A cheng tao tang dynasty and the beginning and makes the Cheng Shi spectrum test load full and clear, is a historic.Song dynasty province Yang (now jiangxi province Yang) Cheng Qi, word zhong, used from Cheng Shi the spectrum.When the southern song dynasty;People Cheng Sheng, is a famous neo-confucianism cheng's grandson.He is very wise.Has editing order "core corpus" eight volumes, and fix the core genealogy a roll.Ning zong jiading seventeen years (1224) Shi Dingzhi chizhou (now anhui guichi) governor, had the Cheng Shi spectrum on the court, so the emperor made a decree, to patch officer Sun Cheng cheng iv view of shi lang.From yuan dynasty Cheng Shi genealogy has repeatedly.But before song and yuan cheng family, mostly lost no deposit.

The value of the existing high tree for late Ming jiajing, longqing and wanli repaired.Of the more important is the xinan Cheng Shitong cases of the spectrum, "cheng spectrum on henan" the henan Cheng Shi authentic the spectrum Cheng Shijia take etc.Spectrum, the time period is from a family united development in the region to a wide range and even the national "series spectrum".

Continued in the qing dynasty and the period of the republic of China have taken Cheng Shi genealogies. Now the stock quantity is more, and they are mostly printed or handwritten, spread so far.

As a result of the patriarchal concept to break, since the founding of the family XiJu points soil, repair the genealogy is relatively rare.In recent years, and have continued in some area.Such as guangdong, heyuan pure just five China are Cheng Shizu spectrum, is 1996-1997 new repairing Cheng Shi spectrum of books.

Existing Cheng Shi spectrum, in addition to spread folk part, by private collection, mostly around in the library collection;Cultural center or in the archives.The country's largest - Beijing library collection Cheng Shi spectrum book more than 40 types, Shanghai library also have more collections.The catalog of Chinese genealogy book (shanxi people's press, 199 z) 39 kinds of book cataloguing Cheng Shi spectra in two hundred and twenty-two copies.These spectrum books such as by region, with the largest number in anhui province, up to 24 species, followed by jiangsu province, there are six kinds, there are four kinds of hubei province, hunan, shandong provinces each one, the other one.Cheng Shi spectrum book much more than the existing in our country, many provinces live cheng population is concentrated, such as henan, hebei, shanxi, zhejiang province many spectrum book, are not income.

Existing Cheng Shi spectrum in the name of the book, there's a multiplication, genealogy, genealogy, genealogy, spectrum, spectrum and code spectrum and the letter, the spectrum and the system, spectrum slightly, the pedigree, the origin, characters, hometown of volunteers, etc.Name contains more county Shi at county towns, factions, and ancestors, with other phase difference spectrum book, sometimes with - "serial", "continue to take" and other words.

Cheng spectrum book though and simplified different, but in terms of content, and other name is approximately the same spectrum of books, including sequence, notice, family lineage and family rules and regulations, ancestral practice, literature, etc.Family lineage is the center of the family tree, necessary for spectrum book.

The preface has two kinds of introduction and his sequence.Introduction to repair the spectrum from writing, his order to the local magistrate or celebrities to write.