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1047 K'ung Kuang-sên 孔廣森 (T. 眾仲 and 撝約. H. 顨軒). A.D. 1751-1786. A native of 曲阜 Ch'ü-fu in Shantung, and a descendant of Confucius in the sixty-eighth generation. He graduated in 1771, but soon retired from public life. Author of clever commentaries on the Five Classics, and of works on the seal and li styles of writing. 1048 K'ung Li 孔鯉 (T. 伯魚). B.C. 582-482. The only son of Confucius (see K'ung Ch'iu). At his birth, Duke 昭 Chao of the Lu State sent Confucius a present of some carp; and the latter, in honour of his sovereign's gift, took Li Carp as the name of his little son. 1049 K'ung Mêng-p'i 孔孟皮 (T. 伯尼). Son of K'ung Shu-liang Ho, by a concubine, and half-brother to Confucius. He was a cripple, and could not enter upon an official career. In 1857 his tablet was placed in the Confucian Temple. 1050
K'ung Mu-chin 孔木金. 8th cent. B. C. Son of 孔嘉 K'ung Chia, great-great-great-grandfather of Confucius, and the recognised founder of the family. He was an official of the Sung State, and was killed by a colleague, named 華督 Hua Ta, who wished to obtain possession of his wife. His tablet stands in the Confucian Temple, first among ancestors glorified as sages.