Author: CHUNG Yoon Ngan
Date: 04-08-12 06:35
中國姓氏故事 - 沈姓
平生莫作皺眉事,---Ping2 sheng mo4 zuo4 zhou4 mei2 shi4,
世上應無切齒人.---Shi4 shang4 ying wu2 qie chi3 ren2.
Commit no evil,
And you shall have no enemies.
一輩子不要做對起人的事﹐
世上就不會有恨自己的人。
A Chinese proverb
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Surname - SHEN (沈)
Shen means: to investigate; to analysis carefully.
The surname Shen is about 2,500 years old.
The surname Shen originated in an area referred to during the Han Dynasty
(漢朝 206BC to 220AD) as the Wuxing prefecture (吳興郡). The present day
location of Wuxing prefecture is the Wuxing county (吳興縣 120.1 degree
East and 30.9 degree North on the world map) of Zhejiang province (浙江省
).
Zhou King Cheng (周成王 1115BC to 1079BC) was the second King of the Zhou
Dynasty (周朝 1134BC to 256BC). Zhou King Cheng not only bestowed upon his
uncle, Ji Jidai (姬季戴), the inheritable title of Zi (子 or Visco) but
also delegated him the authority to rule a district called Shen (沈 present
day Shenqiuji 沈丘集 town in Fuyang county 阜陽縣 in Anhui province 安徽
省). Ji Jidai renamed his new domain as the State of Shen (沈國).
In 506BC, Zhou King Jing (周敬王 519BC to 475BC), the 26th King of the Zhou
Dynasty, was the central authority in the land. He ordered eighteen of his
vassal States to send troops to attack the State of Chu (楚國 present day
Jiangling county 江陵縣 in Hubei province 湖北省) for being insubordinate.
A punitive force consisting the troops from seventeen vassal States was
formed. The ruler of Chu was Xiong Zhen (熊軫), the 28th ruler who ruled
Chu from 515BC to 489BC.
Jia (嘉), the ruler of Shen refused to send in troops because he did not
want to infuriate the ruler of Chu. The invasion force was defeated by Chu.
Cai Shen (蔡申), the ruler of the State of Cai ( 蔡國 present day Shangcai
county 上蔡縣 in Henan province 河南省) blamed the failure on the State
of Shen for not sending troops to help.
While the troops of the State of Cai were on their way home passing through
Shen, Cai Shen, took the opportunity and had the State of Shen subjugated.
Jia, the ruler of Shen, was captured and was later executed. That was the
end of the State of Shen. The children of Jia fled to Chu and they adopted
SHEN (沈) as their surname in remembrance of their extinct State.
The couplet of surname Shen
汝源流彩,---Ru yuan2 liu2 cai3,
玉渚分華.---Yu4 zhu3 fen hua2.
This couplet is describing the place, Runan,
where surname Shen was originated.
指古代沈子國發源地汝南.
Prominent persons produced by the Shen clan
(1) Shen Yue (沈約 441AD to 513AD)
The inventor of the 4 tones of classical Chinese phonetics - 四聲
Shen Yue (沈約 441AD to 513AD) was born in Wukang (武康 in the present day
west of Deqing county 德清縣 of Zhejiang province 浙江省) during the period
of Eastern Jin Dynasty (東晉朝 317AD to 420AD). In 479AD Wukang became a
part of Qi Dynasty (齊朝) and in 502AD it became a region of the Liang Dynasty
(梁朝 502AD to 557AD) during the period of the North and South Dynasty (南
北朝 420AD to 589AD).
Shen Yue was a high official in the Court of Liang Dynasty, which was founded
by Xiao Yan (蕭衍). He was also a man of great learning and the author of
the book titled "四聲譜 (Si Sheng Pu) or the book of the Four Tones of Chinese
Phonetics. The book was about how he divided classical Chinese into four
tones. The main gist of the book was:
(A) Ancient 1st tone = Ping Sheng (平聲) = level tone,
(This tone has evolved into the high and level tone (陰平)
and the rising tone (陽平) in modern standard pronunciation).
(B) Ancient 2nd tone = Shang Sheng (上聲) = falling-rising tone,
(This tone has evolved into the third tone in modern standard Chinese pronunciation)
(C) Ancient 3rd tone = Qu Sheng (去聲) = falling tone
(This tone has evolved into the fourth tone in modern standard Chinese pronunciation)
.
