Editing Lien Chan (section)

== Family ==
Lien Chan was descended from a family of literati. His family arrived in Taiwan during the reign of [[Emperor Kangxi]] and had settled in Tainan residing in an area called Mabingying (馬兵營; "Cavalry camp"), which was the former training ground of the [[Zheng Chenggong]] forces in his campaign against the Dutch. Lien's family harvested sugar on their plantations for generations. Lien's grandmother's family were also wealthy merchants who traded camphor and sugar. Lien's mother, Chao Lan-kun, came from a wealthy Shenyang family, and is credited for having preserve the family wealth throughout the turbulent times of post-Japanese colonization.

Lien is married to [[Lien Fang Yu]]. They have two sons, [[Sean Lien]] (連勝文) and Lien Sheng-wu (連勝武), and two daughters, Arlene Lien (連惠心) and Lien Yung-hsin (連詠心).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/11/20/2003632922|title=Lien Chan's daughter in court over 'insult' claim|newspaper=[[Taipei Times]]|date=November 20, 2015|access-date=November 20, 2015|archive-date=November 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120150324/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/11/20/2003632922|url-status=live}}</ref>