On the fourth day of the first lunar month of the ninth year of the Republic of China (February 23, 1920), just after the New Year, the joy was not exhausted, and the concubines of a large family in Qufu, Shandong Province, were about to come to the pot.
Outside the delivery room, step by step, full of guards, this was the elite troops personally sent by Xu Shichang, the president of the Republic of China at that time. In addition, Qu Yingguang, governor of Shandong Province of the Beiyang government, and dozens of military and political leaders sat quietly outside the door to supervise production.
The governors of the army are on the battlefield, and a concubine gives birth to a child, why is there such a battle?
It turned out that this soon-to-be-born child was the 77th generation grandson of Confucius, and his birth had another extraordinary significance.
Confucius's 76th generation grandson and the 30th generation of Yan ShengGong Kong Lingyi had a difficult lifelong heir, the original Sun clan died early and did not have children, the successor Tao clan gave birth to a son and died prematurely, and the concubine Feng Clan also had nothing to come out.
As the grandson of Confucius, Kong Lingyi shouldered the heavy responsibility of heir, so he took Lady Tao's concubine Baocui as a side chamber. Madame Wang had a lot of heirs, but she was a girl even having two children.
In 1920, Kong Lingyi was critically ill, and he dictated a letter to Xu Shichang, president of the Republic of China, and puyi, the last emperor: "Ling Yi is nearly fifty years old, and he has no heirs, fortunately this year, the Wang clan of the side chamber is pregnant, and now that he has more than five months, if he can give birth to a male, he will become a Yan Sheng Gong, in accordance with the regulations." ”
On November 8, Kong Lingyi died at the Yansheng Gongfu on Taibu Temple Street in Beijing. Three months later, there was a scene at the beginning of the article.
The child to be born is Kong Lingyi's widow, if it is a boy, he is the 31st generation of Yan Shenggong, if it is a girl, the Kong family's concubine incense is cut off.
In order to prevent accidents or someone stealing the baby, Xu Shichang, president of the National Congress of the Republic of China, sent troops to handle the delivery room and ordered the governor to personally supervise the delivery, which shows the degree of attention.
For a long time, Madame Wang was a boy! Named Kong Decheng. On the same day, firecrackers were set off throughout qufu to celebrate, and the Beiyang Presidential Palace fired thirteen salutes of the highest specifications, and the whole country was full of joy.
On June 6, 1920, when Kong Decheng was in full swing, the Beiyang government announced to the whole country that it issued a decree of President Xu Shichang, and Feng Kong De became the hereditary 31st generation of Yan Shenggong.
Since ancient times, Chinese can not know the Qin Emperor Han Wu, or they can not know the Tang Emperor and Song Zu, but they cannot not know Confucius.
As the founder of the Confucian school, the most holy teacher, and the master of the world, Confucius's bloodline is not only the continuation of the family, but also the inheritance of Chinese culture.
In 195 BC, Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, made Confucius's 8th grandson Kong Teng the Emperor of Worship, and in the two thousand years since then, Confucius's descendants have hereditary titles, but their titles have changed repeatedly, and they have been fixed as Yan Sheng Gong by the Time of the Song Dynasty.
In the 24th year of the Republic of China (1935 AD), in view of the fact that the hereditary system was contrary to democratic ideas, the 15-year-old Kong Decheng took the initiative to ask the National Government of Nanjing to revoke the title of Duke of Yansheng. The National Government deliberated and repeatedly changed the name of The Holy Father to the posthumous official of the Most Holy Ancestor of Dacheng, and still a hereditary title. This is the only hereditary official position in the Republic of China, and it is also the only hereditary official position in China at present.
Kong Decheng was not only the last Yan Shenggong, but also the first Dacheng Most Holy Ancestor Worship Officer. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he refused to be wooed by the Japanese and moved to Taiwan in 1949.
In 2008, Kong Decheng died of illness at the age of 88. Kong De's eldest son died early, and his grandson Kong Chuichang inherited the title as a priest for the second generation of Dacheng Most Holy Ancestors.
Kong Youren(confucius's 80th eldest grandson) was born in Taiwan in 2006, and Kong Decheng saw his great-grandson and realized the same church as the fourth generation.