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Forefather Yan Kai was a direct which was also situated within Li Jen
descendant of forefather Yan Pi village, Chao Chih administrative
th
Cheng and he belonged to the Yan unit, 8 capital, Yung Chun County.
clan founded in Chiang Tien, Yung
Chun County. The original place of In the meanwhile, forefather Yan
residence of forefather Yan Pi Cheng Ying Hou became the substitute
was a new farm located at Hsia Yan, candidate for his elder brother,
Tung Chun, Ta Pu district. forefather Yan Ying Yuan, when the
latter was called-up for service in the
Later on, forefather Yan Yung Cheng armed forces.
moved his place of abode to Ting Tou
hamlet, Li Jen village, Chao chih The two branches formed separately
administrative unit, 8th capital, at Ting Tou hamlet and Kung Li
Yung Chun County. hamlet were eventually amalgamated
The gap, in terms of how many to become known as the Chiang Tien
generations separating them, branch/clique of the Yan clan, as the
between forefather Yan Yung Cheng heir of their common ancestor,
and his fore bearer, forefather Yan Pi forefather Yan Yung Cheng.
Cheng, could not be calculated.
When forefather Yan Yung The revision was attributed to have
Cheng moved to Hsia Yan in the new been conducted by Yan Shou, with
farm at Ting Tou hamlet, he became Yan Wen Ling as his birth name, of
as an heir and successor in the new the Shang Chang clique, on the 49
th
land as he was in the former estate year of Emperor Chien Lung,
in Tung Chun. reigning title of Emperor Kao Tsung
Ting Tou hamlet was within of the Ching dynasty (1736 to 1796).
walking distance from Liu Keng, Forefather Yan Wen Ling was then
Chiang Tien. Both were names of responsible for the public order over
locality close by each other. Tu Shan, Chi County and Ching
County, Ning Kuo prefecture, in
After forefather Yan Yung Cheng, Ching Nan region.
came forefather Yan Chi. To which
generation he belonged to, was not
clear. Founding Ancestor of the branch in
Chiang Tien, Liu Keng.
Then there were those clansmen of
forefather Yan Wen Tzung, namely Ancestor Yan Yung Cheng, non-de-
his descendants Yan Ying Yuan and plume Chieh Ko, was the founding
Yan Ying Hou. This group resided at father of the branch of the Yan clan
Ting Tou hamlet and belonged to this in the locality of Chiang Tien, Liu
particular clique. Keng, Yung Chun county.
In terms of seniority, he ranked
One source named forefather Yan below ancestor Yan Pi Cheng, but the
Ying Jen as having moved to live in
Wu Chia Chu in Kung Li hamlet,
