This is a family tree of the main line of descent of Confucius (Chinese: 孔子世家大宗).
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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. 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, 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. 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.Kong Ruogu 孔若古 Kong Chuan(孔傳) 47th generation Claimed to be the ancestor of the Southern branch after Kong Zhu died by Northern branch member Kong Guanghuang. The leader of the southern branch is 孔祥楷 Kong Xiangkai.Kong Daofu 孔道輔 45th generationKong Zonghan 孔宗翰 46th generationKong Zongyuan 孔宗願 46th generationKong Ruozhuo 孔若拙 47th generation孔瑀 Kong Yu孔瓌 Kong Gui孔擬 Kong NiKong Zongshou 孔宗壽 46th generationKong Duanben 孔端本Kong Duanchao 孔端朝Shang dynasty family treew:zh:孔僉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 Zhou (Eastern Han) 20th generation descendantKong Rong 20th generation descendantKong 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 generationKong Zongfan 孔宗笵 33rd generationKong Yuntong 孔雲童 33rd generationKong Keren 孔克仁 55th generation descendant.Kong Gongxun 孔公恂 58th generationKong Wenji 孔聞籍 62nd generation孔聞譚 Kong Wentan 62nd generation孔貞堪 Kong Zhenkan, Magistrate of Qufu 63rd generation.Kong Shangze 孔尚則 64th generation.Kong YoudeKong Shangren 64th generation descendantKong Xianglin (K'ung Hsiang-lin)孔祥霖 75th generation descendantH. 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 who gave birth to Gregory Kung (孔德基).Kong Xianglin 孔祥林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 descendantKong Zhaowei 孔昭巍 71st generation descendantKong Deyong, 77th generation descendantKong Xiangxian, Chinese Muslims, 75th generation descendantKong Dejun (孔德軍) Chinese Muslim Islamic scholar, 77th generation descendant specializes in Arabic language translator of QuranKong Lingyu 孔令玉, Chinese Muslim, 76th generation descendantKong Lingkui 孔令奎, Chinese Muslim, 76th generation descendantKong Lingzhen 孔令貞, Chinese Muslim, 76th generation descendantKong Lingjun 孔令儁, 76th generation descendantKong Qingdong 孔慶東 73rd generation descendantWilliam Hung 孔慶翔 (Kǒng Qìngxiáng) 73rd generation descendant.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.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.
