1. Kong Te-cheng was a 77th generation descendant of Confucius in the main line of descent.
13 Facts About Kung Te-cheng
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Kung Te-cheng was the final person to be appointed Duke Yansheng and the first Sacrificial Official to Confucius.
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Kung Te-cheng helped formulate and was in charge of officiating the modern Confucius ceremony held annually in the Republic of China.
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Kung Te-cheng held professorships at National Taiwan University, Fu Jen Catholic University, and Soochow University.
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Kung Te-cheng was the third child and only son of Kong Lingyi, Duke Yansheng, by his second concubine, Wang Baocui.
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Kong 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 Ceremonial Official to Confucius.
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TIME magazine addressed him by the title "Duke Kung Te-cheng", and referred to his residence as the "ducal seat".
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Kung Te-cheng was a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of China from 1946 to 1991 and helped draft the 1947 Constitution of the Republic of China.
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Kung Te-cheng was a senior adviser to the President of the Republic of China from 1948 to 2000.
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Kung Te-cheng bore Kong one son who died at the age of three year.
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Kung Te-cheng died on 8 November 1919 at the Mansion of the Duke of Yansheng in Beijing.
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Kung Te-cheng acquired pneumonia and sepsis when he arrived at the emergency department.
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The ROC Ministry of the Interior appointed his grandson Kung Te-cheng Tsui-chang to succeed him as Sacrificial Official to Confucius.