Cao Cao was one of the tyrants of the Three Kingdoms period, and it is undeniable that after Cao Cao established Cao Wei, he became the most powerful princely state in the Three Kingdoms. The reason why it was able to become the strongest princely state in the Three Kingdoms was that Cao Cao was a meritocracy. Under such circumstances, Cao Wei became strong. Cao Cao attracted many talents, including Xun Yu, Guo Jia and so on.
Among all the talents of Cao Wei, there was one person who must have to be said, and he was Kong Rong. Kong Rong was the twentieth grandson of Confucius. His seventh ancestor, Kong Ba, was a teacher of emperor Yuan of The Han Dynasty, and even Kong Rong's father was the Taishan Governor during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Kong Rong was a talented man at that time and was very famous. Therefore, it attracted Cao Cao's attention.
Most people know the story of Kong Rong through "Kong Rong makes pears", which is already well known. Nowadays, kong rong makes pears have profound educational significance. As a descendant of Confucius, Kong Rong is certainly indisputable in terms of education. However, when he arrived at Cao Cao, Kong Rong began to gradually "wanton".
In other words, Kong Rong at this time did not pay attention to Cao Cao at all. However, Kong Rong's end was very tragic, and he was destroyed by Cao Cao. The three clans refer to the paternal, matriarchal, and wife clans, so that Kong Rong's descendants were all killed by Cao Cao. According to the Zhou Li, the concept of "extinguishing the three tribes" should be the father, son, and grandson.
This is recorded in the Weekly Rites. Kong Rong was a Yan Sheng Gong at that time. First of all, Confucius, as an educator in history, his descendants were canonized during the Han Dynasty. In 195 BC, after the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty, Han Gaozu began to divide the descendants of Confucius to show respect for Confucius. Since Han Gaozu, emperors of successive dynasties have conferred on Confucius's descendants.
It's just that in the past thousand years, the titles of Confucius's descendants have been constantly changing. First of all, during the Three Kingdoms period, the Yan Sheng Gong did not appear. The earliest Yanshenggong appeared in the second year of the Song Dynasty, during which the emperor changed the title of Confucius's descendant to Yanshenggong. Although the titles are constantly changing, the titles of confucius descendants can be hereditary.
Now it seems that Cao Cao killed Kong Rong, which does not mean that Confucius's descendants were interrupted. Kong Rong was not a descendant of Confucius. Kong Rong's seventh ancestor was Kong Ba, who was given the title of "Marquis of Baocheng" by Emperor Yuan of Han, which was the first to be given the title of Marquis. However, according to the current information, the three generations of Kong Rong are not the descendants of Kong Ba, and none of them have inherited the title.
Kong Rong's grandfather, Kong Xian, is unknown. Kong Rong's father was also only a Taishan lieutenant. But the problem is that the direct genealogy from Kong Ba all the way to Kong Rong has been lost, which cannot confirm the relationship between them. Kong Rong does not represent the entire Kong family, and the Kong family is not only Kong Rong. In this way, the title of the Kong family definitely exists.
Not only did Yan Sheng Gong exist, but the titles of other emperors existed. Among the descendants of Confucius, Kong Rong is not orthodox at all, and has long been a side branch of the side branch. From the beginning of Han Gaozu, the descendants of Confucius were given the title. Nowadays, it seems that when he arrived at Kong Rong, his blood relationship with Confucius was already very far away.
Under such circumstances, Kong Rong is no longer a descendant of Confucius, and from this point of view, Kong Rong does not have any special titles. At that time, Kong Rong's identity was only a descendant of Confucius, and it was not at all a title. The title Ofelor Yan comes from the Song Dynasty, during which the Kong Rong period did not yet appear.
Therefore, Cao Cao's destruction of the Kong Rong Clan did not affect the existence of the Yan Sheng Gong. During the Song Dynasty, Yan Sheng Gong only appeared, and since then, the emperors of successive dynasties have crowned confucius's descendants as Yan Sheng Gong. After being renamed Yan Sheng Gong in the second year of song zhihe, it was once changed to Feng Sheng Gong, and later changed back to Yan Sheng Gong, and later generations have been following the title ever since.
Until the 24th year of the Republic of China, the government of the Republic of China abolished the title of Yan Sheng Gong and changed his title to dacheng Most Holy Ancestor Worship Official. To this day, the Dacheng Most Holy Ancestor Worship Officer still exists. Today's Dacheng Most Holy Ancestor is Kong Chuichang, born in Taiwan in 1975, the 79th grandson of Confucius. It is worth mentioning that in ancient times, the YanShenggong had many privileges.
In the Song Dynasty, it was equivalent to eight pin officials, the Yuan Dynasty was promoted to three pins, and the early Ming Dynasty was a one-pin civil official, from this point of view, Yan Sheng Gong belonged to the official position. Even during the Qing Dynasty, Yan Sheng Gong was authorized to ride horses in the Forbidden City and walk on the imperial road. In general, Kong Rong was wiped out of the three tribes, and it did not affect the canonization of Confucius's descendants at all.