Author: CHUNG Yoon Ngan
Date: 01-21-12 18:56
烏髮不知讀書好,---Wu2 fa4 bu4 zhi du2 shu hao3.
白頭方悔已太遲.---Bai2 tou2 fang hui3 yi tai chi2.
The black hair young man did not know the important of studying,
It is too late for him to study when his hair has turned white.
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The 67th most common Chinese surname TAN 譚 (067)
Tan means: to talk; a Chinese surname.
The surname Tan is about 2,600 years old.
The surname Tan originated in an area referred to during the Han Dynasty
(漢朝 206BC to 220AD) as the Qi prefecture (齊郡). The present day location
of Qi prefecture is in Linzi county (臨淄縣 118.3 degree East and 36.8 degree
North on the world map) in Shandong province (山東省).
Yi Zhi (乙摯), the eldest son of Huangdi (黃帝) or the Yellow Emperor, succeeded
him as the leader of the united clans. Nothing much was mentioned about
him in historical texts. Yi Zhi died in 2513BC and his nephew Zhuan Xu (顓
頊) took over the leadership. One of Zhuan Xu's more notorious edicts proclaimed
was that that women should give way to men while walking in the streets.
Zhuan Xu gave one of his sons the authority to rule a tribe called Jiechu
(杰出) who lived in the present day town of Licheng (歷城), a few kilometers
east of the city of Jinan (濟南市) in Shandong province. Through out the
two Dynasties of Xia (夏 2205BC to 1766BC) and Shang (商1783BC to 1122BC)
the descendants of Zhuan Xu lived there peacefully.
In 1122BC, Zhou King Wu (周武王) destroyed the Shang Dynasty and founded
the Zhou Dynasty (周朝1134BC to 256BC). He not only rewarded the ruler of
Jiechu tribe, who had helped him in destroying the preceding Dynasty of
Shang, the inheritable title of Zi (子) or Viscount but also gave him the
authority to rule an area called Tan (譚in the west of the present day county
of Zhangqiu 章丘縣 in Shandong province), which was renamed as the State
of Tan (譚國).
During the Spring and Autumn Period (春秋時代 722BC to 481BC), in 685BC,
Jiang Xiaobai (姜小白) became the 15th ruler of the State of Qi (齊國 the
present day county of Linzi 臨淄縣 in Shandong province). In 684BC Jiang
Xiaobai, who ruled Qi until 643BC, sent troops to besiege the State of Tan.
The States of Qi and Tan were adjacent States. Within a short period the
State of Tan was conquered and annexed by Qi. The ruler of Tan and his family
fled to the State of Ju (莒國 in the present day county of Ju 莒縣 in Shandong
province). Members of the ruler of Tan adopted TAN (譚) as their surname
in remembrance of their extinct State.
The couplet of surname Tan
姓啟譚國---Xing4 qi3 Tan Guo,
望出齊郡---Wang4 chu Qijun
The surname Tan was originated from the State of Tan,
And its clan began to spread from Qi Prefecture.
A poem of surname TAN
十戴父子雙進士,---Shi2 dai4 fu4 zi3 shuang jin4 shi4 [1*],
一時兄弟兩將軍.---Yi shi2 xiong di4 liang3 jiang jun. [2**]
It was a different of ten years that the father and son became the Imperial
graduates,
Within the same period there were the two brothers who became the generals.
[1*] This line is about
Tan Shenzheng (譚申政) and his son Tan Shixun (譚世勛) who lived during
the Song Dynasty (宋朝 960AD to 1279AD). During the reign of Emperor Zhe
Zong Zhao Xu (哲宗皇帝趙煦 1086AD to 1100AD), within 10 years that the father
and the son passed the highest Imperial Examinations.
[2**] This line is about
the two brothers of Tan Zirong (譚資榮) and Tan Ziyong (譚資用). During
the Yuan Dynasty (元朝 1206AD to 1368AD) the two brothers were appointed
as generals within a short period.
Historical prominent persons produced by Tan Clan include:
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(1) 譚嗣同 (Tan Sitong 1865AD to 1898AD)
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B0%AD%E5%97%A3%E5%90%8C
Tan Sitong was born in county of Liuyang (瀏陽縣) in Hunan province (湖南
省). He was a learned man. After the Sino-Japanese War (甲午戰爭 1894AD
to 1895AD) Tan Sitong made a resolution to promote new culture in China.
At that time he was an official in Jiangsu province (江蘇省). He took part
in the Hundred Days Reformation Movement which failed miserably because
they were betrayed by Yuan Shikai (袁世凱), the commander-in-chief of the
armed forces. After the failure of the Reformation Movement he was told
to take refuge in the Japanese Embassy, but he refused to go because he was
willing to sacrifice himself for the movement. Eventually, he was arrested
by the Qing Government and executed.
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(2) 譚延闓 (Tan Yankai 1880AD to 1930AD)
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B0%AD%E5%BB%B6%E9%97%BF
Tan Yankai was born in Chaling county (茶陵) of Hunan province (湖南省).
He served three times as the Military Governor of Hunan province between
1911 to 1920. He supported Dr. Sun Yat-sen (孫中山) and became a member
of the Kuomintang (Nationalist Party) Political Council.
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(3) 譚綸 (Tan Lun ? to 1548AD)
Tan Kun was a general during the Ming Dynasty (明朝1368AD to 1644AD). In
1525AD he was appointed the commander-in-charge of the garrisons in the
provinces of Hunan (湖南省) and Guangdong (廣東省). The plundering and pillaging
along the coastal regions in the provinces of Zhejiang (浙江省) and Fujian
(福建省) by the Japanese pirates called Wokou (倭寇) were rampant. Tan Lun
was appointed to take charge of the garrisons defending the costal regions.
Under his commander there were two generals, Qi Jiquang (戚繼光) and Yu Dayou
(俞大猷) who played a major part in stopping the Japanese pirates from plundering
the regions during the reign of Emperor Shi Zong Zhu Houzong (世宗皇帝朱
厚熜 1522AD to 1566AD).
Posted to Overseas Chinese Forum at asiawind.com
By CHUNG Yoon-Ngan (鄭永元)
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