Tā xīwàng zǐzǐsūnsūn dōu néng jìzhù zhè duàn jiāshǐ.
He hopes all his descendants will remember this family history.
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history
子子孙孙 comes from the 《尚书·梓材》 line 子子孙孙永保民 ('may sons and grandsons forever protect the people'). The doubled-character form intensifies the sense of an unbroken chain stretching into the indefinite future.
memory
Note the AABB pattern: 子子孙孙. This reduplication is common in classical-flavored four-character expressions to suggest 'on and on'. Compare 世世代代 (generation after generation), 家家户户 (every household).
