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Cang [Cang, pronounced as cāng (ㄘㄤ)]

1. Origin of the surname:

The first origin: derived from the surname Ji, from the Yellow Emperor The historian Cangjie is named after his ancestor.

Cangjie, a historian during the Yellow Emperor's period, was the inventor and founder of Chinese characters.

According to legend, Cangjie was born with "double pupils and four eyes". There are only three people with double pupils recorded in Chinese history books: Yu Shun, Cang Jie and Xiang Yu. Yu Shun was a saint of abdication and filial piety, while Cangjie was a famous literary saint, and Xiang Yu was a martial saint.

Cangjie, the assistant of the Yellow Emperor in the late primitive society of China. He collected, organized and used the characters that had been passed down by the ancestors, played an important role in the creation of Chinese characters, and made immortal contributions to the reproduction and prosperity of the Chinese nation.

Cangjie, of the Shihuang clan, was a native of Wucun, eighteen kilometers west of present-day Nanle County, Henan Province. At that time, making a calendar required written records, and making oracles also required writing. Therefore, Cangjie should be a member of the Zhuanxu tribe. He was "born here and buried here", so there is a Cangjie mausoleum in Taipei.

This prehistoric legendary figure has never been mentioned in the classics before the Warring States Period in ancient my country. The first person to mention Cangjie was Xun Qing during the Warring States Period. This was followed by "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" and "Han Feizi", which were extended on the basis of Xunzi's "there are many people who are good at calligraphy, but Cangjie is the only one who can write". The main point is that "Cangjie wrote the calligraphy" . After the Han Dynasty, in "Huainanzi" and "Lunheng", it has developed from "Cangjie's creation of characters" to "Cangjie's four eyes" and began to be deified. In particular, the "Wei Shu" of the Han Dynasty further exaggerated it, saying that Cangjie was "born with the ability to write, and he was taught by the river to record books. Therefore, he could not understand the changes in the world, looked up at the winding trend of Kuixing, looked down at the fish, patterns, and bird feathers, and knew the mountains and rivers with his palms. , and create words”. Later, it became more and more miraculous, and developed into legends such as Cangjie being the "historian of the Yellow Emperor". The Yellow Emperor was one of the leaders of the tribal alliance in the late primitive society. There was no state apparatus at that time. It can be seen that the term "historian" is obviously the result of later generations applying the official names of later generations of state apparatus to prehistoric legendary figures.

According to legend, Cangjie served as an official under the Yellow Emperor, who assigned him to manage the number of animals in the pen and the amount of food in the village. But slowly, the storage of livestock and food gradually increased and changed, and I can't remember it just by thinking about it. Cangjie was in trouble.

Cangjie thought of a way all day and night. First, he tied knots on the rope and used ropes of different colors to represent various animals. But over time, it won’t work. This increased number is easy to tie a knot in the rope, but when the number is reduced, it is troublesome to untie the knot in the rope. Cangjie then thought of making circles on the rope and hanging various shells in the circles to replace the things he was in charge of. If it increases, add a shell; if it decreases, remove a shell. This method worked very well and I used it for several years.

Seeing that Cangjie was so capable, the Yellow Emperor asked him to take charge of more and more things, including the number of annual sacrifices, the distribution of hunting, and the increase or decrease in the tribe's population. Cangjie was worried again: just adding ropes and hanging shells was no longer enough. How can we avoid making mistakes?

On this day, he participated in a group hunting. When he came to a three-way intersection, several old people started arguing about which way to go. An old man insisted on going east, saying there were antelopes; an old man wanted to go north, saying he could catch deer not far ahead; an old man insisted on going west, saying there were two tigers, and if he didn't kill them in time, he would miss the opportunity. . When Cangjie asked, it turned out that they only identified the beast by looking at its footprints underground. Cangjie was suddenly delighted: Since a footprint represents a beast, why can't I use a symbol to represent the things in my charge? He happily ran home and began to create various symbols to represent things. Sure enough, things were managed in an orderly manner.

When Huangdi learned about it, he praised it greatly and ordered Cangjie to go to various tribes to teach this method. Gradually, the usage of these symbols was widely spread. Just like that, words were formed.

Huangdi gave him the surname "Cang" to express the meaning of "one person is above the king, and the next is the king below".

Cangjie created Chinese characters, and Huangdi thought highly of him. Everyone praised him, and his reputation grew. Cangjie's mind started to get a little hot, and his eyes slowly moved upward, to the top of his head and into his heart. He looked down on no one, and his handwriting became sloppy.

