ancestor; forefather; grandparents

Buddha; founder of a buddhist sect

primogenitor; founder of a school or trade

(literary) my deceased grandfather; (literary) ancestors

grandfather's younger brother

Shengzu, temple name of the second Qing emperor, known as the Kangxi Emperor (1654-1722); cf. 康熙[Kang1 xi1]

divine ancester; patron saint

Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)

Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia

(polite) my paternal grandfather

teacher of one's teacher (esp. in a lineage)

Peng Zu (legendary figure of Taoism who lived 800 years)

ancestors (old)

father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather

Jeonjo (1752-1800), 22nd king of Korean Joseon dynasty

Godhead

to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors

many generations of ancestors

(biology) to exhibit atavism; to revert to ancestral traits

a remote ancestor

Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan

the earliest ancestor; originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc)

profligate child of a wealthy family

lit. progenitor of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), title of Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294

posthumous title of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2] (1162-1227)

Emperor Gaozu of Tang, reign name of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 李淵|李渊[Li3 Yuan1] (566-635), reigned 618-626

Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 (927-976), reigned from 960

Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3]

Ming Chengzu, temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐[Yong3 le4]

posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC

Tang Xianzu (1550-1616), Ming poet and dramatist, author of The Peony Pavilion 牡丹亭[Mu3 dan5 Ting2]

posthumous title of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4] (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] (from 1616)

Zheng Guangzu, Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家

to bring honor to one's ancestors

founder

to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots

see 光宗耀祖[guang1 zong1 yao4 zu3]