The mountain clans of the Sinic states are originally the fourty clans based on the five mountains surrounding the fifty-nine original states of the United Sinic States. Later, sixteen other clans were added to the group.
Council of Shan-Huo[]
Further information: Council of Shan-Huo
The Council of Shan-Huo 山火大议会 (literally "the Great Council of the Mountain-Fire")[1] is the annual gathering of the representatives, usually the clans' Lords Elder, of the 56 clans (40 originals and 16 additionals).
Clan Lords Elder[]
Further information: Lord Elder (Sinic mountain clans)
A clan Lord Elder is the head of a mountain clan. This position is not an official office recognized by the laws of the United Sinic States but rather than a customary one, native to the Five Mountains region.
List of mountain clans[]
The original clans[]
- Hung (洪)
- Chou (周)
- Chang[2] (張)
- Tzu (子)
- Li[2] (理)
- Hsiao (蕭)
- Yüan (元)
- Lei (雷)
- Shang (商)
- Chang[2] (章)
- Liu (劉)
- Hsün (荀)
- Chuang (莊)
- Ts'ai (蔡)
- Hsü[2] (許)
- T'ien (田)
- Sung (宋)
- Chiang[2] (姜)
- Chao (趙)
- Ch'ai (柴)
- Ts'ao (曹)
- Li[2] (黎)
- Kuo (郭)
- Hua (花)
- Wei (魏)
- Huang (黃)
- Shao (邵)
- Lin (林)
- Ho (何)
- Chu (朱)
- Hsia (夏)
- Ping (冰)
- Wu[2] (吳)
- Su (蘇)
- Sun (孫)
- Ch'en (陳)
- Ting (丁)
- Fan (范)
- Wu[2] (武)
- Yang (楊)
The additional clans[]
- Juan (阮)
- Kuan[2] (關)
- Cheng (鄭)
- Wen (文)
- Wang (王)
- Ch'in (秦)
- Ma (馬)
- Hsü[2] (徐)
- P'an (潘)
- Kuan[2] (管)
- Ch'eng (程)
- Mo (莫)
- Chiang[2] (江)
- Tuan (段)
- Nieh (聶)
- Hsüeh (薛)
Clan crests[]
Vassal families[]
Oath of vassalge[]
A vassal family is a family whose head made an oath of homage and fealty to a Clan lord elder.
Known vassal families[]
- Ch'ao family (超), swore vassalage to Clan Sung.[3]
- Wu family (胡)
- Ts'un family (村)
References[]
- ↑ The Mountain Fire (山火 Shan-huo) is the symbol of the Tai mountains, which originated from the age of the mountain tribes of Ch'iu-chou region (Qiuzhou region).
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11
These groups of clans share the same pronunciation in many dialects, but each of their names is a different Sinic character.
Occasionally, to differentiate the clans in Roman texts, the writers simply use the pronunciation with the rank in the group. For an example: Clan Chang (張) could be referred to as Clan Chang (3), and Clan Chang (章) as Clan Chang (10).
The other known way to differentiate is more comprehensive: using the clan's epithet. For an example: Clan Chang (張) could be referred to as Clan Chang (Philosophers), and Clan Chang (章) as Clan Chang (Mystics). - ↑ In 1807, Ch'ao Shou-cheng 超守正 took an oath of homage and fealty to Sung Yün 宋雲, then-Lord Elder of Clan Sung.