On the 10th, a photo circulating on the Internet caused heated discussions, which read "

Su Bingtian, the 29th grandson of Su Dongpo, the 21st grandson of Su Liuyigong

".

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Is Su Bingtian a descendant of Su Shi?

Expert response

  On the afternoon of the 10th, the reporter contacted Su Bingtian's ancestral home in Guyi Village, Guzhen Town, Zhongshan City. Su Genhong, the chairman of the Council of Su's Ancestral Temple in the village (the patriarch of the Su's clan), told the reporter that

according to the genealogy, Su Bingtian was the 29th generation grandson of Su Shi, and there were many people in the village. They are all descendants of Su Dongpo

.

Photo courtesy of the interviewee

Photo courtesy of the interviewee

  It is understood that in October 2021, when Su Bingtian, the "100-meter flying man", returned to his hometown, he went to Su's ancestral hall to worship his ancestors.

Su Bingtian returned to Su's ancestral temple to carry out ancestor worship activities.

Photo by Wei Weijian

  It is reported that this time Su Bingtian went home and learned that due to the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, the previous large-scale activities of respecting and caring for the elderly on the Double Ninth Festival could not be carried out on a large scale. , each person will be given 100 yuan of condolences for the Double Ninth Festival.

Su Bingtian returned to Su's ancestral temple to carry out ancestor worship activities.

Photo by Wei Weijian

  "Su Bingtian's home is only a few hundred meters away from us. Last time he came back from the race, we opened an ancestral hall to welcome him to worship his ancestors. I told him that he is a descendant of Su Dongpo, and he said, '

So I am also a descendant of a great writer.

'." Su Genhong said.

Screenshots of Su Genhong's Moments, photos provided by respondents

  Su Dongpo was once demoted to Lingnan, and he wrote well-known poems such as "Three hundred lychees in a day".

  Su Genhong told reporters that the ancestor of the Su family in the ancient town of Zhongshan was Duke Le'an, who was a descendant of Su Liuyi, the last general of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Su Bingtian returned to Su's ancestral temple to carry out ancestor worship activities.

Photo by Wei Weijian

  From the genealogy provided by Su Genhong, it can be seen that the Su family was passed down from the ancestor Su Xun, to Su Liuyi in the tenth generation, and Su Liuyi was divided into four lines.

Su Bingtian and Su Bingquan are the twenty-ninth generation

.

  Su Genhong pointed out that in addition to Zhongshan,

Su Shi's descendants are also distributed in Heyuan, Shunde, Guangzhou, Panyu, Huizhou and other places

.

  Su Chijie, director of the village committee of Guyi Village, told reporters that there are more than 7,000 people in Guyi Village.

The Su's Ancestral Temple was established in the Ming Dynasty. Over the years, the Council of the Su Clan's Ancestral Temple has gone outside to find its roots and ask about the ancestors, and has continuously supplemented relevant faction materials.

  Su Chijie, director of the village committee of Guyi Village, said that as

to whether it is a descendant of Su Shi, the statement of Su's ancestral hall shall prevail

.

Expert: "Sansu" and its descendants have a strong sense of family

  In response to this statement, Zeng Ming, vice-chairman of the Chinese Society for Nationalities and a professor at Southwest University for Nationalities, told a reporter from Chinanews.com that if he really believed in history and had evidence, "I think the 29th generation grandson has indeed realized Su Dongpo's Bamboo Cane Mang. The joy of life of "shoes are lighter than horses"

is the best practice of the sages' "living method", which is a kind of wise soul shaking hands at the highest point

."

Data map: Su Bingtian.

Image source: Visual China

  Dai Lu, deputy secretary-general of the China Su Shi Research Society, told a reporter from Chinanews.com that the Su family has always attached great importance to genealogy. Next to the ancestral tomb, every year after the first month of worship, the old and young of the Su family would talk about the customs of the village in the pavilion.

Family consciousness has always been strong in "Sansu" and its descendants. For example, "Dongpo Chimu" contains many letters to his children, grandsons and nephews. Su Zhe's grandson Su Xian compiled a "Mr. Luancheng's Last Words", which records A lot of details related to the "Sansu" reading composition.

The people of the Su family were prosperous. If you look down from Su Shi and Su Zhe, at the turn of the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties, their descendants were mainly distributed in Xuchang, Meishan, Yixing, Wuzhou and other places. Further down, there are few detailed textual researches. .

There is an old saying that "

a family that accumulates goodness must have Yuqing

". The family history is narrated from the perspective of Su's clan.

Data map: In 2018, Princess Sirindhorn of Thailand wrote an inscription in front of the statue of Su Dongpo in Sansu Temple during her visit to Sichuan.

Photography by Zhang Lang

  Chinanews.com reporters: Sun Qiuxia, He Shaoqing, Liu Zhongjun