This word reached Huang Di’s ears, and Huang Di was very angry. In his eyes, he could not tolerate a minister becoming evil. How to make Cangjie realize his mistake? Huang Di summoned the eldest man around him to discuss the matter. The old man's long beard was tied with more than 120 knots, indicating that he was over 120 years old. The old man pondered for a while and went to find Cangjie alone.

Cangjie was teaching people from various tribes how to read. The old man sat silently at the end, listening as carefully as everyone else. After Cangjie finished speaking, everyone else left, except the old man who stayed at the same place. Cangjie was a little curious and asked him why he didn't leave.

The old man said: "Cangjie, the characters you created are already well-known to every household, but I am old and dazzled, and some of the characters are still confused. Are you willing to teach me again?"

Cangjie was very happy to see such an old man respecting him so much, and urged him to speak quickly.

The old man said: "The characters for 'horse', 'donkey' and 'mule' that you created all have four legs, right? And cows also have four legs. The character for 'ox' that you created How come there are no four legs and only one tail left?"

When Cangjie heard this, he felt a little panic: when he originally made the word "fish", he wrote it like "ox", so he made "ox". The character is written like "fish". It's all my fault for being careless and teaching things upside down.

The old man went on to say: "The word 'heavy' you made means that it is thousands of miles away. You should pronounce the word 'out' for far away, but you taught people to pronounce 'heavy' for weight." On the other hand, the word "chu" that combines two mountains should be the word "heavy" for weight, but you changed it into the word "chu" for traveling far away. These words are really hard for me to figure out. I have no choice but to come and ask you for advice."

At this time, Cangjie was so ashamed that he knew that he had made a big mistake because of his pride. These words have been taught to every tribe and spread throughout the world, and cannot be changed. He quickly knelt down and expressed his repentance with tears.

The old man took Cangjie's hand and said sincerely: "Cangjie, you created words so that the experience of our older generation can be recorded and passed on. You have done a great thing and it will be passed down from generation to generation." People will remember you. "You can't be arrogant!"

From then on, every time Cangjie created a word, he would think over the meaning again and again, and ask for people's opinions. Don’t dare to be careless. It was settled after everyone agreed, and then it was gradually spread to every tribe.

Cangjie Temple is the only remaining temple in China commemorating the invention of writing. In June 2001, it was approved by the State Council as a national cultural relic protection unit. Shiguan Township, located 35 kilometers northeast of Baishui County, is located at the southern foot of the Huanglong Mountains. The terrain is low in the south and high in the north, and is a relatively gentle plateau. One mile east of the temple is Wuzhuang Village. It is said that Cangjie once lived in this village during his lifetime; more than one mile south of the temple is Shiguan Village. Later generations commemorated Cangjie and named the village after his official position; about five miles northwest of the temple is Dipengya Village was the seat of the ancient Baishui County government; about 20 kilometers southwest of the temple is Yangwu Village, the birthplace of Cangjie.

Cangjie Temple has a long history. According to historical records, "temple construction" had already taken place as early as the Yanxi period of the Eastern Han Dynasty and had reached a certain scale. Therefore, the written history of the temple is more than 1,800 years old. According to folklore, the history without written records can be traced back to the era of the Yellow Emperor.

The Cangjie Temple Area covers an area of ??17 acres, and its basic shape is rectangular. The temple wall is more than 140 meters long from north to south and about 48 meters wide from east to west. The north side is slightly wider than the south side, covering an area of ??about ten acres.

The buildings in Cangjie Temple, from south to north along the central axis, are the screen wall, the mountain gate, the east and west theater buildings, the front hall, the bell and drum tower, the newspaper hall, the main hall, the back hall and the east and west wing rooms. Seventy rooms. Close to the apse is the tomb and cemetery of Cangjie.

Most of the existing buildings in the temple date from the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, with gorgeous decorations and strong local colors.

There are many steles from past dynasties in Cangjie Temple. Although many of them were lost during wars, there are still 18 preserved ones, arrayed in the front hall. Among them, the calligraphy and stele of Cang Sheng Bird, both the characters and the stele are well preserved to this day. The stone tablet dates from the Eastern Han Dynasty, through the Wei, Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing and the Republic of China. The early ones include the "Cangjie Temple Stele" from the fifth year of Yanxi in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which is a treasure in epigraphy, the "Guangwu General Stele" from the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms period, the Tang "Cang Gong Stele", the Song Dynasty "Cang Gong Stele", etc. In modern times, there are plaques and couplets inscribed by Mr. Yu Youren, General Tao Zhiyue, and General Zhu Qinglan that remain in the temple hall.

