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Confucius's descendants in Quzhou alone number 30,000. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The Hanlin Academy rank of Wujing boshi 五經博士 was awarded to the southern branch at Quzhou by a Ming Emperor while the northern branch at Qufu held the title Duke Yansheng.
Pages in category "Descendants of Confucius" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F.
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.
His father's name contained the character 令 Ling because it was the generation name for 76th generation descendants of Confucius. On 6 June 1920, shortly after his birth, he was appointed Duke Yansheng by President Xu Shichang in accordance with an imperial tradition dating back to 1055 of bestowing the title on the eldest male in each ...
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.
The fifth edition of the Confucius genealogy was printed in September 2009. [1] The collecting and collating of the fifth edition started in 1998, when Kong Deyong, a 77th-generation descendant, established the committee in Hong Kong. The last major previous publication of the Confucius genealogy was in 1930. [2]
The Långaryd family is one of the largest documented families in the world, according to Guinness World Records (the current world-record holder being the descendants of Confucius [1]). It was noted twice in the Guinness World Records, both for most known relatives (1988) and the largest family reunion (2500 people in 1991, now replaced by ...
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 ...