(D) Ancient 4th tone = Ru Sheng (入聲) = entering tone
(This ancient fourth tone in classical Chinese pronunciation, which is still
retained in certain dialects, is now called Neutral Tone> 輕聲<).
This is the example of Modern Chinese pronunciation of the word "ma"
Modern 1st tone = 陰平 ma1 means mother (媽)
Modern 2nd tone = 陽平 ma2 means jute (麻)
Modern 3rd tone = 上聲 ma3 means a horse (馬)
Modern 4th tone = 去聲 ma4 means scold (罵)
Modern neutral tone = 輕聲 ma means an interrogative particle
used at the end of a question. (嗎)
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(2) Shen Jiji (沈既濟)
Shen Jiji was born during the Tang Dynasty (唐朝 618AD to 907AD). He was
a scholar and had written many books containing strange stories. One of
his renowned book was the "枕中記 Zhen Zhong Ji". This parable was from
this book. It was best known as "Life Is like a short dream (黃梁一夢)"
This is the story:
"There lived a scholar by the name of Lu Sheng (盧生) who was poor and unemployed.
Lu Sheng was a scholar of 嘗志于學 (Chang Zhi Yu Xue) and 富于游藝 (Fu
Yu You Yi). His ambitions were 建功樹名 (Jian Gong Shu Ming), 出將入相 (Chu
Jiang Ru Xiang) and 列鼎而食 (Lie Ding Er Shi). However, being unemployed
and poor Lu Sheng was disappointed in life and was much dispirited. He often
sighed under the burden of his problems.
Once he stayed at an inn in the city of Handan (邯鄲 present day Handan
city in Hebei province 河北省). An old monk occupying the next room repeatedly
heard Lu Sheng verbally despairing about his life. He went over and talked
to Lu Sheng who related his life of despair and hopelessness. The monk gave
Lu Sheng a ceramic pillow to rest his head when he went to bed that night.
It was still daylight and in the inn's kitchen the innkeeper was cooking
yellow millet. Curious about what it could do, Lu Sheng laid in bed with
his head on the ceramic pillow. Before long he fell asleep.
Lu Sheng then had the sweetest dream. He arrived in an unrecognized country
and married a beautiful girl by the surname of Cui (崔). He passed the Imperial
examination and became a 進士 (Jin Shi). He was appointed an official and
led a comfortable life. He was later blessed with five sons who were extraordinarily
gifted. Eventually he was appointed the Prime Minister. He lived till the
ripe old age of eighty and was really 富貴壽考 (Fu Gui Shou Kao), or with
prosperity and longevity. He was survived by many descendants.
Lu Sheng woke up and he saw the monk was standing next to his bed. He became
aware that the innkeeper was still cooking the yellow millet as dusk approached.
He realized that he had just had a dream. He had been a prosperous man
for fifty years with many offspring. Now he was back to being a dejected
scholar. He concluded that rich or poor after all was just like a short
dream"
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(3)
沈從文 (Shen Congwen 1902 to 1988)
Shen Congwen was born as Shen Yuehuan (沈岳煥) on 1902 December 28 in Fenghuang
County (鳳凰縣) in Hunan Province (湖南省). He died on 1988 May 10 in Beijing.
He is described as "a novelist, short-story writer, lyricist and passionate
champion of literary and intellectual independence. His writing was mostly
about the folklore and customs of his native western Hunan.
Many of his novels were made into movies, The His most famous one was 邊
城 (Bian Cheng) which took the movie title as (翠翠) in 1952.
熱烘烘的太陽 - 歌手 - 林黛
(電影'翠翠'插曲之一)
作詞：李雋青
作曲：周芳
編曲：丹尼
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KUGQN_GuNg
熱烘烘的太陽往上爬呀往上爬
爬上了白塔 照進我們的家
我們家裡人兩個呀
爺爺愛我 我愛他呀
熱烘烘的太陽往上爬呀往上爬
爬上了白塔 照進我們的家
頭不梳來臉不洗呀
下床第一是燒茶呀
熱烘烘的太陽往上爬呀往上爬
擺渡的人兒曬的眼兒花
走過茶亭歇一歇呀
滿頭大汗喝杯茶呀
熱烘烘的太陽往上爬呀往上爬
擺渡的人兒不斷往來划
五十年度過人多少呀
爺爺頭髮像棉花呀
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Surname Shen is the 49th most common Chinese surname in the world.
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By CHUNG Yoon-Ngan (鄭永元)
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