Posted on 02/18/2008 7:01:57 PM PST by blam
Confucius, he has many descendants
By Richard Spencer in Beijing
Last Updated: 1:27am GMT 19/02/2008
More than a million people around the world have responded to an appeal for people who think that they are descendants of the Chinese sage Confucius.
The appeal was made by Kong Deyong, a 77th generation descendant of Confucius who founded the Confucius Genealogy Compilation Committee and is based in the family's home town of Qufu, eastern China.
Confucious: founding father of Chinese political and ethical thought
Mr Kong, a senior member of the Confucius clan, fled to Hong Kong after the Cultural Revolution, when he and many of his family members were persecuted, the sage's home was vandalised and the family tombs desecrated.
But now he is compiling a massive register of descendants with the backing of the Chinese government, which has restored the family's home and turned it into a tourist attraction.
He now has more than two million people on his records, 1.3 million of whom are names added since he launched plans for a revision of the register in 1998, due mainly to the inclusion of women for the first time.
Although Confucius was little honoured in his lifetime, and his works from time to time rejected outright during the 2,500 years since his death, he has been regarded as the founding father of Chinese political and ethical thought for most of that time.
It is believed that altogether the clan has more than three million members, all united by their family name, Kong, also written as Kung and Hung. Confucius's proper name was Kong Zi.
Regards, Hung Lo Rudder
Confucius say: Me love you long time, have plenty descendants, baby!
Confucius say, squirrel who runs up woman’s leg not find nuts.
# Man who run in front of car get tired.
# Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.
# Wife who put husband in doghouse soon find him in cathouse
Confucius say, butcher who back into meat grinder get a little behind in his orders
Confucius say, man who run through airport turnstile backward going to Bangkok.
Confucius say, man who fart in church often sit in own pew...
Confucius say, man who have last laugh, not get joke
ah so...
Really? You don't say.
Confucius says “Man who has hand in pocket get cocky all day.”
Our local Mensa group has a speaker at each of our monthly meetings. For February, our speaker was Dr. Hsiang-te Kung of the University Of Memphis Dept. of Earth Sciences, where he is the Director of Asian Studies, as well as the Confucius Institute. He is a 75th descendent of Confucius, and spoke to us about his illustrious ancestor.
Confucius Institutes have been opened at several American universities, with more to come, and are popular with students in International Studies and Business.
Knowledge is good, and so far this is positive, but the Muslim Studies departments have turned into scorpions in our universities, and we need to see that the same thing doesn’t happen to these.
Confucius say, baseball have it wrong - man with four balls cannot walk
Woman who fly upside down have hairy crack up.
Confucius say: He who goes to bed with itchy butt ...
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