Who are the descendants of Confucius?

How many descendants of Confucius are in power now? Kong Decheng (1920-) is the 77th direct descendant of Confucius.

The 80th generation grandson of Confucius was born in Taiwan Province Province on New Year's Day in 2006. After one and a half months' consideration, Kong Decheng, the "Great Sage" and former "Dean of Examinations", named his great-grandson Kong Youren.

10 generation spans 266 years.

According to 19 media reports, the Confucius family will declare to the Ministry of the Interior recently that the 80th generation of Confucius Sun Kong Youren has been born.

He weighed 3400 grams when he was born in National Taiwan University Hospital, and he was very healthy. The Kongs registered their household registration in Xindian Household Administration Office in Taipei County a few days ago.

During the imperial period, the eldest grandson of Confucius (46th generation) inherited the title of "Duke of Feast" from Song Renzong until the second year of Hull (1055).

The 50th generation of Kong Zheng attacked and sealed the Feast Duke in the reign of Emperor Xizong of Jin Dynasty (1 142), the 60th generation was Kong Chengqing around the Ming Dynasty (he died early and did not attack the nobles, but pursued the seal), and the 70th generation was the reign of Yong Zhengdi in the Qing Dynasty (173 1 year).

Kong Youren was born 266 years ago, and Kong Guang attacked the throne in the 1970s.

How many generations have there been since Confucius? As of February 20 19. The surviving descendants are the 80th generation Sun, Kong Youren and Ren, with a history of more than 2,000 years.

The Genealogy of Confucius was officially written in the Ming Dynasty. In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang gave Kong eight generations of characters: Gong, Yan, Cheng, Hong, Wen, Zhen, Shang and Yin, so as to name them. Later, the Duke was sealed by the 55th generation Kong in the first year of Hongwu and the 56th generation Kong Ne in the 17th year of Hongwu. In this way, ten words were added next to "Xi" and "Yan", namely, Yan, Gong, Yan, Cheng, Hong, Wen, Zhen, Shang and Yin (in the late Qing Dynasty, in order to avoid the emperor's taboo, Hong was changed to macro and Yin to Yan).

After nine years of Qianlong reign in Qing Dynasty (1744), it was investigated and sorted out by the Ministry of Rites, and it was presented to the emperor with a cross: "Wade was blessed and Qin Shao was honored". In the eighth year of the Republic of China, Kong Lingyi, Duke of Feast, seventy-fifth generation, wrote 20 words for the Beiyang batch publication at that time. That is, the 86th generation to the105th generation. That is, "build a stable road, build a stable life, raise a stable life, be rich in literature and prosper the scenery, and last forever."

So far, the youngest known generation is Qin. So many descendants of Confucius and Mencius can see the size of their generation from their names. Prior to this, the genealogy of Confucius was very complicated, and this method of selecting characters was greatly simplified than before, and was advocated by the emperor, which made other large families in China follow this method.

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More famous descendants of Confucius:

Kong Decheng (1920-2008), Duke of the 76th Grandson Feast: Kong Lingyi Zi; Mother Mrs. Wang; Born a hundred days ago, he was ordered by President Xu Shichang to inherit the title of Duke of Feast; 1935, the national * * * changed the title to "Dacheng Zhi Sheng Master pays homage to the official"; 1936, he married Sun Qifang, the granddaughter of former official Sun Jianai.

1949, * * * retreated to Taiwan Province Province, and Kong Decheng moved to Taiwan Province Province to rebuild the Taipei Family Temple. He used to be Dacheng Zhisheng, "Dean of the Examination Institute" and "Senior Minister of the Presidential Palace", and concurrently served as a professor in the Chinese Department of Taiwan Province Provincial University, offering courses such as Shang and Zhou bronzes, comprehensive theory of three rites and inscriptions on bronze. 10 On June 28th, he died peacefully at the Taipei Branch of Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital at the age of 89 due to heart and lung failure. Eldest daughter: Kong Weie; Sons: Kong Weiyi and Kong Weining; Grandson: Kong Chuichang.