Guan's Family was influential in the Ming Dynasty, with famous members including Guan Jingze, the officer tutoring the Crown Prince, Guan Qingtang, the Deputy Chief of Taipu Administration (a department in charge of affairs related to horses), Guan Rangru, the Grand Scholar of Wen Hua Palace, and Guan Lin, the Zhaoyong General. Since people of Guan's Family rarely participated in the factionalism, the Emperor always thought highly of them. Therefore, the Guan's Family could be one of the seven great clans of the Ming Dynasty in every sense.
"Wu's Family, Luo's Family, Guan's Family and Sun's Family are rich and noble" was quite popular in Yangzhou City, but the Guan's Family in Yangzhou City was only a collateral relative of the Guan's Clan. In the past, sons of the Guan's Family in Yangz
