Early life and education thumb|Premier Yen Chia-kan officiates the wedding of Lien Chan and Fang Yu Lien Chan was born at Jenkins and Robertson Hospital in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China as the only child of Taiwanese father Lien Chen-tung and Mainland Chinese mother Chao Lan-k'un (趙蘭坤). His paternal grandfather, Lien Heng, was the writer of The General History of Taiwan (臺灣通史), a book that is often cited for the quote, "Taiwan's sorrow is that it has no history."His father, Lien Chen-tung, served as Minister of the Interior from 1960 to 1966, promoting local autonomy and maintaining close ties with the CC Clique. His mother, Zhao Lankun, came from a prominent family in Shenyang and had Manchu ancestry. She graduated from Yenching University.
Early life and education thumb|Premier Yen Chia-kan officiates the wedding of Lien Chan and Fang Yu Lien Chan was born at Jenkins and Robertson Hospital in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China as the only child of Taiwanese father Lien Chen-tung and Mainland Chinese mother Chao Lan-k'un (趙蘭坤). His paternal g,randfather, Lien Heng was the writer of The General History of Taiwan (臺灣通史), a book that is often cited for the quote, "Taiwan's sorrow is that it has no history."His father, Lien Chen-tung, served as Minister of the Interior from 1960 to 1966, promoting local autonomy and maintaining close ties with the CC Clique. His mother, Zhao Lankun, came from a prominent family in Shenyang and had Manchu ancestry. She graduated from Yenching University.