The Hoang Nghia clan in Nghe An province
The Hoàng Nghĩa family genealogy in Nghệ An records that their ancestors were originally from Hoàng Vân commune, Kim Động district, Sơn Nam province (now Vân Nội village, Hồng Tiến commune, Khoái Châu district, Hưng Yên province).Our founding ancestor was Hoang The Chan, who lived during the reigns of Le Thai To (1428-1433) and Le Thai Tong (1434-1439).
In the 16th century, during the North-South War between the Le Trung Hung Dynasty and the Mac Dynasty (1527-1595), Lord Hong Quoc Cong Hoang Nghia Kieu (1540-1587), who served as the Admiral and Commander-in-Chief in Nghe An, married Phan Thi Ma from Duong Xa village, Hung Nguyen district, and they had a son, Phu Quan Cong Hoang Nghia Luong. In the 10th year of Quang Hung, which was the year of Dinh Hoi (1587), King Le The Tong ordered Lord Kieu to lead 3000 troops to fight the Mac Dynasty.
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In front of the Phu Quan Cong Temple. |
The brave commander defeated many Mac soldiers, but when the Mac army advanced in large numbers, he died in battle on March 20th. The king deeply mourned the sacrifice of this loyal and courageous man who died for a great cause, so he allowed his descendants to change his middle name from Hoang The to Hoang Nghia. The Hoang Nghia family name originated from there. Hoang Nghia Kieu had three sons; the eldest, Hoang Nghia Gia, had only two daughters. The second son, Hoang Nghia Than, was granted the title of Grand Tutor and Duke of Chieu Quan. His descendants still live in Hung Yen province today, including famous figures such as Dong Quan Cong Hoang Nghia Giao, whose name is listed in the Dictionary of Vietnamese Historical Figures and Famous People of Hung Yen Province. Phu Quan Cong Hoang Nghia Luong was the third son of Hong Quoc Cong; his mother was from Nghe An, so Lord Trinh allowed him to establish his life in his mother's hometown.
The genealogy quotes Prince Binh An Trinh Tung (1570-1623) saying to Phu Quan Cong (translated meaning): "The descendants of Quoc Cuu, whether in their mother's hometown, their wife's hometown, or a scenic place, can conveniently establish their homes anywhere; there is no need to return to Hoang Van or Kim Dong." (The reason the Lord called Phu Quan Cong "Quoc Cuu" is because he had a sister named Hoang Thi Ngoc Chau, who married a Grand Tutor of the Lai family and gave birth to a daughter named Lai Thi Nho, the Empress of King Le. Therefore, her father was granted the title of Yen Quan Cong, her mother was Thai Quoc Mau, and her brothers were called Quoc Cuu). From then on, the descendants of Phu Quan Cong continued to establish their lives in Nghe An. In the Hoang family, over four hundred years (from the beginning of the Le Dynasty to the end of the Le Trung Hung period), there were 19 Quan Cong, over 60 Marquis, and 5 who were posthumously granted the title of Dai Vuong, all of whom contributed to the Le Trung Hung period. In Le Mao ward (Vinh City), there is currently a street named Hoang Nghia Luong.
The descendants of the Hoang Nghia family in Nghe An are numerous, mostly residing in Hung Nguyen and many other places in the province, making significant contributions to the nation-building in general and Nghe An in particular. Hoang Nghia Chung, the ninth son of Phu Quan Cong, established his career in Nam Dan. His descendants branched out into many different areas: Hung Trung - Hung Nguyen, Cat Ngan - Thanh Chuong, Thuan Trung - Do Luong, Hung Tien - Nam Dan, and a branch currently residing in Hoang Tru - Kim Lien - Nam Dan. These branches changed their middle names to Hoang Dinh, Hoang Xuan, Hoang The... or omitted their middle names altogether. The Hoang family in Hoang Tru has a descendant, Mrs. Hoang Thi Loan (Ho Chi Minh's mother); the family's ancestral temple in Hoang Tru still bears a couplet detailing the family's origins.
Hoang Van's righteous spirit will endure through the ages / Chung Cu's heroic voice will resound for millions of years.
Meaning: The righteous spirit of Hoang Van will endure for eternity / The heroic voice of Chung Cu will resound for a thousand years.
In the ancestral homeland of the Hoang family in Hung Yen province, the People's Committee of Hung Yen province has built a temple dedicated to Mrs. Hoang Thi Loan, a woman of the Hoang lineage who gave birth to a world-renowned cultural figure, national liberation hero, and President Ho Chi Minh.
The temple dedicated to Phu Quan Cong in Hoang Nghia village, now part of Hung Linh commune, Hung Nguyen district, next to the left bank dike of the Lam River, was built by his descendants in the 5th year of Thieu Tri's reign (1845). Facing the Lam River and Thien Nhan mountain, it consists of two buildings, upper and lower. Currently, the temple still has many couplets, and the entrance gate bears the inscription:
Ancestors of Kim Dong, Hoang Van, renowned lineage under the Southern sky / Temples and shrines in Hung Nguyen, Duong Xa, sacred land of Chau Hoan (meaning: Ancestors of Kim Dong, Hoang Van, renowned lineage under the Southern sky / Temples and shrines in Hung Nguyen, Duong Xa, sacred land of Chau Hoan - that is, Nghe An province).
On January 22, 2009, Deputy Minister Tran Chien Thang of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism signed Decision No. 300/QD-BVH-TT-DL recognizing the Temple of Phu Quan Cong Hoang Nghia Luong as a National Cultural Heritage Site. On December 6, 2009 (corresponding to the 20th day of the 10th lunar month of the Year of the Ox), the Hoang Nghia family in Nghe An will hold a ceremony to receive the Certificate of Recognition for the Heritage Site. The descendants of the Hoang Nghia family have pledged and will continue to pledge to uphold the glorious traditions of their lineage, striving in their studies, work, and struggles, achieving many glorious accomplishments, and contributing to the development of their homeland and country.
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