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military officer, he was to wait for
order to conduct military operation
in the west. His other duties
included that of a secretary in
maintaining record of troop
movements.
35th Generation
1. Eldest son of ancestor Yan
Hsieh, YAN CHIH YI styled
Viscount Sheng. Early in his
life, he was engaged to perform
the duty of a censor, then a
high official of a state and
later, as a eunuch in the yellow
palace gate in attendance to
ranking officials. He was
posthumously awarded the
title as the Duke of Ping Yang
County.
2. Second son of ancestor Yan
Hsieh, YAN CHIH TUI (Yan
Zhitui ), styled Viscount
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Chieh entered into service of
Northern Chi division as a
eunuch in the yellow palace to
wait upon ranking officers,
including the Crown Prince. At
that time, he gathered around
him great scholars to carry out
collectively literal composition
by compiling the family record
of the Yan clan. He was the
author and lecturer on his
book defining the seven
divisions and laying down the
models in the art of
calligraphy, using writing
brush, ink and silk paper. In
one of the chapters, he wrote
how to investigate and search
for the sage's sacred writing,
one of the Chinese literal forms
14 See Appendix ( 2 ) for details about Yen Zhitu
of composition akin to poetry
to jot and record down words
wrongly used and spirit
expressed by the characters.
Thus, he came up with a
collection of prose works
stored in the Prefecture's
archive and made available for
study by successive
generations of scholars as
Reader Books.
Tang Dynasty (AD 618 – 907)
36th Generation
1. Eldest son of ancestor Yan
Chih Yi was YAN SHOU.
2. Second son of ancestor Yan
Chih Yi was YAN CHONG.
3. Third son of ancestor Yan Chih
Yi was YAN SZU LU, styled
Kung Kuei. As a Confucian
scholar, he declined to take up
any trade but applied himself
to looking for a suitable
assignment as a career. He
entered into public service in
the imperial court of Emperor
Tang Tai Tzung (627 - 649 AD)
second emperor of the Tang
Dynasty, and was given charge
of cataloging books of Chin,
particularly its history that
were left behind after its
downfall.
37th Generation
1. Eldest son of ancestor Yan Szu
Lu, YAN SHIH KU, styled
Viscount Chi, pet name Choo.
He served Emperor Tang Tai
Tzung as a secretary in order
to supervise great ranking
officials, wearing silvery green