Family tree of Confucius in the main line of descent

This is a family tree of the main line of descent of Confucius (Chinese: 孔子世家大宗).

List of prominent members of the family not shown on the tree

• 孔子世家 Well known individual descendants of Confucius listed by generation
• 孔子世家大宗世系 Family tree tracing descent from the Yellow Emperor down to the Dukes of Yansheng
• 孔子世家大宗世系图 Family tree starting at Confucius only
• 孔子世家总世系图 (中兴祖前)
• 孔子世家谱 History of the Confucius Family Tree compilation
• 孔子世家四支和五位的世系圖 Cadet branches which break off at Kong Renyu 孔仁玉.
• 孔子世家五凝世系图 Cadet branches from the five sons of Kong Zhaohuan 孔昭煥
• 孔子世家十二府世系图 The 12 cadet branches descended from Kong Xingxie 孔兴燮

The title of Duke of Song and "Duke Who Continues and Honours the Yin" (殷紹嘉公) were bestowed upon Kong An (孔安 (東漢) by the Eastern Han dynasty because he was part of the Shang dynasty's legacy.^[1][2] This branch of the Confucius family is a separate branch from the line that held the title of Marquis of Fengsheng village and later Duke Yansheng.

• 孔子世家南宗北宗世系图 Family tree showing the split between the Northern and Southern branches of Confucius descendants.
• The Southern Branch of the Confucius family at Quzhou. During the Southern Song dynasty the descendant of Confucius at Qufu, the Duke Yansheng Kong Duanyou fled south with the Song Emperor to Quzhou, while the newly established Jin dynasty (1115–1234) in the north appointed Kong Duanyou's brother Kong Duancao who remained in Qufu as Duke Yansheng. From that time up until the Yuan dynasty, there were two Duke Yanshengs, one in the north in Qufu and the other in the south at Quzhou. An invitation to come back to Qufu was extended to the southern Duke Yansheng Kong Zhu by the Yuan dynasty Emperor Kublai Khan. The title was taken away from the southern branch after Kong Zhu rejected the invitation,^{[3][4][5][6][7]} so the northern branch of the family kept the title of Duke Yansheng. The southern branch still remained in Quzhou where they lived to this day. Confucius's descendants in Quzhou alone number 30,000.^[8][9] 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.^[3][10][11]
  • Kong Ruogu 孔若古 Kong Chuan(孔傳)^[3] 47th generation^{[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]} Claimed to be the ancestor of the Southern branch after Kong Zhu died by Northern branch member Kong Guanghuang.^[6][19][20] The leader of the southern branch is 孔祥楷 Kong Xiangkai.^[21]
• Kong Daofu 孔道輔 45th generation^{[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]}
• Kong Zonghan 孔宗翰 46th generation^{[37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46]}
• Kong Zongyuan 孔宗願 46th generation
• Kong Ruozhuo 孔若拙 47th generation
• 孔瑀 Kong Yu^[47][48][49]
• 孔瓌 Kong Gui
• 孔擬 Kong Ni
• Kong Zongshou 孔宗壽 46th generation^{[50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58]}
• Kong Duanben 孔端本
• Kong Duanchao 孔端朝
• Shang dynasty family tree
• w:zh:孔僉^[59][60]
• w:zh:孔淑玄
• Kong Jie 孔捷、Kong Xi 孔喜、Kong Guang 孔光, sons of Kong Ba 孔霸, younger brothers of Kong Fu 孔福. 14th generation descendants.
• Kong Anguo 12th generation descendant, son of Kong Zhong (孔忠)
• Kong Rong 20th generation descendant
• Kong Yingda 32nd generation descendant, son of Kong An (孔安) 31st generation, son of Kong Shuo (孔碩) 30st generation, son of Kong Linggui (孔靈龜 29th generation, descendant of Kong Yang 孔扬 22nd generation, son of Kong Yu 孔郁 21st generation, 7th generation descendant of Kong Fu 孔福) (The Kong An here was a 31st generation descendant who lived during the Northern Qi and was not the same as the Kong An (孔安) shown on the tree who was a 17th generation descendant who lived during the Eastern Han dynasty)
• Kong Xiuyuan 孔休源 32nd generation
• Kong Zongfan 孔宗笵 33rd generation
• Kong Yuntong 孔雲童 33rd generation
• Kong Keren 孔克仁 55th generation descendant.^[61]
• Kong Gongxun 孔公恂 58th generation
• Kong Wenji 孔聞籍 62nd generation
• 孔聞譚 Kong Wentan ^[62] 62nd generation
• 孔貞堪 Kong Zhenkan, Magistrate of Qufu^[63][64] 63rd generation.
• Kong Shangze 孔尚則^[65] 64th generation.
• Kong Youde
• Kong Shangren 64th generation descendant
• Kong Xianglin (K'ung Hsiang-lin)孔祥霖^[66] 75th generation descendant
• H. H. Kung (Kong Xiangxi) 75th generation descendant, son of Kong Fanci (孔繁慈)
  • His children were Kong Lingyi (Kung Ling-i) 孔令儀, Kong Lingkan (Kung Ling-k'an) 孔令侃, Kong Lingjun (Kung Ling-chun) 孔令俊, and Kong Lingjie (Kung Ling-chie) 孔令傑. One of H. H. Kung's sons, Kong Lingjie 孔令傑 married Debra Paget^[67] who gave birth to Gregory Kung (孔德基).
• Kong Xianglin 孔祥林^{[68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88]}
• Kong FanQi (孔繁琪) 74th generation descendant, mother of Li FengShan (李鳳山) and grandmother of Ann Li (李怜宜)
• Kong Zhaoshou 71st generation descendant
• Kong Zhaowei 孔昭巍 71st generation descendant^[89]
• Kong Deyong, 77th generation descendant^[90]
• Kong Xiangxian, Chinese Muslims, 75th generation descendant^[91]
• Kong Dejun (孔德軍) Chinese Muslim Islamic scholar, 77th generation descendant^{[92][93][94][95][96]} specializes in Arabic language^{[97][98][99][100][101][102][103][104][105]} translator of Quran^[106][107]
• Kong Lingyu 孔令玉, Chinese Muslim, 76th generation descendant^{[108][109][110][111][112][113][114][115][116][117][118][119]}
• Kong Lingkui 孔令奎, Chinese Muslim, 76th generation descendant^[120][121]
• Kong Lingzhen 孔令貞, Chinese Muslim, 76th generation descendant^{[122][123][124][125][126][127][128][129]}
• Kong Lingjun 孔令儁,^[130][131] 76th generation descendant^[132]
• Kong Qingdong 孔慶東 73rd generation descendant
• William Hung 孔慶翔 (Kǒng Qìngxiáng) 73rd generation descendant.^{[133][134][135]}
• 曲阜孔氏 (朝鲜半岛) 곡부 공씨 During the Yuan dynasty, one of Confucius' descendants, who was one of the Duke Yansheng Kong Huan's 孔浣 sons, named Kong Shao 孔紹, moved from China to Goryeo era Korea and established a branch of the family there after wedding a Korean woman (Jo Jin-gyeong's 曹晉慶 daughter) during Toghon Temür's rule. This branch of the family received aristocratic rank in Joseon era Korea.^{[136][137][138][139][140][141]}

