Just as Nien Chuan was about to embark on the boat to return to Taiwan, a Fujianese relative named Nien Chuan-jen declared that he would spare no effort to scour the mainland for a family genealogy, which he would make a copy of. Besides being delighted, Nien Chuan agreed to pay 300 dollars.
就在粘泉在廈門等船欲回台灣時，有位閩南族親粘傳仁自告奮勇，願幫他在大陸尋譜、抄譜，粘泉高興之餘，付其三百大元，結果這一抄就抄了十年。