Migration Map of You3Chen1's Line

The Foo Ancester Ya3 雅公(0-1), lived first in 琅琊 Langya,

then Ling (34) became King of Yi4Yang2 and lived in Henan河南淮阳,

cun2shen3 存审(0-39) move to now Henan,Taikang 宛丘（今河南太康), his son was yan4 qing1 魏 王 彥 卿 (40).

sengwu 繩武 (0-42）came from Henan Taikang to be an government officer at Fujian , Putian福建 莆田

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Foo Genealogy work in progress

Chik Hee is a Foo Clan brother to be admired. He is working very hard to get to the root of things. He is tirelessly motivating Foo Clan researchers to collaborate and research into our past. I like to post his work in progress here and wow !! and if you need to research Foo, he is the one to ask. Chik Hee Foo <foochikhee@yahoo.com>

符氏社Foo Clan Association <foocas@singnet.com.sg> and http://www.fuclanweb.org/index.asp

10/17/09 10:27 PM

We were holding a our 2nd Cultural Meeting on 26 /27 September in Xi-an city, it was overwhelmly attended by 11 provinces Fu Clan researchers, thery are from Shanxi陕西, Henan河南, Hebei河北, Shandong山东, Shanxi山西, Jiangsu江苏, Jiangxi江西, Zhejiang浙江, Liaoning辽宁, Guanxi广西, Anhui安徽. I was there to chair the meeting, we have decided to speed up the compilation of the Langya Fu Clan Cultural Collections 《琅琊符氏文化志》，this project had been launched by Linyi Archives Board, Shandong in 2006, unfortunately there was no comparable body from Foo Clan to collaborate the significant project until we had set up the Cultural Research Group, we have lost 3 years of time thus now we are trying to catch up and intend to complete it in year 2011. I shall keep you infrom about the project.

Today, Singapore Foo Tee Tay is joining Malaysia Foo Clan Association to celebrate their new premises opening cum aniversary celebration. Besides the Malaysian Foo Clan bodies, there are clansmen from Hong Kong, Thailand, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and Guangxi, our clan family is growing now.

Chik Hee

1st, 2nd and 6th daughter of 魏王wei4wang2, 彥卿 yan4qing1(0-40)

from " History of Song 宋史"

周 宣 懿 皇 后 符 氏 傳

zhou1 xuan1 yi4 huang2 hou4 fu2 shi4 chuan2

synopsis of the Biography of Queen xuan1 yi4 周 宣 懿 皇 后 符 氏 傳of Later Zhou (951-960 CE)

She is the eldest daughter of wei4 wang2 yan4 qing1(魏 王 彥 卿). She initially married to chong2 xun4 崇 訓, the son of Mid River military governor, shou3 zhen1守 貞, who had disloyal thought. A fortunet taller heard her voice and was astonish to comment,"that is the voice of an empress." So shou3 zhen1守 貞 had no doubt and rebelled. Later Han dynasty( 947-950 CE) sent zhou1 tai4 zu3 周 太 祖 to counter attack. A year later, he conquered rebellion's castle. Chong2 xun4 崇 訓 knew what would happen to them and started killing his family so they woludn't be disgraced. xuan1 yi4 hid and saved her live from the execution. Later, she was able to sit on the hall and calmly convince the soldiers not to disgrace/hurt her.

zhou1 tai4 zu3 周 太 祖 was amazed by her grace, so spared and returned her to her father,wei4 wang2 yan4 qing1(魏 王 彥 卿). She then became zhou1 tai4 zu3 周 太 祖 's daughter for his kindness. His son, shi4 zong1 世 宗 admired her demeaner.So when his wife, Madam Liew died, he married her, and later the Queen of Later Zhou (951-960 CE). shi4 zong1 世 宗 had a quick and bad temper, and she was always able to calm him down and he treasured her more.---After she died, she was buried at yi4 ling2 懿 陵. He then married her 2nd sister as his queen.

