义门陈
《明朝那些事儿》（十四）
一、饱经风霜的张学良曾经用他一生的经历对日本的年轻人说：不要相信暴力，历史已经证明，暴力不能解决问题。或许这就是陈友谅失败的根本原因，但这样的说法也不够严谨，朱元璋也是使用暴力获得的成功，只是他作为胜利者他完全可以定义他使用的不是暴力，而是天道。
1. The weathered Zhang Xueliang once told Japanese youth based on his life experiences: Do not believe in violence; history has proven that violence cannot solve problems. Perhaps this was the fundamental reason for Chen Youliang's failure, but such a statement is not rigorous enough. Zhu Yuanzhang also achieved success through violence; it's just that as the victor, he could define his actions not as violence, but as the "Mandate of Heaven."
二、对于朱元璋的胜利，生活在周围的老百姓自然也有自己的一套解释，由于决战的地点在康郎山，老百姓认为陈友谅失败的根本原因在于地点选得不好："猪（朱）见糠（康），喜洋洋。"所以陈友谅才失败。
2. Regarding Zhu Yuanzhang's victory, the local people naturally had their own explanation. Since the decisive battle took place at Kanglang Mountain, they believed Chen Youliang failed fundamentally because he chose an unlucky location: "When the pig (Zhu) sees the bran (Kang), it rejoices." Hence, Chen Youliang's defeat.
三、陈友谅出身江州义门（今江西省九江市德安县）的大族"义门陈"。
3. Chen Youliang came from the prominent "Yimen Chen" clan in Jiangzhou Yimen (present-day De'an County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province).
四、"义门陈"始于唐代，家风严谨，是著名的忠孝样板和家族典范，屡受帝王旌表，宋真宗甚至准许"义门陈"铸造家币。
4. The "Yimen Chen" clan originated in the Tang Dynasty. Known for its strict family traditions, it was a famous model of loyalty and filial piety, and a paragon of clan organization, repeatedly honored by emperors. Emperor Zhenzong of Song even permitted the "Yimen Chen" clan to cast its own family coinage.
五、"义门陈"鼎盛时，人口达三千九百多，且不分家，实行聚族合炊，于是就有了一家几千口人一起吃饭的天下奇观。
5. At its peak, the "Yimen Chen" clan had a population of over 3,900 members who did not divide the household but lived together and cooked collectively. This created the remarkable spectacle of thousands of people eating together as one family.
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