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Chapter Four
Yan Ssu Erh Lang (Yan 42nd Lord)
Records of the Yan clan in the Tung Shan Hamlet, Pu Chien Village, Ching Pai
Adminstrative Unit, 19 Capital, Yung Chun County
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8 Generation 10th Generation
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The first ancestor of the Yan clan in Yan Wu Shih Lang (Yan 50 Lord)
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this branch was venerable forefather married a lady of the Lin clan and a
Yan Lin or Yan Ssu Erh Lang (Yan son was born to them. He was the
42nd Lord) of the House of Yan. 54th lord of the House of Yan
Deceased first ancestor's wife was a
lady from the Cheng clan. She gave 11th Generation (Chih Word Line)
birth to a son named Yan Szu Shih Yan Wu Shih Ssu Lang (Yan 54
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Pa Lang or the forty-eighth (48th) Lord) was also known as Yan Hao,
lord of the House of Yan styled Chih Hsien. He married a lady
from the Lin clan and she bore him
9 Generation five sons. They were:-
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Yan Szu Shih Pa Lang (Yan 48 1. Yan Kung Ching,
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Lord) was a devout follower of the 2. Yan Kung I,
teachings of Lord Buddha and gained 3. Yan Te San,
great merit by building a small 4. Yan Sze Tse and lastly,
Buddhist monastery and dormitory 5. Yan Wu Fu.
on a prime land along the ridge of a
mountain. 12th Generation (Chang Word-
He was successful and topped Line).
the list of the candidates in the Yan Kung Ching, eldest son of
imperial examination held at forefather Yan Chih Hsien, died
provincial level, equivalent to a without any issue. Other details
degree of the second grade. were not available.
He served the government in a
number of border posts and was Yan Kung I, second son of forefather
rewarded with a wooden plaque Yan Chih Hsien, styled Chang An
engraved therein three “Tsung Kuei married a maiden from the Lin clan
An” to hang on the top of the rafter of and she bore him a son named Yan
his front door. He married a lady of Chun Yu who became the head of the
the Cheng clan and she gave birth to Tien subsidary Conjugal House.
a son named Yan Wu Shih Lang, the
50th lord of the House of Yan. Yan Te San, third son of forefather
Yan Chih Hsien. His deceased wife
was from the Liu clan and they left
behind no issue.
