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distant descendant named Yan Their services were recorded in the
Cheng Ching was born from this Tao Yuan register.
lineage, who owed his roots to the
Duke of Lu. Yan Cheng Ching was The 9th descendant of forefather Yan
then residing at Yung Chia. Shang Shu was Yan Cha Chien. He
One of his direct descendants was appointed as a lord exercising
was Yan Shang Shu who had lived in his service within the department in-
Ho Sha, Min territory, now known as charge of the civil personnel with
Fu Chien province. Forefather Yan power over the Ministry of public
Shang Shu was born in the 24th year works.
reign of emperor Sung Kou Tzung He was thus, posted and
He entered into the university at the stationed at Chang Ping, Chiang Nan
age of 27 and studied for twelve years region, overseeing the strategic
before he successfully passed the communication trunk road called the
imperial examination. His success Northern Route.
was achieved by personally subduing
the protégées and advisors of the
powerful Wu clan who were then in Preface to the family record
control of the Chu kingdom during contributed by the official
the period of the warring states (403- historian forefather Yan Ting
222 B.C.) Forefather Yan Shang Shu Chu of Tao Ling.
was a commander leading the troops
of the Lu kingdom. It was now confirmed that forefather
During his campaign in Min Yan Shang Shu was the 9th
territory, he first set up his home in generation direct descendant of
Ching and then in Chang Chou. ancestor Yan Sau Ching, better
Later on, his descendants were to known by his personal name of Yan
form various cliques and establish Chen Ching, who was himself the
other homesteads by branching out 40th generation descendant of first
into Chuan Chou and several parts ancestor Yan Hui. The past nine
of Yung Chun prefecture, namely Te generations were his contemporaries
Hua county, Yung Chun county, and residing at Szu Pin, Kuei Te village,
lastly, Ta Tien county. He received Kuei Hua administrative unit, Te
his appointment in the department of Hua County, Yung Chun prefecture.
civil personnel at the age of 47 and
passed away after his 52nd birthday. Forefather Yan Chang Kuan, of the
He was buried at Hsiao Shan ridge, same generation, stayed behind at
first capital, Chin Chiang, south of Kuei Te village, with the full
Chuan Chou in Fu Chien province. responsibility of looking after the
He left behind two sons as his family shrine known as Yung Mao
heirs to continue on his ancestral Ancestral Hall, set up to
lineage. They were named:- commemorate the memory of
1. Yan Lau Chung and ancestor Yan Ching Mao
2. Yan Lung Fu respectively.