During the War of Liberation, the Northwest People's Field Army Headquarters trained cadres here. Peng Dehuai and He Long personally visited the temple and strictly protected it, writing the order "Protect cultural relics and historic sites and no one may destroy them at will".

The ancient cypresses in the temple are towering, lush and luxuriant. The "Cangjie Temple Stele" written in the fifth year of Yanxi in the Eastern Han Dynasty records that "the ancient cypresses in the temple were lush and lush" at that time. There are 46 ancient cypresses and more than ten ancient locust trees. Their branches and leaves cover the traffic, and their circling branches have different postures. They are named after their respective names: "Two Dragons Playing with Pearls" and "Danfeng Chaoyang". , "Kuixing Dianyuan", "Green Dragon Playing with Cypress", "Beast Dragon Playing with Peony", "Lion", "Baolian Lantern", "Dragon Claw Cypress", "cypress hugging Sophora japonica" and so on. Among them, "Kui Xing Dianyuan" is an ancient cypress from the Han Dynasty, with a height of 17 meters and a tree circumference of 7.25 meters. There is also a cypress on the tomb, with branches rising and falling in turn. It is called "Turning Branch Cypress" and is known as a wonder. There is an ancient cypress in the southwest corner of the temple, with locust trees growing in the hollow. The locust trees grow on the cypress walls, and the locust trees grow on the cypress walls. They are called "cypresses and locust trees". The two branches are thick and luxuriant, which can be called a scene in the temple. The ancient cypress trees in the temple are very old and strange in shape. Together with Shaanxi Huangling and Qufu Confucius Temple, they are known as the three largest cypress groups in ancient temples in China.

The descendants of Cangjie took their ancestors’ names as their surnames and were called Cangjie and Cangjie. Later provincial texts simplified the surnames into single surnames Cang and Cang.

The second origin: originated from the surname Ji, from Cangshu, a descendant of the ancient Emperor Zhuanxu, and is a surname based on the ancestor's name.

It is recorded in the historical book "Tongzhi·Clan Brief": "After Ba Kaicang, there was Cang Ying, the prefect of Jiangxia in the Han Dynasty, who looked out of Wuling."

In the past, Emperor Zhuanxu of the Gaoyang clan had There are eight talented people who have benefited from the world, and they are called "Eight Kai". The Gao Yang clan was another outstanding leader after the Yellow Emperor. Traditional records say that he is the ancestor of the Huaxia people, but other ancient books record that he was born in the east, or that his descendants are in the south, or that his descendants are in the west, and some say that he is the ancestor of the northern people.

The Gaoxin family has sixteen talented people, who are known as the "Eight Kais and Eight Yuans" in the world.

According to the historical record "Zuo Zhuan·Wen Gong's Eighteenth Year": "Shun and Yao raised eight Kais to control the land behind them, and to do everything in order, everything was done in the right order, and the earth was leveled and the sky was perfect." Kong Yingda Shu: "Kai, Harmony means harmony with things." It is recorded in the historical book "The Biography of Wei Zuo in the Old Book of Tang Dynasty": "The eight Kais and the five ministers are good assistants. If you lift the eight Kais, they will all be in time, and the earth will be equal to the sky."

Eight of the Gaoxin family's talents are : Cangshu, Xiongzhi, Yuxu, Dalin, Gaojiang, Tingjian, Zhongrong, Shuda, that is, Chui, Yi, Yu, Gaotao Lun, Tingjian is the name of Gaotao, Qi Sheng Guangyuan, Mingyun Sincere and sincere, people all over the world call him "Eight Kai".

There are eight other talented people in the Gaoxin family: Bofen, Zhongkan, Shuxian, Jizhong, Bohu, Zhongxiong, Shubao, Jili, Zhongsuyi, Xuanci Huihe is called "Eight Yuan" by people all over the world.

