从叶德水到八子叶鹤秋、十二子叶益六,再到孙叶鸿翔,曾孙叶祥麟,玄孙叶采惠,五世买办,叶德水开创了厦门历史上十分重要的一个买办世家,并繁衍成为台湾高雄著名的旗后叶氏,在清末以降的闽台经济圈中占有一席之地。叶氏不仅从买办身份以及自我经营中积攒了巨额财富,并在叶微瑞堂的名义下,通过大规模购地计划,将叶家在厦门莲坂的势力更加实体化,从而体现出显著的乡族性特征。 From Yeh Shui-shui to Ba Zi Ye Hok-chuen, Twelfth Son Yeh-li, and then to Yeh Sun-hsiang, Yeonghyeon Yeh, Yeong-eun Yeh, and Comprador V, Yeh Sun-shui pioneered a comprador family in the history of Xiamen, Yeh, in the late Qing Dynasty Fujian and Taiwan economic circle occupies a place. Ye’s not only accumulated huge amounts of wealth from the comprador status and self-management, but also under the Yip Wei Ruitang’s plan of large-scale acquisition of land, further substantiating Ye Jia’s influence in Lian-Shan in Xiamen, thus demonstrating a remarkable rural Ethnicity.