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Other Yan Personalities budge. By a sudden stroke of
providence, a heavy downpour put
The arrival of Yan Hui's 40th direct the fire out immediately.
descendants brought the highest Confucianist claimed that the son's
glory to the Yan clan in the annual of filial behaviour had moved the gods
its family record. He was YAN CHEN to stop the fire.
CHING, styled Ching Chen who was
raised to the rank of a Duke in
Eastern Lu division during the Tang
dynasty. He was granted the duchy A notable Yan in the Tang dynasty
of eastern Lu as the Yan family's (AD 618 - 907) was Yan Shih Ku
estate and formally established the (Yan Shigu) who was the 37th
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eastern Lu ancestral Hall for the Yan descendant of Yan Hui. He was
clan. Soon he was sent on a mission known for his research in classical
to Wen Chou or Wen prefecture in Yu studies.
political division, Honan Province. It
was from Wen that his descendants
would, later on, descend upon and
enter the Min territory, Fu Chien
Province.
As an envoy, his duty was to Yan Zhenqing's forth generation
select a suitable system and grandson, Yan Hung of the 43rd
distribution the migrants to areas generation, was in charge of the
best suited for settlement and Tungchou Infantry at Chinlin. His
agriculture in both Chekiang and eldest son, Yan Yi, was posted to
Hunan provinces. He came to grief Yunghsin commandery in Chenghsi
when he encountered harm at the Province, whereas his second son
hands of Lu Chi and Li Hsi. Yan Pu, brought his family along
with him when he took up duty at the
In the North-South dynasty (AD 386 Tehua commandery, Chuan Chou
- 581) Yan Mao and his brother Prefecture in Fuchien Province
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Yan Chien, did what Confucianists during the waning years of the Five
praised as a perfect example of filial Dynasties (AD 907 - 960).
piety. They were the 28th Yan Po, eldest son of Yan Pu,
descendants of Yan Hui. It was migrated and settled down in Chopu
recorded that while the two were at when Yungchun Prefecture was
the funeral site of their deceased opened up for agricultural
father, a fire broke out and everyone development. As the 45th
started to run for their lives except descendant of Yan Hui, Yan Po
the two brothers. They were hugging became the patriarch and progenitor
the coffin and crying, refusing to of the male and female line of
43 Extracted fron the book “Your Chinese Roots – The 44 Same as 39.
Overseas Chinese Story” by Thomas Tsu-wee Tan.
Published by Times Books International.