These sixteen tribes have contributed to their beauty and will not lose their reputation. Emperor Zhuanxu raised the Eight Kai Envoys to govern the land behind them, and ordered all things to be done in time, so that the earth and the sky would be leveled. He also raised the Eight Yuan Envoys to spread the Five Religions in all directions. The father, the righteous mother, the brothers, the friends, the brothers, the respectful sons and the filial piety, the inner peace and the outer peace were achieved. This is called the Eight Yuans and Eight Kais, gathered in the courtyard of China. So that all the ministers and the people obeyed.

Cang Shu, the head of the "Eight Kais", was a calm, magnanimous, and extremely intelligent man. He once commanded the Zhuanxu tribal alliance to completely defeat the Japanese workers on the banks of the Yi River, and also invented chess.

Some of Cang Shu’s descendants took their ancestor’s name as their surname, and were called Cang Shu. Later provincial texts simplified it into single surnames such as Cang, Cang, Shu, etc.

The third origin: originated from the surname Ji, who was descended from the warehouse officials of the Zhou Dynasty, and was based on the official title.

During the Zhou Dynasty, there were warehousemen and warehouse officials, who were held by relatives of the royal family surnamed Ji. They were under the jurisdiction of local officials and were in charge of bringing grain into Tibet. Their duties were like those of benefactors. It is recorded in the classic book "Zhou Li·Di Guan": "People from Cang can store millet in their hands." In fact, all nine grains are stored in the grain, mainly millet.

Among the descendants of the Cang people, there are those who take the official title of their ancestors as their surname, and they are called the Cang family.

The fourth origin: originated from the official position. It came from the official treasury management officer in the Han Dynasty. It is a surname based on the official title.

During the reign of Emperor Liu Heng of the Han Dynasty (202 BC to 157 BC), there was a warehouse, headed by Cang Cao, who was in charge of the national grain depot. His official position was sixth grade, with a rank of 400 stones, and he was also in charge of warehousing. , renting taxes, property, markets and other matters, are affiliated to the Six Shang Department (in the early Han Dynasty, there were Shang Shu, Shang Guan, Shang Yi, Shang Shi, Shang Yu, Shang Xi, which were called "Six Shangbu". During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, they were The status of close ministers gradually increased. Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty appointed five ministers, who were promoted to the rank of 600 shi, and were divided into three lords, three ministers, two thousand shi, household, and host and guest.

Since Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, there has also been a Cang Cao Shi in each county and state, responsible for the official warehouses in each county.

The descendants of Cang Cao Shi who joined the army and Cang Cao Shi Among them, there are those whose surnames are based on the official titles of their ancestors, and they are called Cang family and Ku family respectively.

The fifth origin: originated from the official position. It comes from the official treasury management officer Cangdu in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is a surname based on the official title.

Beginning in the Sui Dynasty, the imperial court established a warehouse governor in each county and county. The commander of the county-level warehouses was called "Cangdu", and the commander of county-level warehouses was called "Si Cang". They were responsible for the full-time management of the treasury. County-owned warehouse. Its powers and responsibilities can transcend the orders of counties and counties and be directly responsible to the central dynasty. Therefore, it has considerable power. During the Tang Dynasty, the official system of the Sui Dynasty was followed, but the name was changed to "Cangbe Shilang".

Among the descendants of Cangdu, Sicang, and Cangbe Shilang, there are those who take their ancestors’ official titles as their surnames, and they are called Cang family and Du family.

The sixth origin: originated from the official position. It came from the official treasury management official in the Jin Dynasty. It is a surname based on the official title.

During the Jin Dynasty, the central government imitated the political system of the Song Dynasty and set up warehouse envoys in each state and county. The official rank of the chief envoy was the eighth rank, and the deputy envoy's rank was the ninth rank. They were responsible for taking charge of the warehouse. For matters such as accumulating grain, accepting taxes, and paying salaries, the subordinate officials include Cuandian, Cangzi, etc. The warehouse envoys were all members of the Jurchen tribe and were appointed by the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Jin Dynasty. Orders from various states and counties were not allowed to interfere with their operations.

Among the descendants of Cang Shi, there are those who take their ancestor’s official title as their surname, and are called Cang in Chinese.

The seventh origin: originated from the Manchu people, from the Jurchen tribe during the Ming Dynasty, and was a surname based on the Chinese name of the tribe.

According to the historical record "General Chronicles of the Qing Dynasty· Clan Brief· Surnames of the Eight Banners of Manchuria":

①The Manchu Cangmargi family, whose Manchu name is Tsangmargi Hala, has lived in the coastal areas of Heilongjiang and Bi Xin (now the mouth of the Xibygin River in Bikin, Russia), with the following Chinese surnames: Cang, Ma, and Ji.

