What is the family history of the Lingshi Jingsheng Wang family?

Lingshi Jingsheng Wang family originated from Taiyuan. During the Huangqing period of Renzong of Yuan Dynasty (1312-1313), after the ancestor Wang Shi moved to Jingsheng Village, the Jingsheng Wang family started farming and also ran tofu business. At the beginning of the business, from farmers to merchants, from merchants to officials, the family business gradually became larger, the family assets became thicker, and the reputation became higher and higher. Under this premise, it was common for them to build large-scale construction projects and build residences. The Wang family first built a house near the locust tree of the Zhang family in the west of the village. Later, it gradually expanded from west to east, from low to high, and built a huge building complex such as "three lanes, four forts and five ancestral halls", with a total area of ??more than 150,000 square meters.

According to the "Stele Record of the Origin of the Wang Family in Jingsheng Village", during the Qi Dynasty of Tomorrow, some of the tribesmen no longer focused on farming and reading, some did not continue to develop in business, and some were content with being a government official. Some people are happy with their jobs, and some are content with fine clothes and fine food, but many people have neither the ambition to inherit their ancestral business nor the intention to stick to their roots, and some actually become thieves, beggars, or "scumbags" who do not hesitate to sell their children and daughters. The Wang family entered the Qing Dynasty from the 13th generation. It flourished during the Kangxi, Qianlong and Jiaqing years. At that time, in addition to large-scale construction projects, building residences, ancestral halls, tombs, and opening shops and workshops, there were also charity schools and warehouses in the local area, bridges and roads, water storage and canals, and disaster relief. From the 18th generation onwards (the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty), it gradually declined, and no one lived in the compound anymore, and it remains to this day.