Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "deposed the Hundred Families and exalted Confucianism", Confucius's status has been unprecedentedly elevated, and subsequent dynasties have regarded Confucius as their predecessor, and his descendants have also inherited the title of Shenggong for life. In the eyes of the world, the descendants of Confucius in the feudal era were all prominent figures.
But the matter is afraid to study in detail, the author has sorted out some information about the Yan Sheng Gong and some anecdotes about the descendants of the Kong Sheng family, only to know that the descendants of the saints are not all prominent from generation to generation.
Confucius was revered as the "Most Holy Ancestor of Dacheng" in the feudal era, and his descendants were given the title of duke, and hereditary succession, known as the "head of civil officials", in the Ming and Qing dynasties, "Yan Sheng Gong" could ride horses in the Forbidden City, parallel to the emperor, in addition to the "Yan Sheng Gong Mansion" in Qufu, Shandong, Beijing also had its official residence. At present, xidan Taibu Temple Street can still faintly peek at the old appearance of the "Sheng Gong Mansion".
Although the descendants of Confucius are known as "the first in the world", the descendants of Confucius are not all prominent. People who study calligraphy probably know the treasure of the "YuhongLou Stele", and its author is Kong Jizhuo, a descendant of Kong Sheng's near branch.
Kong Jishu was a man of great diligence and talent, and once presided over the affairs of the Confucius Palace, and later because someone in the Beijing Imperial Palace observed the celestial signs, it was calculated that Kong Jishu wanted to usurp the throne of the True Dragon Heavenly Son. The reigning Qianlong Emperor immediately sent people to raid his home, and the Kong government expelled him from the clan. Since then, he has not lived in the "Yuhong Lou" for ten years, but concentrated on the study of calligraphy, collecting the calligraphy of the famous masters of the past generations, and compiling as many as 584 pieces of "Yuhong Lou Stele".
Among them, the Fa Ti is divided into 14 categories, divided into "Yuhong Lou Ti", "Yu Hong Lou Jian Zhen", "GuYuan Moshi", etc., the Fa Ti scroll is written by the calligrapher Zhang Zhao in a variety of fonts such as xing, grass and kai during the Qianlong period, and Zhang Zhao bears the title of the book during the Qianlong period, which is said to be appreciated by the Qianlong Emperor and is often ghostwritten by Qianlong. In his later years, Kong Jishu lived in Beijing, and died of long years of melancholy, and his descendants were honored as "the house of sinners" for generations.
Kong Jishu's brother Kong Jifen suffered even more miserably. Kong Jifen presided over the affairs of the Kong family as the uncle of Yan Shenggong, and painstakingly studied the kong family etiquette and canon, and wrote a lot of works. At the age of 14, he became a gongsheng, and later went to Beijing to serve as the secretary of the Guozi Supervision Bureau and the walking of the Military Aircraft Department.
At that time, the style of literal prison was in full swing, and unexpectedly, someone described a sentence in his writings, "In the heart of a retro in the district", as dissatisfaction with the Qing Dynasty system, and the inspector of Shandong sent Kong Jifen to the provincial court for interrogation in the night of the stars, and then escorted him to the Beijing Jiaotong Punishment Department and the university scholar Jiuqing for "strict interrogation" at the will of Qianlong.
Although Kong Jifen repeatedly explained, but still from the re-dispatch of Yili to charge the army, when Kong Jifen was more than sixty years old, soon died on the road to Chongjun, his son Kong Qingsen was a famous sinologist of the Qing Dynasty, his works were valued by scholars at that time, but because of his father, his life was also unsuccessful, quite depressed.
Then there is Kong Shangren, the author of "Peach Blossom Fan", who is also a descendant of Kong Sheng, and he was also unmotivated before his death. He served as a doctor of Guozijian from Beijing, and it took nine years to write "Peach Blossom Fan", which caused a sensation in Beijing and caused displeasure in the imperial court. It is said that the Kangxi Emperor sent people to ask Kong Shangren for a manuscript overnight, and after the "Imperial Review", he was deposed.
However, the fate of Kong Shangren was much stronger than that of Kong Jishu and Kong Jifen's brothers, and he finally returned to his hometown safely and returned to his roots. His tomb is still in the Qufu Kong forest.
At that time, Kong Jishu was expelled from the clan, and after death, he could not enter KongLin, and could only be buried in the field outside Konglin, which can also be regarded as a painful history of Sven sweeping the floor in the old era.