wei endured the pain of losing her son and strongly supported Yuan Guang to inherit his father's business, establish county governance and make every effort. The following year (69 1), Mrs. Wei died at the age of 93. At that time, Xu Tianzheng, the driver of Zhangzhou bus, wrote an epitaph for Ma Wei. The inscription records the serenity and calmness of Mrs. Wei when she died: "The atmosphere is far away and the teeth are more complicated. Wei Shi said,' It's not surprising that all three sons are dead. Sun Ke will do great things, and its gate will be brighter than the south! I will stop at my age. The maid was ordered to open the mirror, bathe, sit in the back hall, eat the attendants, and die after drinking. "Chen Yuanguang supported his grandson, buried his grandmother in Ren Xianfeng, the radius mountain of Xiao Yun Bamboo Pagoda, and set up a house to celebrate his kindness. During the period of guarding the tomb, Chen Yuanguang recalled her grandmother's inculcation from childhood, who led the army to solve the danger of Jiulong Mountain and helped to establish Zhangzhou County Government. She was heartbroken and wrote poems such as Radius Living at Home, My Father and Radius Inscription with deep affection. "Qiao Yuebiao fairy, rate of eloquence JiShou. Wu Hao mourned Linghai, and the crane leaned on the capital ... Wan Li raised his troops and reported his mother's kindness every three years. The monument of "Wei Shinto, the grandmother of Mrs. Chen, the founding father of the Tang Dynasty" still exists in Zhulou Village. Mrs. Wei Tai is an extraordinary woman in the history of the Chinese nation. Xiao Yun people honored her as "Ma Wei" and built many temples to worship her.

During the reign of Tang Tianbao (742 ~ 756), Sun returned to his hometown to rebuild the General's House and build his grandmother's temple. Gwangju? "Scholars" records: In the sixth year of Emperor Xuanzong of Sun Tang Dynasty (747), Tianbao raised a scholar, awarded Chenzhou Ningyuan Order, and met Li and Yang, with no intention of being an official. He visited the old capital of Yiyang, the source of which is magnificent, and lived there for several years. Later, he was appointed as the governor of Zhangzhou. "Gushi General Mansion, named after Chen Kegeng's father and son awarded the rank of general, is located in the northwest of Anyang Mountain in Jeffery Ji Township, Gushi, on the east bank of Quanhe River, facing the floating roof of Anyang Mountain. The original building is huge, covering an area of 5000 square meters. The existing general mansion-"General Chen Temple" covers an area of 800 square meters and has 26 houses, which are divided into purlin, wing and front room. Zulian: "Fujian and Guangdong sang sages for a thousand years, and the rural temples worshipped generals for a hundred generations." The purlin is a portrait of Chen Yuanguang, engraved with the inscription "Weizhen is in Fujian and Guangdong, and the dust is clean in the southeast". The couplet "Fujian has been called a paradise for decades; It has been built for thousands of years and there are endless cigarettes. " The wings on both sides are dedicated to Chen Kegeng, Wei Jing, Zheng Chen and Sikong. In 2004, it was approved as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

In front of the general's house, there is a bend in the pool called "Crescent Pond". Not far from the southeast of Yueyatang, it is the ancestral land of Chen's "Seven Stars Arch the Moon" and the place where ancestors sleep. Grandma Temple, also known as Yunxiao Temple, is located at the top of Anyang, facing the southeast. Anyang Mountain, also known as "Floating Mountain", "Old Peak" and "Floating Peak", has a main peak of 419.4m, which is basically equivalent to the height of General Xiaoyun Mountain of 425.9m.. There are often floating lights, floating lights and escaping lights, which is one of the eight scenic spots in Gushi. According to legend, when Mrs. Wei took Yuan Guang to the top of the old building, she looked far away and had unlimited scenery. She looked up at the sky and exclaimed, "This Lingshan should be buried in Sri Lanka after a hundred years." Later, the situation changed suddenly, and the smog in Lingnan was frequent. Mrs. Wei, and other sages entered Fujian and never came back. It is also reasonable for Chen Shu to replace his grandfather and grandmother. Grandma temple has been renovated for thousands of years. Standing in the square in front of the temple, I was deeply moved and sighed. At the age of seventy, Mrs. Wei Taitai went to Rongji in Wan Li, made great achievements and died in a foreign country. Her virtue should set an example for future generations. In the 20th year of Shaoxing in Song Dynasty (1 150), posthumous title was Mrs. Zhao De of Jishun. In 1980s, Mr. Chen Lifu, a veteran of China Kuomintang, wrote an inscription for it: "Be a heroine".

