How are the seniorities of Confucius and Mencius arranged?
The order of the Confucius and Mencius family trees is as follows:
1. Early Ming Dynasty:
Zhu Yuanzhang bestowed upon Confucius The eight generation characters of the surname: Gong, Yan, Cheng, Hong, Wen, Zhen, Shang, and Yin are used for naming.
2. During the Qi Dynasty of Tomorrow
The following twenty words are: "Xingyu spreads and continues to spread, Zhaoxian celebrates and prospers, Ling Dewei bless, Qin Shao's thoughts are prominent" .
3. In the 8th year of the Republic of China
“Build roads to ensure stability, repair and repair Yi often, bring prosperity to the country, and flourish the prosperity of the world.”
4. Now
The youngest generation known so far is the "Qin" generation. Therefore, many descendants of Confucius and Mencius can tell their seniority from their names.
The origin and etiquette of the generations of Confucius and Mencius
According to the records of "Qing Bai Lei Chao", the direct descendants of Confucius, whether they lived in Qufu or moved to other places, were named according to the same school of characters. , this ranking method began in the reign of Yuan Renzong, hereditary Yanshenggong, Kong Sihui, the fifty-fourth generation grandson of Confucius.
He stipulated that all the descendants of the fifty-fourth generation should have the word "Si" as their sect. Below the word "Si" is the word "Ke", and below the word "Ke", the words "Xi, Yan, Gong" begin. The ten schools are "Xing, Yu, Chuan, Ji, Guang, Zhao, Xian, Qing, Fan and Xiang".
It is divided into ten sects: Ling, De, Wei, Chui, You, Qin, Shao, Nian, Xian and Yang. And so on, and so on. I roughly calculated that it takes about 650 years to reincarnate once.