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Forefather Yan Chi Kuei was the regular sacrifice in memory of this
only one successful in fulfilling his old governess.
duty to the Yan clan. His legal wife
bore him four sons to advance the Ranked second in this family was
cause of this conjugal house. They Yan Tsai Yao, followed soon after by
were:- his youngest brother Yan Tsai Pu.
1. Yan Cheng Chun, who was
given away and adopted by Forefather Yan Cheng Chun fared
forefather Yan Chi Chin as the better in the adopted household of
future heir in his family. ancestor Yan Chi Chin by producing
2. Yan Cheng Chiang was two sons to keep his lineage
promoted to the first rank continuing. Eventually, Yan Tsai
position that was vacated by Hsing and Yan Tsai Lung became
his eldest brother. As a result, the inheritors of the farmland owned
forefather Yan Chi Kuei by ancestor Yan Chi Chin and took
eventually named him as his turns to carry out and perform their
sole beneficiary. devoted duty before the ancestral
3. Yan Cheng Shan was also shrine.
given away for adoption and
entered the household of
forefather Yan Chi Yan when it
became apparent that he was
impotent, the heir of this
family.
4. Yan Cheng Tang, the
youngest and fourth son, as a
result of his third brother’s
adoption, jumped from a minor
position to occupy a rank,
second in seniority to the heir
apparent in this household.

23rd Generation
There was no male heir born into the
respective families of Yan Cheng
Shan and Yan Cheng Tang to
perform the customary rites and
sacrifices before the ancestral shrine.

Yan Tsai Pei was the eldest of three
sons in the household of forefather
Yan Cheng Chiang. He grew up by
feeding from the milk of a wetnurse
and, in gratitude, he was told to offer