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of Li Jen village, Shih An
administrative unit. 11 Beginning from forefather Yan Pi
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capital. Cheng, who belonged to the second
2. Yan Pi Ta, lived separately in generation line and was third in rank
Yang Tou hamlet, Ta Pu of seniority within the family, he
district, which was formerly named his son Yan Pu as his heir
named as within Li Jen village, and a descendant of the number
An Jen administrative unit, three generation.
19 capital, Yung Chun
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County. Similarly, Yan Lieh who was an only
3. Yan Pi Cheng, chose, for his son begotten to forefather Yan Pu,
residence, initially in Tung was clearly mentioned in his
Chun, Ta Pu district, before biography as his sole successor and
moving later, to settle down in a member of the fourth generation.
Hsia Yan hamlet, which was Hence, from the biography of
renamed as Hsia Hsing forefather Yan Lieh, he nominated
hamlet. He was to become the his son Yan Hsiao Tso, a direct
founding ancestor of the Ting descendant of the fifth generation
Tou hamlet and Kung Nei row.
hamlet conjugal houses. In the next biography, the two sons
These hamlets were formerly of forefather Yan Hsiao Tso were
under the jurisdiction of Li Jen named therein as the sixth
village, Chao Chih generation descendants were
administrative unit, 8 1. Yan Hsuan and
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capital, Yung Chun County. 2. Yan Tao respectively.
4. Yan Pi Chu, built his dwelling In the biography of forefather Yan
in Ou Chia Chung, literally the Hsuan, his heir and successor as a
name of the Ou family farm, seventh generation descendant was
His His, which was renamed as given to Yan Mu.
An Ling, in the 8 capital, Forefather Yan Mu listed down in
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Yung Chun County. his biography his three sons,
5. Yan Pi Wen, lived for a time in namely:-
Shan Hsia, Ta Li, before 1. Yan Yu,
moving on to settle 2. Yan Hsien, and
permanently at Tai Ting. 3. Yan Hsiu,
6. Yan Pi Ho, who lived with his as his contribution to the number
second brother Yan Pi Ta in eight generation rank.
Yang Tou hamlet, Li Jen Only the biography of forefather
village, An Jen administrative Yan Yu was available and in it, Yan
unit, 9 capital, before he left Sheng was the only name given as
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Yung Chun County to take up his heir in the number nine
his official appointment and generation.
moved to reside at his station However, there was no mention of
in Wu Chou, Tung An county, a biography of forefather Yan Tao
also within Fu Chien province. being ever written of handed down
