What are the words in the genealogy order of Confucius and Mencius?

Zhu Yuanzhang gave the Kong family eight generation characters, Gong, Yan, Cheng, Hong, Wen, Zhen, Shang, and Yin, for naming purposes.

The following twenty characters are: Xing Yu spreads the message to Guang, Zhaoxian celebrates and prospers, orders Dewei to bless him, Qin Shao’s thoughts are prominent, builds roads and stabilizes them, repairs Yi and Chang, and Yu Wenhuan Jingrui, Yongxi Shixuchang.

So far, it is known that the youngest generation is the generation named Qin. Therefore, many descendants of Confucius and Mencius can tell their seniority from their names.

This is not what the descendants of Confucius and Mencius have always used, but it was investigated and compiled by the Ministry of Rites in 1744, the ninth year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, and reported to the emperor for the order of descendants of Confucius and Mencius. Before that, Confucius The family tree is very complicated. This method of selecting characters is much simpler than before. It was also promoted by the emperor, and other large family genealogies in China began to follow this method.

In the five thousand years of Chinese civilization, there are only four surnames with the so-called Tongtian genealogy, which means that there is only one family tree in the world.

These four surnames are Confucius, Meng, Zeng, and Yan. The ancestors of these four families can be traced back to the four great sages Confucius, Meng Ke, Zeng Shen, and Yan Hui respectively. The genealogy of these four families is arranged The characters used to name generations are exactly the same. This thing seems to have nothing to do with the country and the nation, but in fact it fully reflects the noble culture of our nation and the spirit of attaching importance to blood.

In the Poetry Auditorium of the Confucius Mansion in Qufu, Shandong, there is a notice posted on February 17, the ninth year of Qianlong's reign, which is a 30-character gift given by Emperor Qianlong to the Confucius Mansion. All names must be given in accordance with the 30-character line. If you do not follow the alphabetical order and choose a random name, you will not be allowed to enter the family tree.