②The Manchu Sakda clan originated from the Bayala clan and was a branch of the Jueluo clan. Later, it was named Sakda Hala in Manchu. It means "old" in Chinese and lived in Ninggu Pagoda for generations. (now Ning'an, Heilongjiang), Ahu River (60 kilometers south of today's Ning'an, Heilongjiang), Yehe (now Siping, Jilin), Sakda (now Fushun Gorge River Basin, Liaoning), Hetuala (now Xinbinyong, Liaoning) Lingzhen), Namtulu (today's coastal area of ??Russia), Delhi Wohe (today's Hun River Basin in Fushun, Liaoning), Heilongjiang and other places, most of the Chinese surnames are Cang, Cang, Ma, Luo, Li The Zu family, the Gao family, the Hai family, the Sa family, the Li family, the Chen family, the Luo family, the Lao family, the Ying family, the Yin family, the Ba family, the Se family, the Zang family, the Li family, the Tong family, the Tuo family, and the Weng family Shi et al.

According to the historical record "General Chronicles of the Qing Dynasty· Clan Brief· Attached to the Surnames of the Eight Banners of Manchuria": the Manchu Cangjia clan, known as Tsanggiya Hala in Manchu, lived along the Songhua River. The later Han surname was Cang.

The ancestor who got the surname: Cang Shu.

The Cang family originated in Hunan. According to the historical book "Customs", the talented scholar Cang Shu of Gaoyang was born here. It is recorded in the historical book "Tongzhi Clan Brief" that after the Eight Kaicang period, Cang Ying, the prefect of Jiangxia in the Han Dynasty, looked out of Wuling. It can be seen from this that the Cang family was inherited from Cang Shu, a famous talent of Emperor Zhuanxu more than 3,000 years ago. "Eight Kais" Cangshu was the eldest among the eight Kais. He lived a long life until Yu and Shun came to the world. He was also promoted to the emperor of the country and was able to write hundreds of stories. His descendants were named Cangshu. The surname is Cang. Therefore, the Cang family all regard Cang Shu as the ancestor of their surname.

2. Migration distribution

Linshu County in present-day Shandong Province, Kaifeng City in Henan Province, Guangzhou City in Guangdong Province, Suqian City in Jiangsu Province, Suzhou in Jiangsu Province, Yancheng in Jiangsu Province, and Shanghai The Cang clan can be found in the city, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hualien County in Taiwan Province and other places.

3. Historical Celebrities

Cangshu: According to legend, Zhuanxu, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor, had eight sons, all of whom were capable officials in governing the world and were known as the "Eight Kais" in the world. Among them, the eldest son was named Cangshu ( Also known as Cangshu), his descendants took Cang as their surname. Shun recommended him to be in charge of Houtu, and he was the ancestor of the Cang family. "Eight Kai" refers to eight docile people and talented and virtuous people. They are Mr. Cangshu, Mr. Daizhi, Mr. Yushu, Mr. Dalin, Mr. Longjiang, Mr. Tingjian, Mr. Zhongrong and Mr. Shuda. They are all descendants of Mr. Ji Zhuanxu, the third king of the Huangdi Dynasty.

Cangjie: Cangjie, also called Cangjie, is a legendary figure. Legend has it that he was the historian of the Yellow Emperor. Therefore, his hometown is called Shiguan Township. His name and credit for coining characters have appeared in many books as early as the Warring States Period. Cangjie was probably a person who made great contributions to the organization of ancient characters. In other words, he is the incarnation of many creators of words. Legend has it that Cangjie is a god who came down from the sky. His moral character is higher than that of the great sages. He has four eyes and is radiant with divine light. Cangjie was born with the ability to write. There are also legends that he saw the traces of claws and hoofs left by birds and animals on the ground. , enlightened and created Chinese hieroglyphs. During the Yangshao Culture Period in our country, there were pictorial characters. There are still more than 3,500 characters of Jiaguwen from the Yin and Shang Dynasties. The Jiaguwen recorded various social activities of people at that time. The formation of writing marked the threshold of human civilization and occupied an extremely important position in the history of human social development. People naturally wanted to thank the creator of writing, so the myth of word creation and the legendary character Cangjie, the god of word creation, emerged. It is said to be a god descending to earth. He has a pair of eyes that exceed those of ordinary people. This means that he has special functions that far exceed those of ordinary people. He can see more and more clearly, so he can create extraordinary achievements.

