cheung lineage in english

Sherman David Cheung's 張舒明/张舒明) Personal recounting of His Lineage... Descended from the "Ching He/Qing He"Hall” Zhang Clan He!ei Province #em$er of the %uangdong&uhua Zhang Clan( Li )u *iang !ranch( + descendant $ranch of the )in,iang Zhang Clan -ative illage in Liang !ui Hang Ling !ei eng( Li&-g %ong Li )u *iang( Shong&Hon Shanghang( 0n Liu +n Liu Zhen( uhua&1ian -g 2ah )en( #ei3hou #oi3hou( %uangdong Sheng %uangdong Province( CH4-+ ,廣東省,梅州,五華縣,安流鎮,上杭,鯉魚江,嶺背坑清河堂-張氏曲江風度樓/金鑑家聲/金鑑堂) 鄞江張氏廣東五華張氏鯉魚江派美派 %enerational 5ecount6 Sherman David Cheung Zhang Shu&#ing/ 張舒明/张舒明 +lso 7no8n as( 2otis #a7rito9onis( and Zhang HuoDi/ 張!" of the 3rd generation of t he Cheungs who immigrated “fr om China, to H ong Kong ” and “from Hong Kong to the United States” Sherman ( 張舒明) is also of the 21st generation of the Cheungs 8ho settled do8n in Liang !uei Hang( Li&-g %ong -g&2ah uhua Count: "Ha77a Dialect S;ea7ing illage"... 2urther( 0f Hsiang&%ung's Lineage Sherman's %reat great great %randfather < sons( Sherman and his !rother and his 2ather ( =ncl es and Cousins are of the >rd Hou se #$) Di Sam 2ong( ?he -um$er > House/!ranch He is also of the The >0th Generation of the Cheungs who immigrat ed from the North of China to the South of China during the Sung dynasty (Chased into the Mountains of Guangdong by Mongols, whose ponies couldn't climb Mountains, here the Ha!!as ("orthern Chinese) started an effecti#e campaign of Guerilla warfare, which ended the $uan%Mongol &ynasty years later*) The !!th Generati on sin"e #hang $iu%&i ng 張九齡 , 'a ng (oet, and Stat esmen )' ang *ynasty ( oet, and Statesmen + rom whi" h - am des"ended from his first son the .2nd generation of the Cheungs sin"e the Honora/e #hang &iang “#iang” )#hang &iang+ 張%) , the "o%ounder of the Han *ynasty and the 11st sin"e the Honora/ e #hang Hui 張 & ) ''he founder of the #hang , Chan g, 'san, 'sa on, Cheon g, Cheung, 'son g, Chong,#ong 1 , 'eoh 'eo , 'iong, 'iu amiy , son of the first emeror in t he history of China, an d the origin of a Cheungs 4ur 5n"estry This article is based largely on the stories told by Mr* +ong%+wan Cheung, our belo#ed Gung Gung* He is of the irst Generation of the Cheungs who immigr ated from the Southern part of China to Hong +ong and from Hong +ong to the ni ted States* Gung Gung is also of the Nineteent h Generation of the Cheungs who settled down in a beautiful Ha!!a #illage called -i%"g Gong in uHua ("g% ah), Gaung&ong, China, The 'w enty%eighth Generation of Cheung who .mmigrated from the "orth to the South of China during the Sung &ynasty, The Se6entieth Generation of Cheungs since the Honorable -iang T/u%0ang Cheung, the co%founder of the Han &ynasty, and the 4ne%Hundred% orty%Nint h Generation of the Cheungs since the Honorab le Hui Cheung, the son of the first 1mperor in the history of China and the origin of all the Cheungs* 0ur 2irst +ncestor .t is our responsibility to tell our children where we come from, and it is the ir choices to select the right direction to go* 2ut no matter which way they go or what they do, our Tradition will always be carried on by their #ery e3istence* 0or one day, they too will become a part of the root* The 0irst generation if the Cheungs traces all the way bac! to about years ago* The head of the 0irst generation was the Honorable Hui Cheung* He was one of the 0i#e sons of the first emperor of China* The 1mperor was the first true leader of the Chinese people and a man with great #ision* 4t that time, China had plenty of usable land but it5s population was e3tremely low * The 1mperor wanted his sons to help de#elop the country* So, he ga#e each of them a different last name to proper* The Honorable Hui Cheung 張() , who in#ented the 62ow%4rrow7 as a weapon of hunting and warfare, was gi# en the last name 6Cheung7 (Cantonese -anguage)89h ang%Chang (Mandarin -anguage)8 Chong%Tsong% 9ong (Ha!!a -anguage)*

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