The 2^nd and 6^th daughter of 魏王wei4wang2,彥卿 yan4qing1(0-40)

符氏族譜 (Fu2Shi4Zu2pu3) Volume 2, page 14

Biography of Emperor Mother of the West Palace ( 西宮太后 符氏傳 Xi1 gong1 tai4 hou4 )

Emperor Mother of the West Palace (西宮太后 Xi1 gong1 tai4 hou4) was second daughter of the king of wei4 wang2 魏王彥卿 yan4qing1(0-40). She was big, strong, vigilant and sharp (魁偉警悟) at her young age.She was the wife of 世宗shi4zong1, the emperor of 後周hou4zhou1 (951-960 CE). When he died, her son 宗 zong1 xun4,became the emperor gong1di4恭帝, who was seven years old at the time.She therefore help him governed the country behind the dropping curtain. At that time the country was peaceful and ministers abused their power. Emperor恭帝gong1di4 was too young to be effective. His general 宋太 祖Song4 tai4 zu3 gradually gained power, and soon there was plot to elect him as the Monarch.On the January of 庚子year,two provinces (鎮,定) jointly reported the invasion of joined army of Liao and Han. So 恭帝gong1 di4 ordered his general 宋太 祖Song4 tai4 zu3 to defend against the invasion. Three years (癸卯) later, with the soldiers under his control, the army reached the Chan Bridge Post 陳橋 驛, he crowned himself (自立而還) and led his soldiers to the capitol. Two years later (乙巳) Zhou emperor 恭帝 gong1di4 was abdicated and 宋太祖Song4 tai4zu3 became the Emperor and change the dynasty to Song. He then proclaimed (封) 恭帝gong1di4 to be the king of Zheng4 (鄭 王 Zheng4 wang2) and his mother (the Fooempress zhou1 ), Emperor mother of Zhou1,and moved to live in the west Palace, so she was named Emperor Mother of the West Palace (西宮太后 Xi1gong1tai4hou4 ). She died during the reign of 2^nd Song Emperor 太宗 (淳化四年 994 CE), the calendar year of 癸巳 and buried in the north west of imperial yi4 tomb (懿陵)of her sister.

Empress of exemplary virtue (宋 懿德皇后 符氏傳 Song4 yi4 de2 Huang2 hou4 )

yi4de2 Fu2Huang2hou4 懿德符皇后 was the native of Chen2 province (陳州宛邸). She was the 6^th daughter of the king of Wei (魏王wei4wang2, 彥卿 yan4qing1(0-40)). During the Later Zhou dynasty, she was married to宋太 祖 tai4 zu3‘s son 太宗 tai4 zong1. When 太宗 became king of 晉jin4, she was name the lady of yue4 guo2 (越國夫人). She died at the age 34 on the year (開寶八年 976 CE) under the reign of first Song emperor, 宋太 祖 tai4 zu3 .She was buried at the north west of 安陵. When her husband太宗 tai4 zong1 became the 2^nd Song Emperor, she was honored post-humorously as queen, and was decreed the Empress of exemplary virtue ( 懿德皇后 yi4de2 Huang2hou4 ).

Edit & translate by Sun-Hoo Foo 符傳孝 (32-74-109)

The beginning of Foo 符(Fu2) in Hainan

YOU3 CHEN2
 

The beginning of Foo in Hainan

by Artist ChitFu Yu ( www.cfyu.com )

You3Chen2 went across Hainan Island

A painting with synopsis of the origin of Hainan’ Foo Hong’s Family by CF Yu 1992

The Foo family begins with Ya3雅.

Ya3 is the grandson of qing3, who was the resident of Lu3。

Originally his Family name was ji2姬. He served the Qing2 dynasty as fu2 xi3 ling4 (minister governing the royal seal), therefore he was given Foo (fu) as his family name.

