Yeh Lun-hui was born in 1947, and graduated with a degree in Chinese from NTNU. He grew up in Taoyuan County's Hsinwu Rural Township. The Yeh family typifies the farmer-scholar family of a traditional Hakka village. Yeh's parents attached great importance to education, and believed that education is the best way to improve one's financial condition.
葉倫會一九四七年出生、師大中文系畢業，桃園新屋鄉人，葉家在客家庄中是耕讀傳家的典型，父母親都注重教育，認為「教育是改變環境最好的方法」。