Cang Zhen: During the Three Kingdoms period, he was the governor of Dunhuang in Wei State. He helped the Yao people learn culture and planted pine and banyan trees on both sides of the post road, which was praised by later generations.

Cang Ci: A native of Huainan during the Three Kingdoms period, with the courtesy name Xiaoren. He was initially a county official and the magistrate of Chang'an, and later the governor of Dunhuang. As an official, he was honest and frugal, restrained the strong and supported the weak, and officials and people feared and loved him. When he became the governor of Dunhuang, the people discussed a lot about whether he was an upright or corrupt official. One day, old man Wang, a poor man, sued a local wealthy man for buying his land and taking his daughter Xiaolan as his concubine. Xiaolan couldn't bear the humiliation and jumped into the river. Her whereabouts are still unknown. Mr. Zhang denied everything in court, and after he withdrew from court, he instigated his colleagues to bribe Cang Ci. In order to find out the truth, Cang Ci conducted a private investigation incognito and learned that the local wealthy man had always oppressed the people, discriminated against the Hu people, and forced them to buy and sell. Xiaolan had already fallen in love with two Hu people, but the rich man Zhang fought for his love and forced Xiaolan to The fact that he had no choice but to throw himself into the river. When he was raised to court for the second time, Cang Ci cleverly punished Rich Man Zhang and used the bribe money he paid for the wedding of Er Hu and Xiao Lan, who was rescued by Er Hu. He also promulgated new laws on land equalization and protection of industry and commerce, which greatly pleased people's hearts. , enabling the people of Dunhuang to live a stable life.

4. Junwang Hall No.

1. Junwang

Wuling County: Wuling County was established in the Han Dynasty, including today's southwestern Hubei, western Hunan, Guizhou and Guangxi One of each. The administrative office was first in Yiling (now south of Xupu, Hunan Province), and later moved to Linyuan (now west of Changde). From then on, the county gradually shrank. In the Sui Dynasty, Linyuan County was renamed Wuling County (now Changde). During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Wuling County in Langzhou was governed by Wuling. Later, Wuling became the administrative seat of Dingzhou, Changde Road and Changde Prefecture. In the Republic of China, it was changed to Changde County.

2. Hall name

Chuangwen Hall: It comes from Cangjie, the historian of the Yellow Emperor in ancient times. It is said that Cangjie was very strange and sacred when he was born. He had four eyes that could observe birds and beasts, so he pressed the bird Hieroglyphics were created to take the form of animals to replace the old method of tying ropes to record events. The saying that "Cangjie created the character" has been spread for a long time, and the family surnamed Cang took Chuangwen as their hall name, which is still used today.

5. Character generation ranking:

A character generation of the Cang family: "Xian Shou Jian Jiang Jing Huai Feng Tianzi Guo De Can Yong Tao Wen Meng Sheng Yong Nan Guang Sheng Fountain Fragrance".

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Universal Couplet for Cang Ancestral Hall

〖Four-character Universal Couplet for Cang Ancestral Hall〗

Fu is divided into Jiangxia;

Virtue is divided into Dunhuang.

——An anonymous couplet for the ancestral hall with the surname Cang.

The first couplet refers to Cang Ying, the prefect of Jiangxia in the Han Dynasty. Xialiandian refers to Cangci, named Xiaoren, a native of Huainan in the Wei State during the Three Kingdoms period. He was initially a county official and the magistrate of Chang'an, and later became the prefect of Dunhuang. As an official, he was honest and frugal, restrained the strong and supported the weak, and officials and people feared and loved him.

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〖Six-character Universal Couplet of Cang Ancestral Hall〗

The ancestor of writing for all ages;

A house of temporary kindness.

——Anonymous couplet for the ancestral hall with the surname Cang

The Shangliandian refers to Cangjie, the historian of the Yellow Emperor in ancient times. Legend has it that Cangjie was a god who came down from the sky. His moral character was higher than that of others. A sage with four eyes and radiant divine light, Cangjie was born with the ability to write. There is also a legend that he saw the claws and hoof marks left by birds and animals on the ground, enlightened his mind, and created Chinese hieroglyphs. Xialiandian refers to Cang Zhen, the governor of Dunhuang in Wei State during the Three Kingdoms period. He helped the Yao people learn culture and planted pine and banyan trees on both sides of the post road, which was praised by later generations.

