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the Yan clan, and, on his demised, he His Kou hamlet, 7 capital, Chin
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was duly accorded the glory of being Chiang County.
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buried in Yang Tzu Shan, 9 capital, They left behind them, three
Chin Chiang County. begotten sos to carry on the Yan
A memorial tablet was erected Lineage. Their given names were:-
and carved with inscription therein 1. Yan Yuan Yu,
which clearly showed that he was 2. Yan Yuan Sheng, and
originally of Chang ancestry and, 3. Yan Yuan Chieh
later, adopted his deceased wife’s
name of her clan. 3rd Generation
Begotted by her were two sons Yan Yuan Yu, styled Ku Pao,
with their given names of: - designation Kuan Tien, was the
1. Yan Shih Yuan and eldest son of the Yan clan. He was
2. Yan Shih Chieh to carry out born during the reign of Emperor
their devotion at ancestral Chih Ho of the Yuan dynasty and
shrines. deceased when the Ming Emperor
Chien Wen (1393-1403) was seated
2nd Generation on the throne
Yan Shih Yuan, whose stylistic His legal wife came from the
name was Ching Che, passed the house of the Yao clan and the
imperial examination at the age of 39 posthumous title comferred upon her
and choose instead to be a scholar, was Miao Kuei.
living a retired life. Forefather Yan Yuan Yu was a
He was the eldest son and heir son-in-law of the Yao clan in Pei
of forefather Yan Chun An, born in Chen hamlet, Hou Kuei
the last days of the Yuan dynasty administrative unit, Hui An county,
(1279-1368), when emperor Ta Te sat Fu Chien province. This family was
on the throne, and passed away without an heir and he agreed to take
under his successor, Emperor Chih over the place as a son and heir of the
Cheng, living to a ripe old age of 63. Yao clan. Thereafter, his sons and
He was the clan patriarch of grandchildren claimed the family
the An Ping conjugal house, while his ancestral house and farmland of the
younger brother, Yan Shih Chieh clan for his children as their
was responsible in leading the His An birthright.
conjugal house. The property concerned was
He married a maiden from the located at Hou Kuei administrative
Yang clan, posthumous title, Shou unit (now known as An Hai hamlet,
Tze. She was born in the last years Pei Chen administrative unit) in Hui
of the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), An county, Fu Chien province.
under the rule of Emperor Ta Te, and There upon, his sons and
passed away soon after Emperor grandchildren claimed Pei Chun as
Hung Wu (1368-1398) established their birthright and Yao surname as
the Ming dynasty. their adopted clan.
Deceased forefather and his He and his deceased wife were,
wife were buried at the cemetry near however, interned in the Yan burial
