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Bloodlines of Illuminati
By:
Fritz Springmeier,
1995
The Li Family
In writing about the Li family and Chinese secret societies, I am like the man who wakes up in the
middle of the night while everyone else sleeps and then gropes around in the darkness trying to feel
his way. I can share with you what I’ve learned, but undoubtedly
there is a great deal more that can be
learned.
When the year started I knew only a little about the Li family, and that only from what I had heard. I
didn’t even know how to spell their name right. I was spelling it Lee (Actually the Li family name is
spelled Lee in some areas such as Hokkien, Teochew, Singapore and by some chinese Americans.)
Because I knew so little
about the family,
it was one of my primary areas of focus when
doing
UNDERSTANDING HOW CHINESE NAMES ARE JOINED
A
Chinese is name is made up of a family
name (surname), which is written first, and then comes the
personal name. In the chinese way of things my name would be Springmeier
Fritz. Family names are
usually of one character each, although there are exceptions like Ouyong and Situ. There are over
6,000 Chinese surnames for about I billion Chinese. The more frequent chinese surnames in English
speaking countries such as the U.S., U.K., & Aust. are Chan, Lin, Li, Wong, Huang, Mei, Yang,
Chin, and Fong. In mainland China the 5 top families are Chen, Li, Zhang, He, and Huang.
FAMILY NAMES ARE MORE MEANINGFUL
FOR CHINESE (IN CHINA) THAN FOR
AMERICANS
The chinese surname Li is a very popular name in China, perhaps not as widespread as Smith in this
country, but certainly used as much as the name Brown is in America. Chinese who have the same
surname have much more loyalty to someone else who has the same surname. For instance, two
chinese with the Li name would consider themselves relatives even if they were total strangers. Even
if two people knew no blood ties, if they had the same surname it has generally been considered
incestuous to marry each other in China. In the U.S. if two Browns without any apparent blood ties
met each other, they would not feel as if they were close relatives which two Chinese with the same
surname would.
The Li surname has a long history which goes back to a specific person named Emperor Zhuanzu
who was the first Li and lived before 2000 B.C. This is according to the Xing Zuan, the chinese
dictionary of surnames.
The Li family has a long history in China with many stories. During the Tang Dynasty about 15
different surnames were given the honor of having the Li surname. Li Yuan was the founder of the
Tang Dynasty which lasted from 618 to 906 A.D. His son who ruled after him was Li Shimin. In their
dynasty, printing and paper money were introduced to China. (It’s interesting that the Li’s are
connected the introduction
of paper money.)
