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Yan Min was the second son of
forefather Yan Kuang, styled Ting
Chao. His deceased wife was from a
certain clan, the name of which was
not specified. She passed away
without giving him any descendants.
He married again to a maiden
from the Lin clan, a notable family in
Tien Shang hamlet, Shan Cheng
village, Ho Ping administrative unit,
15th capital, Yung Chun County.
She bore him three sons and they
were: -
1. Yan Liang,
2. Yan Ning and lastly,
3. Yan Hung.
Yan Kuan, third son of forefather
Yan Kuang. No further details were
available.
Yan Chi, fourth son of forefather Yan
Kuang. No other details about him
were available.
Yan Sheng, fifth son of forefather
Yan Kuang. His deceased wife was
from a certain clan, the name of
which was not supplied. She gave
birth to a son named Yan Chao, who
left no biography behind.
18 Generation (Wen word-line)
th
Yan Liang was the eldest son of
forefather Yan Min, styled Wen
Hsien.
His deceased wife, hailed from
the Huang clan, core him three sons
to perpetuate his lineage.
1. Yan Tan, was his heir,
2. Yan Peng, also known as Yan
Ting, and
3. Yan Huan.
Yan Ning, second son of forefather
Yan Min, styled Wen Ching. His
deceased wife was from the Li clan.
Later, he married again to a maiden
from the Chang clan. Both
marriages failed to produce him an
heir.
Without alternative, he took a
third wife, who came from the Li clan.
The off-spring born of this concubine
were:-
1. Yan Ping,
2. Yan Chu (which was later
changed to Yan Chung) and
lastly,
3. Yan Jun.
Yan Hung, third son of forefather
Yan Min, styled Wen I. His
deceased wife came from the Lin clan
and she gave him a son named
1. Yan Sui.
19 Generation (Tzu word-line)
th
Yan Ping was the eldest son of
forefather Yan Wen Ching, styled Tzu
Sheng, designation Chien Tien.
Through him was formed the Fu
(meaning abundant) Conjugal House
to distinguish descendants from this
ancestral lineage in future.
His deceased wife was from the
Wu clan, a notable family in Liu An,
Shan Cheng village, Chao Shan
administrative unit, 14th capital,
Yung Chun County. Her
posthumous title was Kou Shen. She
gave forth three sons and three
daughters into the family. The male
offspring were:-
1. Yan Ta Hsia,
2. Yan Ta Shan and
3. Yan Ta Nien,
were split into three superfluous
cliques, named after mountain and