During North-Sung dynasty (960-1126 CE), his offspring, You3 Chen2 有辰, lived in He2 Nan2 province。You3 Chen2 is Ya’s 43rd (generation) descendant. You3chen2 is also the descendant of Ling2, who was the king Of yi4yang2 and was the country grand protector general in the Tang dynasty (618-906 CE) 。

You3 Chen2 is the great grandson of Yan4 Qing1(897-975 CE) 彦卿, who was the King of Wei4 of the Five dynasty (906-960 CE) 。Due to You3 Chen2’s military achievement, he was awarded the duke served by ten thousand household. Later, Foo, in essence, became the king of the zhu1ya2 (pearl cliff, i.e. .Hainan island) 。You3 Chen2 was one of the 4 founding Foo fathers going across the sea to Qiong2 (i.e. Hainan) during that era that Foo in Hainan can trace their origin to.

All You3 Chen2's four sons had his talents. They all followed and inherited his position. His grandson Ren2 Huan4 and the following several generations were all in the military service, some as inspecting envoys. They Lived in Na3Yong1, which later becomes the Foo village.

Zheng4 Fang1, the 18th generation from You3 Chen2 moved and lived in what is now called wen2 tang2 cun1. Thirty first generation, Da4 Huan4 (Foo Hong) migrated to Malaysia and Brunei. Thirty second generation, Sun-Hoo Foo (32-74-109) moves to USA.

-1992 New spring by artist Chitfu Wanchun

In Summary, FOO (FU) adopted the Family Name (Surname) in 221BCE because of Ya3’s official position. Fortys three generations later, You3 Chen2 moved to the current Hainan Province.Eighteen generations later, Zheng4Fang1, moved to a small Wen2Tang2 Village and established another temple. My father, the 13th generation after that moves to Malaysia and Brunei, and I am now in USA.

Thus I am the 43-1+18+14 = 74 th generation from Ya3. One cannot describe ROOT or Ancestry without using a reference. In this example my artist friend ChitFu in 1992 painted this picture depicts the general You3Chen2 with his army crossing over the sea to Hainan, this is the critical point of reference of Foo from Hainan. He mentions my father and myself to exemplify how one can use new temple, dividing path as reference to trace our roots,and so Da4 Huan4 (Foo Hong) (31-73-108): the three numbers in the bracket means he is the 31st generation from You3 Chen2 who moved to govern Hainan, 73rd generation from Ya3, who adopted the surname, and 108th generation from Huang2Di4, 94th generation from Zhou1Gong1周公. How remarkable!! we can actually name the 73 direct Foo ancestors from the book,i.e. all 2230 years.

It is easy for those who descend from the wen2 tang2 cun1文塘村 to trace their ancestry if they know some of their relatives ,for my father has published a genealogy of that village to cover the Foo who lived there for 14th generations after Zheng4 Fang1正方 moved in. To cover the whole Hainan Foo population is a bigger task, and so I mention earlier that this blog is specific for those who are linked to Foo Hong' s wen2 tang2 cun1文塘村, nonetheless it is important for all those Foo from Hainan because they are most likely the descendents from one of the big 4 Foo ancestor who moved to Hainan during Sung dynasty.

--Sun-Hoo Foo 符傳孝 (32-74-109) 17 October 2009

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Preface of “ Foo Genealogy” by ou1yang2 xiu1

PREFACE of the Foo Genealogy

By ou1yang2 xiu1宋歐陽修

符氏族譜 (Fu2Shi4Zu2pu3) Volume 1, page 6

Printed in 1937, 101 volumes, above is the reprint by Foo Tee Tay (Foo Clan Association), Singapore in 1982

