Ancient China · Philosopher and Teacher

the Sage 先聖

Xiansheng

Attested BC 551 - BC 479

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

the Sage was a Philosopher and Teacher.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 551 to BC 479 先聖
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 284, passage 263

Family

Ancestor of Kong Yansheng (孔彥繩)
fifty-ninth-generation descendant of the Sage 先聖五十九代孫 · 59 generations
Directly stated · History of Ming 284, passage 263

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 284Volume 284 Biographies 172: Confucian Scholars 3 · 1 passage

孔彥繩，字朝武，衢州西安人，先聖五十九代孫也。 Kong Yansheng, whose courtesy name was Chaowu, was from Xi'an in Quzhou and a fifty-ninth-generation descendant of the Sage.