Next, Yan noted that his clan had always been strict and comprehensive in moral education. Unfortunately, Yan's father had died when Yan was only nine, after which the family lost its social standing and wealth, and virtually disintegrated.
其次顏之推談到自己家族的風教一向嚴整，可惜九歲小小年紀時父親去世，自此家道中落，幾經離散。