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ground at Hsiang Fan Lin, 9 capital,
th
Chin Chiang County.
She bore him six sons and they
were assigned to the conjugal
houses, according to their given
surnames and order of birth, namely
1. Yao Ying Chien, and
2. Yao Ying An, were the heir
apparent to Yao clan,
3. Yan Ying Jun (who was
adopted by forefather Yan
Yuan Chieh to become his heir)
4. Yao Ying Tsu,
5. Yao Ying Tzung, and the
youngest
6. Yan Ying Chu, who remained
behind in An Ping conjugal
house as the elder of this
branch.
4th Generation
Yan Ying Chu, whose stylistic name
was Wei Tao, designation Yin Shan,
was the youngest and sixth son of
forefather Yan Yuan Yu, also known
as forefather Yao Yuan Yu, and
succeeded him in the An Ping
conjugal house as the patriarch of
the fourth generation line.
He was born during the reign
of the Ming first Emperor Huang Wu
(1368-1398) and passed away when
Ming Emperor Hsuan Te (1426-1436)
was on the imperial throne.
He married a maiden from the
Chu clan, whose posthumous title
was Wen Niang and begotten by her
were three sons who would carry on
generations after generations,
devotion at the ancestral shrine.
Their given names were:-
1. Yan Liang Huan,
2. Yan Liang Sheng, and
3. Yan Liang Yu respectively.
Both deceased forefather and his
wife were cremated in the family
th
burial ground at Hsiang Fan Lin, 9
capital, Chin Chiang County.
5th Generation
Forefather Yan Liang Shen, styled
Chung Ho, was the second son and
male heir of forefather Yan Ying Chu.
He was born in the reign of the Ming
Emperor Chien Wen (1398-1403)
and deceased sometime during the
rule of the Ming emperor Ching Tai.
He married a maiden from the
Tsai clan, posthumous title Ching
Wan, to be his legal wife. She was
also born at the time of the Ming
Emperor Chien Wen and lived to see
the Ming Emperor Tien Shun (1457-
1465) occupy the imperial throne.
Three sons were born from this
marriage and they were:-
1. Yan Ming Chi,
2. Yan Chung Tung, and lastly,
3. Yan San Chi.
Forefather Yan Liang Sheng and
his deceased wife were buried in the
burial ground at Hsiang Fan Lin, 9
th
capital, Chin Chiang County.
6th Generation
Forefather Yan Chung Tung, the
second son of forefather Yan Liang
Sheng, succeeded hin to become the
6 patriarch head of the Yan clan in
th
An Ping area. He was given the
stylistic name of Chih Fu on reaching
adulthood, adopted the designated
name of Neng Hsuan, as was the
custom at that time.
He was born during the reign
of the Ming Emperor Hsuan Te
(1426-1436) and died under the rule
of Emperor Sheng Hua of the Ming
dynasty.