Page 92 - Gan's Family History
P. 92
90 | P a g e
the university doctorate degree
Progress was made by the 23 examination, after which, he waited
rd
generation historian within the in vain of becoming a successful
family by the name of, forefather Yan candidate.
Feng Shan. One by one, he made
out a list of the succeeding patriarch 24 Generation Yan Fang word-
th
in this branch as the record of the line
Yan clan was handed down for the Falling under this category and
eyes of the future generations. On signifying his position, as the
his demise, the task was taken over patrilineal head of the Yan clan was
and completed by the 27 forefather Yan Chi Ching, also
th
generation, forefather Yan Chen known under his own non-de-plume
Feng. of Yan Kuo Tung.
He was a scholar and acted as an
The new clan register began with the emissary, conveying annual tribute
name of forefather Yan Yung Ching, offered by a vassal state to the capital
non-de-plume adopted by him was of the nation
Yan Kung Pu. He succeeded his
father as the mew pstricrch of the 25 Generation Yan Tzu word-line
th
Yan clansman, all of whom bore the On this occasion, the patriarch of
order of seniority under the word line this generation was forefather Yan
of Ching and belonged to the 20 Wo Yang, who owed his academic
th
generation group. success as a former student in the
Kuei Hua school, Te Hua county
21 Generation Yan Chao Word Of his own choice, he preferred to
st
Line be a retired scholar, remaining
Forefather Yan Shih Hua, non-de- behind in his own village and
plume was Yan Wu Tzu became the conducting himself as a teacher and
21 head of this clan. guide to his own folks and retinue.
st
He succeeded in passing the civil
service examination, a system that 26 Generation Yan Yao word-line
th
was carried forward in China from The clan patrilineal head of this
ancient times. generation was forefather Yan Yao
Kuan, a student of note in the county
22 Generation Yan Mei word-line school.
nd
Forefather Yan Shih Hua, non-de-
plume Yan Li Tzung, was a student 27 Generation Yan Chen word-
th
of a country school in the former line
times, led the members of this The patriarch of the clan on this
branch as its patriarch. occasion was forefather Yan Lo Chi,
whose non-de-plume was Yan Chung
23 Generation Yan Lun word-line Feng. In his lifetime, he acted as an
rd
The head of this strata was forefather emissary, conveying the annual
Yan Yu Chi and he was preoccupied tribute offered by a vassal state to the
in his annual pursuit of sitting for capital of the nation. When he
