Figures & data
Figure 1: A newly built ancestral hall dedicated to Pu Benchu 蒲本初, the progenitor of the Dongshi Pu branch. Photo by the author.
Figure 2: An inscription on the entrance lintel of the Pu family hall reads: “The Yang [family] of [Gu] rong Village] disseminates virtue” (榕楊傳芳). Photo by the author.
![Figure 2: An inscription on the entrance lintel of the Pu family hall reads: “The Yang [family] of [Gu] rong Village] disseminates virtue” (榕楊傳芳). Photo by the author.](/cms/asset/7689643c-c82d-471d-aa2d-d1a06ac37f55/ymon_a_2335815_f0002_oc.jpg)
Figure 3: A genealogical pedigree chart in the 1619 Nanhai Ganjiao Pu shi jiapu 南海甘蕉蒲氏家譜 (Genealogy of the Pu Family of Ganjiao, Nanhai). Photo by the author.
Figure 3a: Where Pu Shougeng should be listed, there are two blank squares representing an anonymous ancestor. Photo by the author.
Figure 4: Copies of the genealogical chart originating in Guangdong have been disseminated among Pu lineages throughout the southeastern coast of China. Photo by the author.
