Patriarchal Clan and Overseas Emigration of Hui Nationality in China: A Perspective under the Case of Genealogy of Ding Clan in Quanzhou of Fujian and Pu Clan in Shandong

宗法制度本来就不存在于中国穆斯林社会。然而，宗法思想最终被居住在中国沿海地区的回族接受，目的是避免成为其他宗族的屈辱对象。对于同样的情况，另一种解决办法是参加科举考试，这进一步加强了宗族意识。家谱可以被视为一个宗族的代表性标志。回族族谱的制作由于其复杂的动因，可能需要一个漫长的过程，其中的内容也比较复杂。通过族谱，回族各族一方面表达了接受当地中华文化的意愿，另一方面也尽一切努力保持自己独特的文化。中国北部回族的宗族意识不如南方回族，宗族制度也不如南方回族发达。北方回族仍然保留着他们的家谱。从中我们可以找到一些与他们的海外移民有关的录音。家谱已成为华侨华人的纽带。

The system of patriarchal clan originally not existed in the society of Chinese Muslim. However, the idea of patriarchal clan was eventually accepted by the Hui ethnic group who inhabited alone the coastal areas of China, with the purpose of avoid to be the subject to insult and humiliation by the other clans. The other solution for the same condition was to take part in the Imperial civil examination, which has strengthened the clan consciousness even further. Genealogy can be seen as a representative sign for a patriarchal clan. The making of the clan genealogy in Hui nationality might take a long time of the process with the sophisticated contents in it due to the complex motivation. Through the genealogy each clan of the Hui people would like to express their willingness of accept the local Chinese culture on the one hand, and make every effort to maintain their own particular culture on the other. The clan consciousness of Hui people in northern China was not so strong as that of their southern counterpart, and their clan system was not so well developed than the later. Northern Hui people still maintained their genealogy. From which we could find some recordings related to their overseas emigration. Genealogy has become the means of linkage for the overseas Chinese.