Interview: Genealogy. Story March 2020

Story Corps March 8 2020

Foley Square (111 Worth St, New York, NY 10013)

Amy, Rochelle, and Nico 917-834-0356

The interview

Summary:

1. Foo Genealogy
2. What is our family name?
3. Origin of Foo 221 BCE ( 2241 y ago)
4. Generation name, each poem is 40 generations.
5. Migration route 
1. You Chen  (43rd generation) to Hianan, Foo Hong (73rd generation to South East Asia)
6. New digital generation tree :
1. Foo Hong (101-73-31-1) 1
2. Sun-Hoo Foo (74-32-2) 12
3. FarngYeong Foo (75-33-3) 122
4. Rebecca (76-74-4) 1221

What is there in a name?

https://archive.storycorps.org/interviews/sun-hoo-foo-and-farng-yeong-foo/

揚永遠怡

Foo Hong  2011

揚名四海慧愛侶    The wise lovers Spread their good names to the four seas

Yángmíng sìhǎi huì ài lǚ

永居高庭辯是非     Always stay in the high court to debate for right against evil

Yǒng jū gāo tíng biàn shìfēi

遠眺朝霞鴛鴦游    Looking at the glorious distant morning cloud, the mandarin ducks go

Yuǎn tiào zhāoxiá yuānyāng yóu      swimming

怡懷訟訴益萬民     with cheerful heart, she  advocate for the benefit of thousands people
Yí huái biànsù sù wànmín

忠孝信義平豪

Loyalty,Filial Piety,Trustworthiness,Selflessness, Peace,

禮、義、廉、耻稱為國之「四維」。

孫中山在民族主義第六講中特別倡導忠、孝、仁、愛、信、義、和、平為「八德」，當時稱為

固有之道德。兩者合而為之「四維八德」

Why is this important?  What is its significance?

 From our ancestors, we know that success cannot be inherited. It only "lasts" when successive generations work hard. There were famous examples in our ancestor struggles. The following quotes say it all.

将相本无种，男儿当自强

jiang1xiang1ben3wu2zhong4,nan2er2dang1zi4qiang2

Generals and Ministers are not predestined.

Man (woman) has to be strong and pursue excellence oneself

The 族譜zu2pu3 teaches us to respect the past. There is  no present without the struggles and hard work of our ancestor. We stand on the shoulders of the past giants.

(Fine line between appreciation, inspiration and deification - the emphasis is not necessarily on the ultimate title or accomplishment but the work that it took to get there)

(Not exclusive - It is a study of the human condition and ,with any type of study, we realize ties and commonalities)

Qingtao beer(1100 BCE)—Xian Terracota(221 BCE)—SanYa beach(1205AC)