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Chapter Nine
Ancestor Yan Chun An

The Genealogical Line in the An Ping, His An and Pei Chen(An Hai)
conjugal houses of the Yan clan that were formed in the Chin Chinag and Hui An
counties, Fu Chien Province

T Tien Chung hamlet, Pan Lin
he common ancestor of the Yan
administrative unit, Nan An county.
clan that had spread into Chin
Chiang
and
County
subsequently into Hui An county was Because of his reduced
circumstances, on reaching his adult
first ancestor Yan Chun An, non-de- life, he became a son-in-law, who
plume adopted by him Yan Te Liang. took the place of a son in a family
He was a successful scholar, having without an heir, by marrying
passed his examination at the age of forefather, Yan Pa Lang’s daughter,
29 and chose to lead a private life whose name was Yan I Tai and
instead of seeking an official post. posthumous title Kuei Chang.
His natural-born father was Following the practice of that
Chang Pu Shih, and he was the time, he was accorded with the
second in order of seniority. position and rank as the 8
th
Soon after his birth, his father generation descendant of ancestor
and mother died. He had no Yan Hsien and his sons and
grandparents or relatives in his grandchildren adopted the surname
hometown of Tien Chung hamlet, of Yan and, in due course, took
Pan Lin administrative unit, Nan An possession of the native ancestral
county, upon whom he could depend homestead and farmland of the Yan
for his livelihood. clan in Shui Lu Fang administrative
He was then taken in and unit, 8 capital, Chin Chiang county
th
reared up in the Yan household by (currently known as An Ping hamlet,
forefather Yan Pa Lang at Shui Lu Hsiang Hsien administrative unit)
Fang hamlet, Hsiang Hsien As the Yan family increased in
administrative unit, 8 capital, Chin prosperity and resting places were
th
Chiang County, who had no heir of needed for the departing members,
his own. (Hsiang Hsien separate residence and burial
administrative unit had since been ground were appropriately set up in
changed to become known as An Ping Chu Kuei Fang, 9 capital, Chin
th
administrative unit and his conjugal Chiang County. (Currently known as
house was named after it). His An administrative unit).
Deceased forefather Yan Chun Throughout his life, deceased
An had no relatives to look after him forefather devoted his energies
in his original hometown, located at towards the interest and benefit of