1902: Cold Evening + Qu family name

Cold Evening by Song dynasty poet Du Lai

Cold evening, guests arrive, tea as wine,
Bamboo stove, broth steams, filament now hot.
As usual, the same window frames the moon,
Except for the plum flower making regular not.

1902

Ten years before the republic revolution.

Based on oral history, of Confucius' 72 disciples, there was one named Qu, whose descendants were named by and thus began the family name Qu. After many generations, in the Han dynasty, there was a person Qu Mo. In the Jin dynasty, Qu XX. In Tang dynasty, there was Qu Zang. There are some outstanding persons in other generations, for whom there are no accurate records. Beginning in Ming dynasty, there is some recorded history about Qu Tong, from Hefei (Anhui province). ... Yong Le, a Ming dynasty emperor, there was a civil war, and the Qu family moved from Hefei to Huangmei (Hubei province). They made a living by working the land and studying, from generation to generation. My great great grandfather (1781-1863) Xue Ren (learn love), the 15th generation after moving to Huangmei. My great grandfather (1808-1842) Si Jue (world ?). My grandfather (1835-1894) Guang Lian (light ?). My father (1868-1951) Da Rong (High Glory) born in the seventh year of Tong Zhi, a Qin dynasty emperor. All his life, he was a peasant, tilling the land that he inherited from his ancestors. He also lived in the house he inherited from his ancestors. In the 27th year of Guang Xu, the Long River flooded and the whole Huangmei county became a lake. The dams broke, and my father moved his family to Jioujiang. He built a straw house on top of one of the dams.