Confucius House refers to all descendants of Confucius, including Qufu Confucius, Queli Confucius, Zhenkong Confucius, Neikong Confucius and Neiyuan Confucius. The surviving descendants are the 80th generation grandson, Kong Youren,.
According to the Association for the Continuation of Confucius Genealogy, Confucius Genealogy will include more than 654.38+0 million descendants, and female descendants will be included in about 200,000 for the first time. ?
Kong Dehong, director of the office of the Confucius Genealogy Continuation Association, said at the first annual meeting of the World Confucius Descendants Friendship Association held in Qufu on the 26th that the Confucius Genealogy was being revised for the fifth time. The data of the last revision of Confucius Genealogy ended at 1937, which basically faced intermittent danger. After revision, the total number of people included in Confucius genealogy will reach 6.5438+0.5 million. ?
"The reason why women are included this time is because the Confucius Family Tree Continuation Association believes that men and women are equal in modern society. Although women want to get married, they are also surnamed Kong and are descendants of Confucius." Kong Dehong said. ?
Confucius' genealogy was recognized as the longest genealogy in the world by Guinness World Records Limited in 2005. Confucius' people have been handed down for 82 generations. Since the Ming Dynasty, the genealogy of Confucius has been overhauled every 60 years and slightly revised every 30 years. ?
This time, the motion to update Confucius' genealogy began with 1987. Vice Premier Gu Mu, then honorary president of china confucius foundation, and Kuang Yaming, then president, respectively put forward suggestions for further training to Kong Deyong, a descendant of Confucius. After consulting other descendants of Confucius at home and abroad, 1996 began to be revised. ?
Prior to this, the genealogy of Confucius was overhauled four times in the Ming, Qing and Republic of China, and the number of descendants of Confucius was 500,000 at the last time. ?
According to reports, this revision of Confucius Genealogy has changed the previous official practice and was completely revised by Confucius' descendants. The investigation and registration scope of later generations covers all over the world. Up to now, Confucius Genealogy Renewal Association has established more than 450 renewal institutions in various places, and the number of newly registered descendants has exceeded 6.5438+0 million, exceeding the scale of previous revisions. ?
Kong Dehong said that the sequel has now entered the editing stage in an all-round way. The materials on which this continuation study is based include the genealogy of Confucius compiled in the past, the genealogy and word-of-mouth preserved by newly registered descendants and people all over the country, and tombstone materials. ?
According to reports, after the census and registration of descendants in 10, the Confucius Family Tree Continuation Work Association found descendants of Confucius who had not continued into the family tree for hundreds of years. Among them, last year, Taiwan Province Branch found a branch named Kong in Pingtung, Taiwan Province. ?
The newly revised Confucius Genealogy not only adds information such as spouse and education level, but also will be digitized. Descendants of Confucius can display the tree diagram of "family" by clicking the mouse. At the same time, a map of China will be added to the new genealogy, showing the distribution of descendants of Confucius in various parts of China. ?
Kong Dehong said that the new music score is expected to be completed and printed on the 2560th anniversary of Confucius' birth (2009). ?
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Confucius is a great philosopher and thinker in China. Confucianism, founded by him, emphasizes people-oriented, advocates benevolence, loyalty and filial piety, integrity and integrity, and advocates "harmony but difference" in ideology and culture. Confucian researchers believe that these thoughts have great practical significance for promoting the harmonious development of the world. ?
Confucius (September 28th, 55 BC1year-April, 55 BC1year), surnamed Kong, named Qiu, was born in Lu (now Qufu, Shandong) at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, and his ancestral home was in Song (now Xiayi, Henan). He was a thinker and educator in ancient China.
Confucius initiated the wind of private schools and advocated benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith. According to legend, Confucius once asked Laozi for gifts, with 3,000 disciples, including 72 sages. He led some disciples around the world for thirteen years, and revised the six classics of Poetry, Calligraphy, Rites and Music, Book of Changes and Spring and Autumn Annals in his later years.
After the death of Confucius, his disciples and their re-disciples recorded the words and deeds, quotations and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples, and compiled the Confucian classic The Analects.
In ancient times, Confucius was regarded as a "saint of heaven" and a "muduo of heaven". He was one of the most learned scholars in the society at that time, and was respected by later rulers as Confucius' sage, the most holy, the most holy teacher, the most holy teacher, the teacher of kings and the teacher of generations. His thoughts have a far-reaching influence on China and the world, and he is listed as the first of the "Top Ten Cultural Celebrities in the World".
With the expansion of Confucius' influence, "Confucius Sacrifice Ceremony" once became a "big sacrifice" at the same level as China's ancestor worship.
Kong Youren, male, Han nationality, the 80th grandson of Confucius, was born in Taiwan Province Province on New Year's Day in 2006. After a month and a half of deliberation, Kong De, the ancestor of Dacheng Zhisheng and the former president of the Taiwan Examinations Institute, became his great-grandson Kong Youren.
Kong Chuichang, 1975, born in July, is a native of Taipei, Taiwan Province Province, the 79th grandson of Confucius, the last duke of feasting, and the grandson of Kong Decheng, the former "examination dean" of Taiwan Province Province. Currently, he is the national policy adviser of the Presidential Palace of Taiwan Province Province and the president of the Confucius Association of the Great Sage of China. On September 28th, 2009, he succeeded Kong Decheng as the "Master Sacrifice Officer" at the "Central Sacrifice Ceremony" held in Taiwan Province.
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People's Daily Online-The new genealogy of Confucius' family tree lasted 10 years, with an increase of10.3 million people.
People's Network-"China's First Family Tree" and "Confucius Family Tree" appeared.