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  • Clara Wu Tsai
    Clara Wu Tsai is an American businesswoman, philanthropist, and criminal justice activist. She is a co-owner of the Brooklyn Nets, the New York Liberty, the San Diego Seals, and Barclays Center. She ...
  • Joseph Tsai
    Joseph Tsai (Chinese: 蔡崇信; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhòa Chông-sìn; born January 1964) is a Taiwanese-Canadian billionaire businessman, lawyer, and philanthropist. He is a co-founder and executive vice chairman ...
  • Kevin Tsai
    Kevin Tsai (Chinese: 蔡康永; pinyin: Cài Kāngyǒng) is a Taiwanese writer, television host, film director and screenwriter. He is most well known for his role in hosting the television program Kangxi Lai L...
  • Ming Tsai
    Ming Tsai (Chinese: 蔡明昊; pinyin: Cài Mínghào; born March 29, 1964) is an American restaurateur, television personality, and celebrity chef of fusion cuisine.==notes==Chef/owner of "Blue Ginger" in Well...

About the Tsai surname

Cai Clan Originality

Chinese family names long, long history, but the family name Cai is one of the important components. Tsai's last name is so how come? It was from the "Cai" talking about the origin of the word.

"Ci Yuan" Cai words on the proposed release of a second for the turtle for the ping. Too much on the ancient legend of Hou Wu Fu Chen Gao's home ground (today Huaiyang), his residence near a place with grass and rivers in the long white turtle, very Aura, the use of both Heaven and Earth festival, drawing eight, played |, easy to measure everything go to ask things of heaven and earth to explain the infinite wonders of nature, then name it for Tsai, that the (sound shi) World Festival where the grass.

Later, the second son of Ji Zhou Jichang United Friends of the cruel tyranny of dysfunction commercial overthrow King Zhou, the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty. Feng Ji Fa himself as King Wu of Zhou, the emperor bestowed Jichang. And sealed off a large active Zhou vassal and relatives. Jichang of being born too like Bo Fei Yi Dynasty (after the Shang King Zhou killed when the hostage) Ji Fa and other ten sons, bestowed by King Wu of Zhou's. In which the eldest son of four brothers Zhougongdan sealed in Peru, his younger brother Shu fresh in the tube, sealed Di-tert-five degrees in the CAI, has the result of Cai.However, soon after Uncle degree of closure due to participate in "the chaos of three supervisors" failed and was banished Guo neighbors, and soon died. The son of another degree in a reversal of his father's style of Hu, Yong arrived in Texas, submission Zhou Wang, Renlu Guo Qing Shi current affairs handled only good things, so the use of public suggestions Colonial Zhou Wang Wang Shu degree of the original Cai Yi u fief "letters to Hu, the only instructions from Uncle Pat degree of incense. Hu that Cai Zhong, is the second Caihou Cai is also the first to the governance of the Caihou Cai. Uncle Cai degree from the closure ( 1046 BC) to the Caihou Qi is destroyed by the State of Chu (447 BC, has there 600 years, a total of 23 on behalf of the 26-bit transfer Junhou). 600 years of history, indeed gone through many hardships suffered bullying Chu,States then moved to a move by the new south Shangcai Cai, and then under the Cai River Eastward Migration, | to (now the north side of Fengtai County of Anhui Province), and finally destroyed by the Chu.

Tsai people dead person in the country's adversity discrete self-improvement, adhere to the country as a surname, doggedly survived.Was developed mainly in the Central Plains region, Henan and Shandong Center for proliferation, which are concentrated there Chenliu, Nanyang, Runan other places, especially as Shing Chua Chenliu. The king of the lack of the main phase Caize is Chenliu who died was buried in Chenliu County. After several years of respite, Caize descendants soon active in the prosperity of China's political stage. Wei, the former county has a county Chenliu 17, West King Hui Wing Ning Dynasty (AD 301), sub Chenliu Shire Jiyang County, Gunji in the test city (today Lankao County Northeast), originally Chenliu County Solid counties, consider the domain The recipient of naturally become the county-owned solid Jiyang County, City of Chua test. Han was a famous scholar Yi Cai (Cai Wenji's father) is the country County. To their descendants Mu San Guowei Shangshu Cai Cai Tai Situ Jin Jin Liu Song Shili desert and the Ministry of Economic Yang Shang Dynasty city Cai Xingzong are people.So once again Chua County in Henan Jiyang established family formation, known as "Ji Yang Chua."

According to historical records, Jiyang Chua on the occasion of the Jin and Tang and Song dynasties, or because the Central Plains of war, or because of natural disasters, or for Xi |, family invasion, there have been secondary south. Since Chua's activity center to south from the Central Plains. But no matter where they moved, Cai descended over southern finds its roots more in Henan Jiyang. And the "Ji Yang" as their own private hall number, still in use. Migration south of Cai ancestors have been part of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi moved to Fujian and Guangdong.Ancestors self-improvement that they inherit and carry forward the fine tradition of the local pioneers in the cultivation, plowing the fields at home, hard work ahead, there are some new family and famous people.Such as the harsh sun of Cai Xiang Cai, Cai Jing family, Jinjiang Cai do family, the family set Jianyang CAI Yuan, Zhangpu Caiyuan Ding family.Fu Hai Lu Fengcai the Guangdong Family Planning, Meizhou Guangdong, Fujian and other public and family, to the modern Fujian, Guangdong, Cai descent to avoid the war, development and again to the island of Taiwan and Southeast Asia in the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and other countries move and multiply in the local development branch Sheng Ye Mao. Chua from China, not only throughout China, but also extends to the whole world.

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