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that had already been established in the Hsia Hsing branch, after the
Ting Tou hamlet and Kung Nei orderly cycle of 13 generation in
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hamlet, Feng Hu district. both houses. The two branches
His latest action was to throw the would then be merged to form the
line of succession within the two joint Liu Keng/Chiang Tien branch,
conjugal houses, mentioned above, and forefather Yan Hsien, its overall
into confusion. 14 clan patriarch, installed in the
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front rank of the new generation
The local contender to become the cycle.
next clan patriarch of the Feng Hu
clique fell upon the shoulders of
forefather Yan Hsien. Although he
was younger in years than forefather
Yan Yung Cheng, he had, in his
favor, of being born a direct
descendant of the founding ancestor
Yan Pi Cheng.
A clarification was soon sought,
from the clan’s records, kept at Hsia
Hsing branch, Ta Pu district, to
determine the actual number of
generation that separate both of the
contenders. From this register, it
was deduced that the gap between
them should not exceed more than
three generations.
Without further corroboration, the
family record of the conjugal houses
at Ting Tou hamlet and Kung Nei
hamlet, Feng Hu district was
tentatively altered and adjusted to
accommodate the new finding.
Also without much ado, forefather
Yan Hsien was relegated and
demoted to occupy a lower position
in the 15 generation rank.
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The sudden change of the family
lineage in these two conjugal houses
was later found to be unwarranted
and a seed of contention from the
direct descendants of ancestors Yan
Pi Cheng. To put an end to the
family embarrassment, the Feng Hu
clique opted to stop using the same
word-line, with its counter-parts in