Words are in order by generation.
It is hoped that Gongyan will inherit Hong (Hong), Wen Zhen Shang Yin (Yan), Xing Yu will be passed down to Guang, Zhaoxian will be celebrated and prosperous; order Dewei to bless you, Qin Shao's thoughts will be prominent; build roads and promote stability , Maoxiu Zhao Yi often; Yu Wenhuan Jingrui, Yongxi Shixuchang. The genealogy of the Kong family is now named by the descendants of Confucius and Mencius. The official generation was established in the Ming Dynasty: in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang gave the Kong family eight generation characters: Gong, Yan, Cheng, Hong, Wen, Zhen, Shang, and Yin for naming. use. Later, Kong Xixue, the fifty-sixth generation in the first year of Hongwu, and Kong Na, the fifty-seventh generation in the seventeenth year of Hongwu, successively attacked Yan Shenggong. In this way, "Xi" and "Yan" are added next to each other to form ten characters, namely: Xi, Yan, Gong, Yan, Cheng, Hong, Wen, Zhen, Shang, and Yin (the later Qing Dynasty changed Hong to For Hong, Yin was changed to Yan). During the Ming Dynasty, these ten characters were no longer enough, and the sixty-fifth generation Yanshenggong Kong Yinzhi (Kong Yinzhi) made the correct decision. The following twenty characters are: "Xing Yu spreads widely, Zhao Xian celebrates prosperity, Ling De Wei bless, Qin Shao Nian is prominent." In the eighth year of the Republic of China, Kong Lingyi, the seventy-sixth generation of the 76th generation, established another twenty characters. Please consult the then Beiyang government for approval and announcement. That is, the eighty-sixth generation to the one hundred and fifth generation. That is to say, "Build roads to ensure stability, repair and repair the Yi Chang, bring prosperity and prosperity to the country, and make the world of Xi prosperous." So far, it is known that the youngest generation is the generation named "Qin". Therefore, many descendants of Confucius and Mencius can tell their seniority from their names. This is not what the descendants of Confucius and Mencius have always used, but in the ninth year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1744), the Ministry of Rites investigated and compiled it and reported it to the emperor to determine the order of descendants of Confucius and Mencius.