The descendants of Confucius, Mencius, Zeng, and Yan have fifty names:
Xiyan Gongyan Cheng
Hongwen Zhenshangyan
Xingmin Chuan Jiguang
Zhaoxianqing Fanxiang
Ling Dewei bless
Qin Shaonian is famous
Jiandaodun Anding
Maoxiu Zhaoyichang
Yuwen Huanjingrui
Yongxi Shixuchang?
The descendants of Confucius and Mencius now take The official naming of generations begins with the 56th generation, starting in the Ming Dynasty:
1. In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang gave the Kong family eight generation characters: Gong, Yan, Cheng, Hong, and Wen , Zhen, Shang, and Yin are used for naming. 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).
2. In the late Ming Dynasty, Kong Yinzhi (Kong Yinzhi), the sixty-fifth generation of Yanshenggong, recorded it accurately. Emperor Chongzhen gave it the words "Xingyu spreads its message widely, Zhaoxian celebrates its prosperity". Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty also gave it the words "Ling Dewei bless you, and Qin Shao's thoughts are prominent". In the eighth year of the Republic of China, Kong Lingyi, the 76th generation Shenggong of the Republic of China, established another twenty characters and asked the then Beiyang government for approval and publication. That is, the 86th to 105th generations. 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."