How many generations have there been since Confucius?
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 submitted to the emperor for an imperial edict, with a cross: "Being blessed and respected, Shao Thought is prominent". In the eighth year of the Republic of China, Kong Lingyi, Duke of Feast, seventy-fifth generation, asked the then Beiyang government for approval and publication. 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.
Extended data:
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 government changed the name of the country to "Da Cheng Zhi Sheng Bai Guan"; 1936, he married Sun Qifang, the granddaughter of former official Sun Jianai.
1949, the Kuomintang government retreated to Taiwan Province Province, and Kong Decheng moved to Taiwan Province Province to rebuild the Taipei 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.
Baidu encyclopedia-Confucius genealogy