"Confucius' Southern Sect Literature Series" states that in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Kong Duanyou, the 48th eldest grandson of Confucius and Duke Yansheng, led some members of his clan to cross south, settled in Quzhou, Zhejiang, and rebuilt the ancestral temple. In the nearly 900 years of history since then, a special clan, the Southern Kong clan, has gradually formed, with the Quzhou Confucius family temple as an important material relic, the Quzhou Kong clan as the core, and branches all over the Jiangnan area, composed of descendants of Confucius.
The Southern Sect of the Kong family inherited the moral teachings of Confucius and passed down the family through poetry and calligraphy. From the early Southern Song Dynasty to the Republic of China in 820 years, there were more than 50 writers and more than 100 kinds of writings and documents recorded. The writings of the Confucian Southern Sect are an important part of the writings of the Confucius family. However, due to their long-term status as civilians and the wide distribution of their branches, the literature has been seriously lost. It can be said that there is no one left.
The "Kong's Nan Zong Literature Series" compiled by Quzhou University Kong's Nan Zong Cultural Research Center has 48 volumes. It collects and compiles 41 kinds of writings by people of the Kong's Nan Zong, recording the history of the Kong's Nan Zong. The two writings of the Confucian sect not only clarified the internal development context and mechanism of the Southern Confucian sect, but also played an important role in promoting the combing of Jiangnan academics, the study of Zhejiang studies, the study of clan history and social history, and constructed the Southern Confucian sect. A new high ground for research.
The writings of Confucius’s Southern Sect are an important part of the writings of the Confucius family.
The Southern Sect of the Confucius family inherited the moral teachings of Confucius and passed down the family through poems and books. From the early Southern Song Dynasty to the 820 years of the Republic of China, there were writings from generation to generation and rich documents. According to the research of existing historical materials, there are more than 50 authors of the Southern Sect of Kong's family, and more than 100 types of writings can be found in the records (excluding genealogy, genealogy, genealogy, family tradition, ancestral genealogy, origin records and other documents ), and involves the classics, history, Zi, and Ji. From this, we can see the size of the Kong family, the breadth of its network, and the richness of its literature.
However, due to its formation in a special historical period, its long-term status as a common people, and its numerous branches and widespread distribution, the situation of the loss of documents of the Southern Confucian Sect is quite serious. More than 40 kinds.