The lineage from Huang Xiang to Huang Qiaogong

Huang Qiaogong is the thirty-first grandson of Huang Xiang.

The Huang family has a Qiaoshan Gong named Huang Qiao, who was from the Tang Dynasty.

Huang Qiao, whose courtesy name is Qiaoshan, also known as Yue, whose courtesy name is Renjing, and whose nickname is Qinggang. His descendants are respectfully called Qiao Gong or Qiao Shan Gong. He is the eldest son of Xigong. His distant ancestors entered Fujian from Gushi, Guangzhou, Henan. He was born on the 15th day of April in the 13th year of Xiantong, Emperor Yizong of the Tang Dynasty, and died on the 10th day of the 11th day of the 11th month of Guichou, the third year of Guangshun, Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty. He lived to be eighty-two years old and was buried in the old tomb of Huang Jialin in the stork grave. Shen Hong was a wise man since he was a child, and he rose to the rank of minister of the Ministry of Industry. He married the princes of the three counties of Shangguan, Wu and Zheng, and gave birth to twenty-one sons.

Taking Chang Yi as the first generation, Huang Qiao is the 128th generation grandson of the Yellow Emperor. Taking Nanlu Gong, the great ancestor of the global Huang family, as the first generation of the Huang family, Huang Qiao is the 119th generation of the Huang family. According to genealogy records, Huang Qiao is the 45th grandson of Huang Xie, Lord Chunshen, and the 31st grandson of Huang Xiang, one of the Twenty-four Filial Piety.

Huang Qiao

Huang Qiao is smart and courageous. During the reign of Emperor Zhaozong of the Tang Dynasty (about 890), Shaowu suffered from frequent floods and locusts. In addition, local warlords separated the region, bandits appeared, and the people were in dire straits. The young Huang Qiao resolutely spent his family savings, gathered his neighbors, set up a volunteer army, comforted the victims, armed himself for self-defense, and stabilized the local area. After he was called into the army, Li Keyong, the king of Longxi County, saw that Huang Qiao was talented and recruited his subordinates. In the second year of Qianning (895), Li Maozhen, Qin Zonghan, and Wang Xingyu rebelled. Huang Qiao followed Li Keyong and made great contributions to quelling the rebellion, and was promoted to take charge of the military affairs of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Guangxi.

The following year, the rebels invaded again, and Huang Qiao led his troops to fight for peace. Because of King Qin's meritorious service, Emperor Zhaozong granted him the title of Minister of the Ministry of Industry. After the fall of the Tang Dynasty in the first year of Kaiping in Houliang (907), Huang Qiao went on a hunger strike for several days, abandoned his official position and went into seclusion. The following year, he returned to his hometown and founded Heping Academy, teaching future generations to pursue their studies.

Huang Qiao married three wives and gave birth to twenty-one sons. In the first year of Guangshun of the later Zhou Dynasty (951), when he was already eight years old, he divided the accumulated wealth among his sons equally. In addition to leaving behind the eldest sons of each of the three wives, he sent his remaining sons to live in various places, and was given a family tree as a certificate of recognition in the future. Before the disciples left, Huang Qiao dictated a poem: "I trust my horse and embark on a journey to a different place, and I am always looking for a beautiful place."

I think of the foreign country as my own, and being in a foreign land is my hometown. Don't forget it in the morning and evening. I personally told you that in the Spring and Autumn Period, you must recommend it to your ancestors. Wealth and honor are determined by heaven, and Sanqi men should strengthen themselves." In the third year of Guangshun (953), Huang Qiao died without illness and was buried in Huangjialin near his village at the age of 82. Only the "Huang Family Genealogy" written by Jianning Lutian contains four six-character poems "Inscribed on Four Scenes of the Academy".

The descendants of the Huang family have multiplied and are now scattered in Fujian, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Taiwan and overseas.