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### Migration and Distribution In the early days, the Lai clan聚居 in the Yanling area and mainly thrived in what is now Henan Province. Later, they formed prominent lineages in Yingzhou County, Henan County, and Henei County. Due to reasons such as official appointments and wars, a branch of the Yingzhou Lai clan migrated to the south of the Yangtze River and was distributed in some areas of present - day Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Guangdong provinces. Another branch moved to Shaanxi. The "Lai Clan Genealogy" in Jiaoling, Guangdong, and the "Origin of the Lai Clan" in Xingning respect Shu Ying as the founding ancestor of the Lai clan and claim that Lai Xian is the 14th - generation descendant of Shu Ying. Lai Shen, the 22nd - generation descendant of Shu Ying, settled in Fengning (now Xixiang, Shaanxi). Lai Zhongcheng, the 25th - generation descendant of Shu Ying, made his home in Songyang (now Suichang, Zhejiang). Lai Shuo, the 30th - generation descendant of Shu Ying, moved to Ningdu, Jiangxi at the end of the Yuanjia reign in the Southern Song Dynasty. His third son, Lai Can, had seven sons, whose descendants branched out to Hunan, Fujian, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, and other provinces, forming several branches: - The eldest son, Lai Zhao, moved to Wucun, Huitong (now in Henan). - The second son, Lai De, moved to Gutian, Shanghang, Fujian. - The third son, Lai Ming, moved to Le'an, Yihuang, Jiangxi. - The fourth son, Lai Qing, and his descendants spread to areas such as Longnan and Shangyou in Jiangxi. - The fifth son, Lai Si, and his descendants spread to Shicheng, Qiuxi, Jianchang, Guangchang in Jiangxi and Yanqian in Fujian. - The sixth son, Lai Yong, and his descendants spread to Xinfeng, Ruijin, Nankang in Jiangxi. - The seventh son, Lai Yan, served as the Tongpan of Yangzhou, Jiangsu and settled there. Lai Shuo also had a grandson named Lai Ding, who settled in Tanzhou (now Changsha, Hunan) because of his official post there. Lai Biao, the eldest son of Lai De, moved from Gutian, Shanghang to Shibi Village, Ninghua County, Fujian. His 11th - generation descendant, Lai Chaomei, moved to Tanghu, Yongding, Fujian. Two other 11th - generation descendants, Lai Zuhua and Lai Zusan, moved from Shibi, Ninghua to Chengxiang (now Meizhou, Guangdong) in the early Ming Dynasty, and later branched out to Jiaoling, Pingyuan and other places. The Lai clan genealogy also records that to avoid the harm of King Ling of Chu, some members of the Lai clan changed their surnames to Luo and Fu. Most of the Lai clan in Sichuan and Yunnan merged into the Achang ethnic group. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, Lai Yuncong crossed the sea from Zhangzhou, Fujian to Taizhong to start a new settlement. Since then, some Lai people from Fujian and Guangdong have successively moved to Taiwan, and some have even emigrated overseas to places like Singapore to make a living. ### Note The original text uses the term "聚居", a more appropriate English expression has been used here as it is not a common Chinese word that has a direct English equivalent. Also, the overall translation tries to convey the historical and genealogical information accurately.