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abide by the clan regulations, thereby consoling the souls of their ancestors.
After the passage of time, the temple became dilapidated. In the 47th year of Kang-Hsi, Tang Shih-chieh and others repaired the temple. ... It was then decided to hold two sacrifices each year, to be handled in rotation by the five branches of the clan. The rents from ancestral lands in Hsin-An were to be collected in the current year and kept for use at the spring sacrifice of the following year. Similarly, the rent collected from ancestral land in Tung-Kuan was collected one year prior to its use for expenses of the winter sacrifice.19
Though the origins of Tang ancestral holdings date to Sung and Ming times,20 all land was evidently subject to re-registration after issuance of the edict which permitted the villagers to return. The following account of Tang lands on Hong Kong appears in the Hsiang-Kang Teng-Ch'u-shui-mau Ts'ung-ch'eng:
In the first year of Kang Hsi, the villages were abandoned and the fields were left fallow in accordance with the imperial order. In the 8th year, the villagers returned.
In the 10th year of Kang Hsi, Tang Tien-lu began recultivating his land. The various plots of land, called Ch'ek Ch'ue Shan, Fok Tam, Wang Lik, Yim Tin, Tai Low, Har Lok, and Chi Lung, totalled 368.75925 mow.
In the 23rd year of Kang Hsi, Tang Tien-lu also recultivated plots of land at Fok Tam, Tai Tam, Wong Lik, Hong Kong, Tai Low, Har Lok and Chi Lung. The total area amounted to 332.16 mow.
In the 30th year of Kang Hsi, Tang Tien-lu's son, Tzu-yung, re-cultivated plots of land, situated at Kong Chi Ling, Wang Ts'ung, and Sung Muk Kong, totalling 102.7 mow.
Besides the above mentioned, there are several other plots of land the details of which are unclear.21
Though the Tangs themselves never cultivated the land, holdings were consistently registered as "acquired through cultivation."22
* In Cantonese.
TWO ESSAYS ON THE CH'ING ECONOMY OF HSIN-AN
61
abide by the clan regulations, thereby consoling the souls of their ancestors.
After the passage of time, the temple became dilapidated. In the 47th year of Kang-Hsi, Tang Shih-chieh (±) and others repaired the temple. . . . It was then decided to hold two sacrifices each year, to be handled in rotation by the five branches of the clan. The rents from ancestral lands in Hsin-An were to be collected in the current year and kept for use at the spring sacrifice (L) of the following year. Similarly, the rent collected from ancestral land in Tung-Kuan was collected one year prior to its use for expenses of the winter sacrifice.19
Though the origins of Tang ancestral holdings date to Sung and Ming times,20 all land was evidently subject to re-registration after issuance of the edict which permitted the villagers to return. The following account of Tang lands on Hong Kong appears in the Hsiang-Kang Teng-Ch'u-shui-mau Ts'ung-ch'eng (✯✯*£* 山總呈 ):
In the first year of Kang Hsi, the villages were abandoned and the fields were left fallow in accordance with the imperial order. In the 8th year, the villagers returned.
In the 10th year of Kang Ssi, Tang Tien-lu ($$✯✯ ) began recultivating his land. The various plots of land, called* Ch'ek Ch'ue Shan (✯✯♫ ), Fok Tam (A), Wang Lik (†), Yim Tin (w), Tai Low (#), Har Lor (F), and Chi Lung (1), totalled 368.75925 mow.
In the 23rd year of Kang Hsi, Tang Tien-lu also recultivated plots of land at Fok Tam, Tai Tam (A), Wong Lik, Hong Kong (**), Tai Low, Har Lok and Chi Lung. The total area amounted to 332.16 mow.
In the 30th year of Kang Hsi, Tang Tien-lu's son, Tzu-yung (_), re-cultivated plots of land, situated at Kong Chi Ling (网慈嶺), Wang Ts'ung (横界), and Sung Muk Kong (松木), totalling 102.7 mow.
Besides the above mentioned, there are several other plots of land the details of which are unclear 21
Though the Tangs themselves never cultivated the land, holdings were consistently registered as "acquired through cultivation.”22
* In Cantonese.
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