Kung Teh-cheng
| Kung Te-cheng | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacrificial Official to Confucius | |||||
 |
|||||
| President of the Examination Yuan | |||||
| Term | 17 August 1984 – 24 April 1993 | ||||
| Predecessor | Liu Chi-hung | ||||
| Successor | Chiu Chuang-huan | ||||
| Duke Yansheng | |||||
| Tenure | 6 June 1920 – 7 July 1935 | ||||
| Predecessor | Kong Lingyi, Duke Yansheng | ||||
| Successor | None Title changed to Sacrificial Official to Confucius |
||||
| Sacrificial Official to Confucius | |||||
| Tenure | 8 July 1935 – 28 October 2008 | ||||
| Predecessor | None New creation |
||||
| Successor | Kung Tsui-chang | ||||
| Born |
23 February 1920 Kong Family Mansion, Qufu, Shandong, Republic of China |
||||
| Died | 28 October 2008 (aged 88) Xindian, Taipei County, Republic of China |
||||
| Spouse | Sun Qifang | ||||
| Issue | Kong Wei'e Kung Wei-yi Kong Weilai Kong Weining |
||||
|
|||||
| Father | Kong Lingyi, Duke Yansheng | ||||
| Mother | Wang Baocui, concubine | ||||
| Full name | |
|---|---|
| Kong Decheng 孔德成 |
K'ung Te-ch'eng (Chinese: 孔德成; pinyin: Kǒng Déchéng; Wade–Giles: K'ung Te-ch'eng) (23 February 1920 – 28 October 2008) was a 77th generation descendant of Confucius in the main line of descent. He was the final person to be appointed Duke Yansheng and the first Sacrificial Official to Confucius. He helped formulate and was in charge of officiating the modern Confucius ceremony held annually in Taiwan. In addition to Sacrificial Official, he held numerous posts in the Republic of China government, including member of the National Assembly from 1946 to 1991, President of the Examination Yuan from 1984 to 1993, and senior advisor to the President of the Republic of China from 1948 to 2000. He held professorships at National Taiwan University, Fu Jen Catholic University, and Soochow University.
Kung was born in his family estate in Qufu, Shandong. He was the third child and only son of Kong Lingyi (孔令貽), Duke Yansheng by his second concubine, Wang Baocui (王寶翠). His father's name contained the character 令 Ling because it was the generation name for 76th generation descendants of Confucius. On 6 June 1920, shortly after his birth, he was appointed Duke Yansheng by President Xu Shichang in accordance with an imperial tradition dating back to 1055 of bestowing the title on the eldest male in each generation of the main line of descent. His father, Kong Lingyi (1872-Nov. 8, 1919), had died before Kung Te-cheng's birth. Kung Te-cheng became the last person to be granted the centuries-old dukedom when the title was abolished by the Nationalist Government in 1935 and replaced with that of Sacrificial Official to Confucius (大成至聖先師奉祀官, literally "Sacrificial Officer of the Great Accomplished and Most Sacred Teacher").
...
Wikipedia