Translation of the above

PREFACE of the Foo Genealogy

ou1yang2 xiu1宋歐陽修

符Fu (Foo) was the descendent of hou4 ji4后稷, who was the fourth generation offspring of huang2di4皇帝. After 14^th generation, they established the Zhou dynasty (1122-221 BC) The first Emperor of Zhou dynasty, zhou1wen2 wang2 周文王has a son called zhou1 gong1周公. zhou1 gong1周公( 15^th generation)'s son was bo2qin2伯禽, who was made the lord of lu3 魯.His offspring, lu3 qing3gong1魯頃公( 33^rd generation) has a grandson, named 雅ya3 (0-1-35)*.雅ya3 governed the emperor seal for qin2 秦and was given the name , 符Fu (Foo).He is actually a native of lang2 ye2瑯琊. His off spring 融 rong2 (0-14-48), was a great scholar of East Han dynasty. After 10 more generations, an off spring name令奇ling4qi2 (0-33-67) (861-782 AD) & son麟 lin2 (0-34) ,both great generals of Tang Dynasty and were famous for their bravery and loyalty. cun2shen3 存審(0-39-73) move to wan3 qiu1 宛邱 of the province Chen陳 , he was also the general of Tang dynasty, who served as governor (Jiedushi 節度使 ). His son, yan4 qing1彥卿 (897-975 AD) (0-40-75) was already an authority in horse riding and archery at an early age of 13 and had start serving Tang2 zhuang1zong1唐莊宗. Later he served in the dynasties of Jin4 han4 and zhou1晉,漢,周 of the period of five dynasties. He was awarded with the title of the king of Wei( 魏王 wei4 wang2). During the Sung dynasty, he became Taishi 太師, and was very well treated. He had seven sons and 7 daughters. Three of his daughters were Empresses. Empress 懿德 yi4de2 of Song4 tai4zong1宋太宗( the 2^nd emperor of Song4) was his sixth daughters. During his time, there was no match for his fame and prosperity. From then on, there were great talents from every Foo generation.

Above was recorded by the great song4 dynasty scholar ou1 yang2 xiu1宋歐陽修,the Minister of the Country History (國史 guo2 shi30), decreed by the order of the emperor Xi1Ning1

*雅ya3 (0-1-35): I add the 3 numbers in the bracket ( #-#-#) : The 1^st number 0 indicated the person was still a resident in Main land and not at Hainan, 2^nd number is the generation after acquire the last name Foo, the last number indicates the generations counting down from huang2di4皇帝, 2698BCE ( 4706 years ago today at CE2009) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_calendar

周公zhou1 gong1 who was a invaluable minister for his emperor brother

魯 lu3 It is now in the province of 山東 shan1 dong1, south of Beijing. 瑯琊lang2 ye2 is also in Shan1Dong 1.

秦 Qing dynasty (221-206 BC) ( 秦始皇qin2 shi3 huang2, the First emperor of Qing),

雅ya3 (0-1-35) governed the seal for 秦始皇qin2shi3huang2, the First emperor of Qing, and was given the name , 符Fu (Foo)

東漢 east han4 dynasty (25-220 AD)

融rong2 (0-14-48), a great scholar.

唐朝 tang2 dynasty (618-907 AD)

令奇ling4qi2 (0-33-67) (861-782 AD) & son麟lin2 (0-34) were great generals. Lin2 was given the title of 義陽郡王i4 yang2 jun4 wang2 (he was honored and recognized in the generation poem)存審cun2shen3(0-39-73), also general for Tang, he has nine sons, most were great general, most outstanding was彥卿yan4qing1(897-975 AD)

五代 wu3dai4 (907-960 AD) 十國shi2guo2 (902-979 AD) and 宋song4 dynasty (960-1279 AD)

彥卿yan4qing1(0-40),expert in riding and archery at age 13 and already served 唐tang2 莊宗zhuang1zong1, then the dynasty of 晉,漢,周 Jin4 han4 and zhou1 of the five dynasties, He was awarded the title of 魏王 wei4wang2 ( the king of Wei). He had seven sons and 7 daughters. Three of his daughters were empresses. Empress 懿德 yi4de2 of 宋song4 emperor 太宗tai4zong1( the 2^nd emperor of Song4) was his sixth daughters. Sadly, she died at age 34.

歐陽修ou1yang2 xiu1 , the great 宋song4 scholar ,Minister to record Country History (國史guo2shi3), by the order of the emperor

Edited /translated by sun-Hoo Foo 符傳孝 (32-74-109)

Revise 10/11/2009 http://foousa.blogspot.com/