Generation name

The descendants of Confucius still use generation poems for their names given to them by the Ming dynasty and Qing dyasty Emperors along with the descendants of the other Four Sages 四氏, Mencius, Zengzi, and Yan Hui.

See also

• Duke Yansheng (the title of these descendants since the Song dynasty)
• Chapin, David (2012). Long Lines: Ten of the World's Longest Continuous CHART Lineages. College Station, Texas: VirtualBookWorm.com. ISBN 978-1-60264-933-0. 
• Confucius Genealogy Compilation Committee

References

• Records of the Grand Historian: Annals of the Shang Dynasty 《史记·殷本纪》^[142]
• Wang Guowei, Guantang Jilin 王国维《观堂集林》
• Records of the Grand Historian: House of Song Weizi《史记·宋微子世家》^[143]
• Records of the Grand Historian: House of Kongzi《史记·孔子世家》^[144]
• Chun qiu Zuo zhuan zheng yi 《春秋左传正义·昭公七年》
• Book of Han:Annals of Emperor Cheng 《汉书·成帝纪》^[145]
• Book of Han:Table of nobles from families of the imperial consorts《汉书·外戚恩泽表》^[146]
• Book of Han: Biographies of Kuang, Zhang, Kong and Ma《汉书·匡张孔马传》^[147]
• Book of the Later Han: Biographies of Confucian 《后汉书·儒林传上·孔僖传》 ^[148]
• Annotation of Book of the Later Han: Biographies of Confucian 《后汉书注·儒林传上·孔僖传》 ^[148]
• New Book of Tang: Table of genealogy of Chancellor V 《新唐书·宰相世系表五》^[149]
• History of Song: Biographies of Confucian I 《宋史·儒林一·孔宜传》 ^[150]
• History of Song: Rites 22《宋史•志第七十二》^[151]
• History of Jin: Biography of Kong Fan 《金史·孔璠传》^[152]
• History of Yuan: Biography of Kong Sihui 《元史·孔思晦传》 ^[153]
• History of Ming: Biographies of Confucian Ⅲ 《明史·儒林三·孔希学传》 ^[154]
• Draft History of Qing: Biographies of Confucian IV《清史稿·儒林四》^[155]
• Liancongzi《连从子·叙书》
• Genealogy book of House of Kongzi《孔子世家谱》 山东友谊出版社 ISBN 7-80551-265-5
• Family Sayings of Confucius 《孔子家語》

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