List of prominent descendants of Confucius not in the main line
The title of Duke of Song and "Duke Who Continues and Honours the Yin" were bestowed upon Kong An |孔安 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.
Kong Anguo 12th generation descendant, son of Kong Zhong
Kong Jie, Kong Xi, Kong Guang, sons of Kong Ba, younger brothers of Kong Fu. 14th generation descendants.
. 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 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 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 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.
H. H. Kung 75th generation descendant, son of Kong Fanci
*His children were Kong Lingyi , Kong Lingkan , Kong Lingjun , and Kong Lingjie . One of H. H. Kung's sons, Kong Lingjie married Debra Paget who gave birth to Gregory Kung.
Kong Xianglin 孔祥林, philosopher, Deputy Dean of the Research Institute of Confucianism, Director of the Qufu Committee for the Preservation of Cultural Relics.
Kong Dejun Chinese Muslim Islamic scholar, 77th generation descendant
Kong Lingjun 孔令儁, 76th generation descendant
: During the Yuan dynasty, Gong So, who claimed to be one of the Duke Yansheng Kong Huan's sons, moved from China to Goryeo era Korea, wedding a Korean woman during Toghon Temür's rule. Gong So's descendants have established numerous cadet branches to the modern era.
