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family's mansion, land and the top of the nine-grade
ancestral hall. He passed system.
away on the second year of He married, again, to Lady
emperor Tang Chung Ho's Hsieh Ling, who also came
ascension to the throne, living from a family of prominence
a life, spanning 65 years. He and standing. He married a
married Lady Yu of the Lin third time to a woman from
clan, a local domicile of Yung Tao Hsi hamlet, Yung Chun
Chun County, whose County. An imperial decree
posthumous title was Shu Te. was issued to install him with
the noble rank of a Marquis, in
6. Yan Kuei, sixth son of recognition of his long service
forefather Yan Chiao Hsien, and responsibility to ensure
styled Wen E, took up the village scholars in Kuei Te
permanent residence in Hsi Chang, Kuei Hua
Kou hamlet, Nan Chai, Shan administrative unit, Te Hua
Cheng hamlet, Szu Pin County, Yung Chun
administrative district, Te Hua prefecture, were treated with
County, Yung Chun great respect and dignity. In
prefecture. addition, he was praised as a
patriotic and loyal subject who
7. Yan Jen Yu, seventh son of was a trusted friend of the
forefather Yan Chiao Hsien, prince of Fu Chien province,
styled Wen Chieh, as well as rendering him valuable
Pin Chun, lived in Hsi Yan, assistance.
Hou Kuei administrative unit,
Yu Hang district, Te Hua 3rd Generation (45 ) Hua Word-
th
County, Yung Chun line
prefecture. (The name of the Yan Tu Wen, son of forefather Yan
administrative unit was Ya, styled Hua Tsai, was an
changed from Hou Kuei to Kuei undergrad in a university and
Te Chang during the Tang completed his study by obtaining a
dynasty). It was doctorate of Philosophy. He was
at Kuei Te Chang that he gave born in the fifth year reign of
a safeguard to the respected Emperor Tang Hsien Tung, reaching
village scholars by protecting a life span of 76 years.
their rights to perform He married his wife from the
religious rites in accordance Liu clan, whose posthumous title
with the teachings of was Chin Cheng. She gave birth to
Confucius. one son named Yan Cheng. He got
He was born in the year when married again to a woman of the Wei
the Tang dynasty was formed. clan, resulting in the birth of
He took, for his wife, lady Yu of 1. Yan Ying and
the Cheng clan, whose father 2. Yan Hsiung by this concubine.
was a government official at