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〖Universal couplet of seven words or more in the ancestral hall with the surname Cang〗

Prefect Ren'en, Several years of Bude;

Gaoyang talented scholar, Bakai was the first.

——An anonymous couplet for the ancestral hall with the surname Cang

The first couplet refers to Cang Ci, a native of Huainan in the Wei state during the Three Kingdoms period. He was initially a county official and the magistrate of Chang'an, and later the governor of Dunhuang. As an official, he was honest and frugal, restrained the strong and supported the weak, and officials and people feared and loved him. Xialiandian refers to Cangshu, one of the eight virtuous people (Eight Men of Talent and Virtue) during the reign of the legendary ancient tribal leader Zhuanxu (family of Gaoyang). Shun recommended him to take charge of Houtu.

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Appendix: Allusions and interesting facts about the surname Cang

〖The legend of Cangjie’s creation of characters〗

Once, Huang Di's army fought with Chi You's army. The two sides fought hard and the victory was not decided. Huang Di was about to change his tactics and asked Cang Jie to bring him the battle map. Cang Jie touched it and found that the battle map he was carrying had long been lost. Huang Di was angry and anxious, so he had to temporarily withdraw his troops and return to the camp.

Huangdi said to Cangjie: "You are the smartest minister around me. How could you lose the battle map at the critical moment of life and death in the war? What a big mistake it is!" Cangjie replied: " Huang Di, now there are many people and many things to do, and we have to fight frequently. The method of using knotted ropes to record events and engraving orders on wood is really difficult to cope with. If this continues, there will be even greater troubles.

Huang Di asked: "What should we do?" Cangjie said: "There is only one kind of picture. Everyone in the world can understand what it means when they see it." Use this kind of picture to draw what you want to say, and people will do what you want. Huang Di thought what he said made sense, so he said, "Okay, from now on you won't go to war with the army, but stay here to draw pictures and make characters for us!" "

This time Cangjie was stumped. How to make pictures and characters? He thought hard all day long. Half a year passed. Seeing that it was winter, Cangjie had not figured out a way to make characters. One day It snowed heavily at night. Cangjie got up early and went hunting in the mountains. He saw that the mountains and fields were covered with snow, and the trees in the mountains were all covered with snow. Cangjie turned around and saw no prey. He was about to go back down the mountain and suddenly ran out of the woods. Two pheasants came out and looked for food on the snow. After the pheasants passed by, they left two long paw prints on the snow. Then, two deer also ran out of the woods and ran away after spotting the person. Cang Jie was so fascinated that he had forgotten about hunting. He compared the pheasant's paw prints with the deer's hoof prints and found that the shapes were different. Thinking of this, if you draw a chicken paw print, it is called a chicken, and if you draw a deer hoof print, it is called a deer. If you draw its pictogram, it will become a character! This idea was reported to Huangdi. After hearing this, Huangdi smiled and said, "I said you are a smart person, and it is as expected. All right! You make the mountains, rivers, sun, moon, birds, and beasts of the world into characters according to the pictograms, and I will proclaim them to the world. "From then on, Cangjie looked up at the sun, moon, stars, birds, animals, mountains and rivers every day, and created hieroglyphics. Soon, the characters for human, hand, sun, moon, star, cow, sheep, horse, chicken, and dog were all created. . But as more and more hieroglyphics were created, where should they be written? It was too heavy to write on a stone tip, and it was not suitable to write on an animal skin. One day, Cang Jie was stumped. A man caught a big turtle by the river and came to ask Cangjie to make a character for it. Cangjie took a closer look at the turtle and found that there were neatly arranged squares on the turtle's back, so he made the word "turtle" according to the image of the turtle. "The word" was then carved on the square grid on the turtle's back. The turtle felt pain due to the carving on its back, so it crawled into the river when no one was watching. Three years later, the turtle with the carving on its back, He was caught again in another place. People told Cangjie that not only were the words carved on the back of the turtle not washed away by the water, but they also grew bigger and became more obvious...

From then on, Cangjie ordered people to catch the turtle and take off the shell. He carved all the hieroglyphics he had made into the square grid of the turtle shell, and then tied them up with ropes and gave them to Huangdi. Huangdi was very happy to see them. People collected it carefully and made great contributions to Cangjie. It is said that from this time on, our Chinese nation had the earliest hieroglyphics and oracle bone inscriptions.