Coba jelasin ISBN10-8153-0720-9 dari Yan Xishan dong

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Zhou Zhihou. "After Standing Guard for Fifty-One years, an Old Bodyguard Donates Yan Xishan's Former Residence to the Taipei City Government"  (守墓51年 老侍衛力不從心 閻錫山故居 捐北市府維護). news.chinatimes.com. China Times. May 23, 2011. Diakses 3 Juni 2011. (bahasa Tionghoa)