中國 族譜의 譜式과 書法

Abstract

There are a huge amount of Chinese genealogical documents have been preserved by the major libraries over the world due to the continuative compilation and update since Song Dynasty in China. It is understood that the ancestral pedigree and biography are core contents on these family history. Chinese people used to follow a kind of traditional pedigree formats created by famous historians and genealogists in history. This article is intending to introduce the differences between three notable pedigree formats and point out the importance of the typical biographic narration while the genealogy is compiling.