The Hakka People and My Family Genealogy IAS

The Hakka (客家) People and My Family Genealogy IAS 2580 Jason Chung鍾展昇

A Short History! • Original Han people or ethnic minority? • Early official dialect? – Some evidence seems to suggest this • Origins somewhere in Henan • Migrations throughout history • Conflicts with local communities

Conflicts With Neighbours • • • 1270 – End of Song Dynasty The Punti (本地) The Hakka Symbiotic relationship 1855 -67 客 家 – Punti-Hakka Clan War Guest Family

Strong Resentments On Both Sides “If you were to ask a thorough-bred Punti about the character of the Hakkas, he would…tell you that the Hakkas are quite beneath your notice, that they are a kind of semi-barbarians, living in poverty and filth” Eitel, Ethnographical Studies, p 81 “A clever but malicious and sneaking set of people”

My Family

My Family 鍾 • Origins in Henan • My family got its surname for services in the army, • Named after a mountain called ‘Chung Li’ • Earliest records show that my branch comes from second son of three about 2000 years ago, perhaps Sui or early Tang Dynasty

My Family 鍾 • Moved to Hong Kong about 300 years ago from Fujian • Man Uk Bin(萬屋边)

My Family Man Uk Bin (萬屋边 ) 鍾

My Family 鍾

My Family 鍾 • Moved to Hong Kong about 300 years ago from Fujian • Man Uk Bin(萬屋边) • Distant Grandmother surnamed Fu • I’m descended from her second of four children • Other families: Fu, Tong and Lau • I’m 13 th generation since moving to Hong Kong and 24 th since traceable records.

My Family 鍾

Sources • • http: //www. muztagh. com/map-of-china http: //www. holytrinityrichmond. org. uk/projects. htm http: //www. asiawind. com/hakka Constable, N. , 1996, Guest People: Hakka Identity in China and Abroad, USA, University of Washington Press • Leong, S. T. , 1997, Migration and Ethnicity in Chinese History: Hakkas ed. Wright, T. , Pengmin and Their Neighbors, Stanford University Press • My dad, uncle