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In December 2009, more controversy arose when a claimed-direct descendant of Confucius brought suit against the film-makers. After seeing the film's trailer, the descendant, Kong Jian, sought to have several scenes deleted from the release of the film and objecting to the intimations that Confucius was romantically attracted to the concubine ...
Kong Te-cheng (Chinese: 孔德成; pinyin: Kǒng Déchéng; Wade–Giles: K'ung Te-ch'eng) (23 February 1920 – 28 October 2008) was a 77th generation descendant of Confucius in the main line of descent. He was the final person to be appointed Duke Yansheng and the first Sacrificial Official to Confucius.
Along with the descendants of the other Four Sages (Confucius, Mencius, Zengzi, and Yan Hui), the descendants of Confucius still determine part of their children's given names using this generation poem given to them by the Ming dynasty Jianwen Emperor and extended by later emperors: [45]
The descendants of Confucius who lived at the mansion and held the hereditary titles held feasts with a unique cuisine. [163] One dish served by cooks of the Duke Yansheng in Qufu was called "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea". [164] [165] Confucius's descendants had a 2,000 year old food culture which was unique among the Chinese aristocracy.
Many descendants of Confucius still live in Qufu today. A descendant of Confucius, H. H. Kung, was the Premier of the Republic of China. One of his sons, Kong Lingjie (孔令傑), married Debra Paget [134] who gave birth to Gregory Kung (孔德基). Confucius's family, the Kongs, have the longest recorded extant pedigree in the world today.
Kong is the 79th-generation descendant of Confucius in the main line of descent, making him the titular head of the Kong family. [1] Kong succeeded his grandfather Kung Te-cheng to the post of Sacrificial Official to Confucius in 2009 following the latter's death a year earlier and was at the same time appointed Senior Advisor by President Ma ...
Boyce, 20, died in July 2019, just one month before the final movie premiered. The first Descendants movie — which introduced the children of classic Disney villains like Maleficent, Jafar ...
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