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In the 5,000-year history of China, there is a sage Confucius in literature and a loyal minister Guan Yu in martial arts, which can be described as a model of both civil and military skills in China. Today we will talk about the descendants of Confucius, a saint, and see the rise and fall of Confucius.
Historical Records of Confucius' Family records that after Confucius' death, his tomb was sacrificed from generation to generation, and his grandson, Zisi, was an important inheritor of Confucianism and wrote The Doctrine of the Mean.
Zi Shen, the descendant of Zisi, once served as the prime minister of Wei, and Kong Fu, the son of Zishen, once worked as a doctor under Chen Sheng and planned the famous "Ruby Collection" event.
The so-called "Ruby Collection" means that when Qin Shihuang burned books, Confucius put Confucian classics such as The Analects of Confucius, The Book of Filial Piety and The Book of History in the wall of his former residence, so he survived. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Lu * * * Wang Liuyu expanded the palace and demolished the former residence of Confucius, and these simplified books reappeared.
Xiangzi, the younger brother of Confucius, was a doctor in the reign of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, and his descendant Kong Anguo was a doctor in the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who highly prized him.
From the death of Confucius to the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the fate of each generation of Confucius in Qufu was closely related to the big social background. This makes Sima Qian sigh that there are not many people from kings to sages in the world, but they are often prominent in their lifetime and no longer famous after death. As a commoner, Confucius has been handed down for more than ten generations and has been respected by scholars all over the world. He is really the most sacred teacher.
After Sima Qian, successive dynasties treated Confucius' descendants with courtesy. During the Han and Yuan Dynasties, Confucius' descendant, Kong Ba, was made a Hou, and the Kong family was officially given a hereditary title.
After Cao Wei, Cong Chenghou's titles were successively called Zongsheng, Shengfeng, Chongsheng, Gong Sheng and Cong Sheng, but they were all inherited by the descendants of Qufu Confucius.
During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty officially conferred the title of King Wenxuan, and at the same time changed the title of Saint Hou to Wenxuan Gong, raising the title by one level, and Jicheng Sun was the 38th generation of Confucius.