Who are the famous people born in the Xu Shi family? Xu Guangping, the wife of Lu Xun, Xu Chongqing, a famous educator and former president of Sun Yat-sen University, and Xu Xiangguang, who led the gentry against Britain during the Opium War; Xu Rongying, a former governor of Zhejiang, was called "Xu Qingtian" by the people; There is Xu Yingzhen, a former governor of Fujian and Zhejiang; Xu Chongzhi, an important military assistant of Sun Yat-sen and commander-in-chief of the Guangdong Army; Xu Chonghao, commander of Nanjing Temporary Wei Wu during the Revolution of 1911; Xu Zhuo, the leader of the baise uprising, served as the political commissar of the Seventh Army; Xu Xizan, who made an important contribution to the Party on the secret front of the War of Liberation. ...
"The ethnic groups associated with this family are much more complicated than Jia Fu in A Dream of Red Mansions. There are several hundred houses in a row 1 1, which has been1/for generations; This family is the epitome of modern society in China. In different historical periods, it has had contacts and stories with many top political, economic and cultural figures in China, especially in the modern history of China. " Lu (whose mother is Xu's descendant), the chairman of Guangzhou Artists Association, who is closely related to Xu Shi's family, has known the rise and fall of this family since he was a child, and commented on it in The First Family in Guangzhou edited by him. Gaudi Street, where he lived in the Qing Dynasty. Soon, the Xu family flourished here and became a famous local family. Taking the surname as the place name, a new place name-Xu Di was formed in this place.
There is a folk saying in Guangzhou: those who sell horses sell them. This shows the influence of Xu Shi family in Guangzhou. After two generations of Xu Shi family succeeded in doing business here, Gaudi Street became famous and became the pioneer of China private economy. Gaudi Street is still prosperous today. Although the influence of the Xu family has gradually faded, the descendants of the Xu family still have not forgotten the story of their ancestors' struggle.
"Have you ever heard where your ancestors are?"
"Shantou."
"Did you go back to Shantou to visit relatives?"
"Yes, either they come or we go back."
"How many people still live here?"
"The house number is 42, and there are many people."
The history of the Xu family along the migration route from the Central Plains to Fujian to Chaozhou, Shantou, Guangzhou, Hongkong or overseas has become a microcosm of modern China society.
Xu's contribution to the Revolution of 1911 and the China Revolution is undoubtedly enormous, and the splendor of Xu's family is unparalleled. Xu Chongkai, Xu Chongzhi, Xu Chongqing, Xu Zhuo, Xu Huairen and Xu Guangping are all their outstanding representatives. The 700-year vicissitudes of the Xu Shi family have created a unique history of cultural development in the south of Gounan and accumulated a profound cultural heritage.