The message may even be an original saying written by a member of the family.
格言也可能是家庭某位成员写下来的新颖奇特的有独创性的见解。
In this way he was able to find out where they lived, how many chidren they had, and where they died and were buried.
就这样,他了解到祖先的住处,有多少孩子,死在何处,葬在哪里。