The descendants of Confucius are in order:
Xi, Yan, Gong, Yan, Cheng, Hong, Wen, Zhen, Shang and Yin (later in the Qing Dynasty, it was taboo to avoid the emperor) , change Hong to Hong, Yin to Yan) Xing, Yu, Chuan, Ji, Guang, Zhao, Xian, Qing, Fan, Xiang, Ling, De, Wei, Chui, You, Qin, Shao, Nian, Xian, Yang , Jian, Dao, Dun, An, Ding, Mao, Xiu, Chu, Yi, Chang, Yu, Wen, Huan, Jing, Rui, Yong, Xi, Shi, Xu, Chang". Extended information
The descendants of Confucius and Mencius are now named, and the generation was officially established in the Ming Dynasty: In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang gave the Confucius eight generation characters: Gong, Yan, Cheng, Hong, Wen, Zhen, Shang, and Yin for naming. Because Kong Xixue, the fifty-sixth generation in the first year of Hongwu, and Kong Na, the fifty-seventh generation, in the seventeenth year of Hongwu, successively attacked Yanshenggong, so "Xi" and "Yan" were added next to them to form ten characters, namely: Xi and Yan. , Gong, Yan, Cheng, Hong, Wen, Zhen, Shang, and Yin (in order to avoid imperial taboos, Hong was changed to Hong and Yin was changed to Yan in the later Qing Dynasty).
During the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, these ten were named. The characters were no longer sufficient, so the sixty-fifth generation Yanshenggong Kong Yinzhi (Kong Yanzhi) wrote the correct word: "Xing Yu Chuan Ji Guang, Zhao Xian Qing Fan Xiang".
By the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty. In the ninth year of the Republic of China (1744), the Ministry of Rites investigated and sorted it out, reported it to the emperor for approval, and added a cross: "Ling Dewei bless you, and Qin Shao's thoughts are prominent." In the eighth year of the Republic of China, Kong Lingyi, the seventy-sixth generation Shenggong, established another twenty. The words were consulted by the Beiyang government at that time for approval and publication, that is, from the 86th to the 105th generation.
That is, "Building roads and maintaining stability, repairing Yi and Chang, bringing prosperity and prosperity, and eternal prosperity." "Xishi Xuchang". So far, it is known that the youngest generation is the generation with the character "Qin". Therefore, many descendants of Confucius and Mencius can tell their seniority from their names.
The seniority after the 80th generation Characters: Qin, Shao, Nian, Xian, Yang, Jian, Dao, Dun, An, Ding, Mao, Xiu, Chu, Yi, Chang, Yu, Wen, Huan, Jing, Rui, Yong, Xi, Shi, Xu, Chang.
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