Chen Min, uncle of Yuan Guang, corps commander and general Huaiyuan. Chen Fu, the second uncle, has a consistent personality, and he is General Yolang and General Yun. In 670 AD, Chen Min and Chen Fu were ordered to lead reinforcements into Fujian, and Wan Li marched day and night until they died in Jiangshan County, Zhejiang Province. In Pucheng, Fujian, Yuan Guang's cousins jing yuan and Yuan Yang also died of illness. There are more than 200 tombs in the Tang Dynasty recorded in Pucheng County Records, and the owners of the tombs are probably soldiers who went to Fujian to reinforce them that year.

Zheng Chen, Chen Yuanguang's father, was born on September 5th, June16. When I was young, I took the children of a good family as my disciples, galloped on the battlefield all the year round, conquered Huoyi, Linfen and other places, moved to Shanxi, Hedong and other places, helped the Li family establish the Tang Dynasty, and worshipped General Zuo Lang and General Fu Guide. In the second year of the General Chapter (669), there was a "violent commotion" in the spring tide, and the people in Fujian and Guangdong were miserable and asked the court to send troops to quell the commotion. 54-year-old Zheng Chen, resolute and cautious, was appointed as the doctor of Chaoyi, concurrently serving as the highest military attache of the army, commanding 3,600 government soldiers, and deputy commander Xu Tianzheng's 123 division school, went to Sui 'an County (now Xiao Yun area) to build castles, fill the sea, camp and pacify the chaos. The soldiers of the Central Plains under the command of Zheng Chen crossed the Huaihe River, entered the Grand Canal, crossed Jiangsu and Zhejiang, crossed Xianxialing at the junction of Zhejiang and Fujian, and reached Longxi along Pucheng, Jianyang, Nanping, Gutian, Xianyou and Huian. The following year, he crossed Liu Ying, captured Pantuoling (called Pukuiguan in Chinese), entered Xiao Yun Plain, stationed troops in Huotian area of Xiao Yun on the bank of Zhangjiang River, and "lived in Huotian Village". General Zheng Chen's eight years in the sky were hard, and he was "exhausted". He pacified chaos, punished evil and promoted good, and showed benevolence and righteousness. He cut through thorns, built castles, established "Tanghuali" and placed refugees; The spread of Central Plains culture and farming techniques made preparations for the establishment of Zhangzhou county governance. This action consolidated the stability of the southeast border of the Tang Dynasty, maintained the unification of the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and spread the civilization of the Central Plains to the distant south. On April 15, AD 677, Zheng Chen died in Hotan Mansion with infinite regret at the age of 62. Xu Tianzheng wrote his life story, and Cao Bingheng, the secretariat of Quanzhou, wrote an epitaph. The following year, Chen Yuanguang's mother, Mrs. Sikong, died at the age of 62. Yuan Guang buried his parents in the foothills of General Xiao Yun. ? 1300 years later, the people of southern Fujian felt the kindness of General Zheng Chen and built a temple for him, which was fragrant. Zheng Chen cemetery has been preserved to this day, and worshippers are in an endless stream, which has become a cultural relic protection unit in Fujian Province. 1In August, 1999, Zheng Chen Mausoleum, as a historical and cultural trust, built an 86-hectare general mountain park. Xiao Yun has become a "land of Zhang Kaizu" for Zhang Kai descendants at home and abroad to find their roots and recognize their ancestors.

To sum up, under the local historical conditions, Chen Yuanguang's ancestors inherited the essence of Confucian culture, loyal to the monarch, patriotic, benefiting the people, and made waves for the reunification of the country. They take serving the country and maintaining social stability as their responsibility, and they are outstanding historical figures of the Chinese nation. "They have made outstanding contributions to defending the country, and their historical achievements and status should be fully affirmed."

[Chen: Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Yunxiao County, Fujian Province, and President of the Root-seeking Culture Research Association of Yunxiao County. 〕