Huizhou merchants and clan organizations in the Ming and Qing dynasties

The rebuilding of Zhenyin Temple into an ancestral hall by Fang of Liushan of his earliest ancestor Fangchu in Shexian County began in the year Wanli of the Ming Dynasty and was completed in the ninth year of Kangxi with the in money offered by the Fang merchants. Fangshi Huizong Tongpu was also compiled with the help of merchants so that their clan organizations could be enlarged and strengthened. The merchants realized that it was important to expand the clan influence if they wanted to get wealthy.