@Deisi Vaz Pinto,
You mentioned Huang Qiao Shan (黄峭山). Following is some account of him:
Huang Qiao Shan (黄峭山), conferred "Marquis of a Thousand Households" 万户侯 by Emperor Zhaozong of Tang Dynasty (唐昭宗) and subsequently Vice-Minister of Works (工部侍郎), was born on 871 AD in Kntou Village (坎头村), Heping Town (和平镇), Shaowu City (邵武市) of Fujian Province (福建省). He had altogether 21 sons through his three wives.
After the fall of the Tang Dynasty (唐朝) in 907 AD, China plunged into a period of wars and chaos, in what was known as the Five Dynasties Period, Wu Dai (五 代) ( 907 to 960 AD). In 951 AD, he instructed his 18 younger sons and their families to live separately for the eternal preservation of the lineage, keeping the eldest son from each of his three wives and their families at Shaowu (邵武). Bidding farewell to them, he wrote a poem, which subsequently adopted as the Ancestry Generation Poem zu shi (祖诗), below:
骏马登程往异方，任从胜地立纲常，
年深外境犹吾境，日久他乡即故乡，
朝夕莫忘亲命语，晨昏须荐祖宗香，
惟愿苍天垂庇佑，三七男儿总炽昌.
Translated:
“Jumping onto excellent steeds and getting ready for other lands,
Follow the ways of future lands when you are living there;
After many years that would be your own lands,
Wherever chosen your roots plant, that will be your new homeland;
Take heart your old father's advice from morn till night,
Remember to burn incense for ancestry on dawn and twilight;
My only wish is for God’s protection to you provide,
But I expect the twenty-one of you, uphold our ancestral pride.”
The three wives of Qiao Shan also wrote poems to teach their daughters-in laws. They changed only two words in the first stanza of Qiao Shan’s poem so that descendants of each of the wives could tell from which one they have descended from.
For the same purpose another change is the second stanza, where they indicated how many vegetarian’s meals each branch of descendants should eat on the first day of the lunar New Year.
The poem written by first wife:
骏马行行出异方，大年初一吃素一餐.
“Jumping onto excellent steeds and casually traveling for other lands,
Eating one vegetarian meal on the first day of the New Year;”
The poem written by the second wife:
骏马悠悠出异方，大年初一吃素二餐.
“Jumping onto excellent steeds and leisurely heading for other lands,
Eating two vegetarian meals on the first day of the New Year;”
The poem written by the third wife:
骏马匆匆出异方，大年初一吃素三餐.
“Jumping onto excellent steeds and hastily leaving for other lands,
Eating three vegetarian meals on the first day of the New Year.”
The 21 sons of Huang Qiào Shān (黄峭山) were: He 和, Mei 梅, Xun 荀, Gai 盖, Chu 楚, Gui 龟, Yang 洋, Zheng 郑, Hua 化, Qu 衢, Lu 庐, Fu 福, Lin 林, Tang 塘, Fa 发, Tan 潭, Cheng 城, Ting 廷, Yun 允, Jing 井 and Ceng 层 .
(They are listed according to the seniority of their mother and not their birth-year.)
According to the Genealogy, each of Huang Qiao Shan's three wives bore him seven sons. But according to one legend, the eldest wife had seven sons, the second wife had eight and the third wife had six, and in order to make it even, Huang Qiao Shan had the youngest son of the second wife adopted by the third wife.
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