我小時候清明掃墓最後都得去拜一塊石頭~唐山祖，應該就是從漳州趙家堡來的那位吧，我是來台第8代。
尋根其實很好玩，尤其故事中的人物又和自己有一點關係，反正不是我去找，我家老大退休了，有閒又有心，我只負責聽故事，。

You are not only the princess of the Chao family but also the queen in your classroom. Above all, you are the Princess of Mr. Chen.

其實自稱「第一代」只是表達對這塊土地的認同，並非狂妄自大，更非數典忘祖！
因緣俱足，才有交會；內在清明，方識因果！

Dah!
I prefer biologists' interpretation, for science and humanity.

Actually, I don't care. I'm just highly interested and proud of my eldest brother because he does everything seriously. He even took pictures in front of 少帝's tombstone. He also bought a book of 宋史 to study. It's really interesting. My ancesters hid in the mountains without going to the outer world for hundreds of yesrs. And later some of them immigrated to Taiwan. Most of the fist seven generations didn't move to other places until your angel and her brothers and sisters left there. (Of course, my other relatives moved away, too. )
I think "pure blood" means only the father's side.

JNT, you still have to say your daughters are the 36th generation of Chao family.

Women should count, for blood, for gene pools and for self-identity. Everyone is the decendent of thousands and thousands of families. Even when the Chao family stayed in one place, it does not mean the blood is "PURE". They need spouses/wives to reproduce their offsprings. If the blood is "pure," that is very very very nasty and disgusting. You know what I mean?

My angel has become a great historian!
See? That's why we have to know our ancesters! Suddenly everything becomes clear! We know where we are and where we are going.

I always give my students the similar comment:
我是第六代移民
第五代在地台灣人

Member identification!

That's for sure!

You don't have to kneel to me, too.

I'm not bothered at all. I'm the 1st generation in Taichung.

to the Chao family!
There's no question that we are his descendant. A legend said the last emperor of Song Dynasty,少帝, fled to the south of China on a fleet of ships. Only 4 out of 16 ships survived from a typhoon. The survivors landed in 福建. The younger ones stayed in 趙家堡 near the sea, . The older ones hid in a small village(甘霖村) in the mountain. They were so scared to be found that they didn't communicate with the outside world during hundreds of years. It is said they still wore the Song-style clothes in the early 20th century.
See? Our blood relationship is quite pure.
By the way, I'm the 8th generation in Taiwan. In Chinese tradition, only males count. So I don't think I can say my daughters are the 36th generation.

I am also a decendent of the Chao family, because we only count the family name from the father's side.

We have 2 parents,
4 grandparents,
8 great grandparents,
16 great great grandparents,
32.............................
64....................................
128.....................................
256.....................................
512.....................................
1024....................................

And this is only 10 generations.

35 generations?
We don't even know how many family names to take, but we only take one.

I am jealous.
I am not!
I am not!
I am not!
I am not!!!!!!!

the magic power of IF?
Can't you just let me have a royal dream for a while?
OR you're jealous because you don't have such royal link?
OR you're reluctant to kneel to a contemporary princess?

If you read history of China carefully enough, you will know that even when Mongolians hadn't come, China would not have been ruled by one family. There would always have been another family to revolt.

So, wake up quick!

I thought everybody studied like that.

I know I'm not smart, and I was just fortunate to pass the exams.

By the way
My eldest brother went to Mainland China and found we are actually the 35th decendent of 趙匡胤。 So if the Mongolians hadn't come, I would have been a princess. But since you are my best friend, you don't have to kneel down next time we meet.

Only students who are smart enough can live like that!

I worked very hard. I studied night and day to pass the exams. Humm~~~

她老媽以前混了4年
平時彈古箏、白沙夜談
期中考前1週才到交誼廳K幾個晚上

This is the life pattern of OUR college students, esp. artists-to-be.

小貓放學時間可真不定時
兩點多、五點多、9點多、還有一次晚上11點多點完名才放人。

別忘了幫我吃！

除了蛋捲
都是素的~~

有素的嗎？

哪一班車?

妳那一大~~~~~~~~堆的名產吃的完嗎?
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