Confucius, the great sage and philosopher, was named Qiu and styled Zhongni. He was a native of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period. He was a thinker, politician, educator, and founder of Confucianism in my country. He compiled the Spring and Autumn Annals, sorted out the Book of Songs and the Book of Documents, and established a philosophical and political system with "benevolence" as the core. Since the Han Dynasty, it has become the orthodoxy of feudal culture in my country for more than 2,000 years, and the feudal rulers have always revered him as a saint. In the border area of Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu, and Anhui, there is a legend about the origin of Confucius' ancestral home and the surname Kong, which is both historical and wild, and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Confucius' ancestral home, where eight generations of ancestors lived, according to authoritative materials such as Zuo Zhuan, Shiji, Confucius' Family Sayings, Selected Historical Materials of the Archives of Confucius Mansion in Qufu, Henan Tongzhi, Guide Prefecture Records, and Xiayi County Records, Confucius' ancestors were descendants of the royal family of the Yin Shang surname Zi. Confucius' early ancestor, Weizi Qi, was the eldest son of King Di Yi of the Shang Dynasty and the half-brother of King Zhou. He was once a minister of King Zhou. In the 11th century BC, King Wu of Zhou defeated King Zhou of Shang and established the Zhou Dynasty. He granted King Zhou's son Wu Geng the title of Duke of Chaoge to "continue the Yin sacrifice". Later, Wu Geng rebelled and was executed. Wei Zi Qi1 became the Duke of Shang, and established the state of Song to "sacrifice Shang", becoming the first monarch of the Dukedom of Song. After Wei Zi Qi died, his younger brother Zhong Siyan (also known as Xie) was enthroned according to Yin rituals. This was Wei Zhong. Wei Zhong was the 14th generation ancestor of Confucius. When the 10th generation ancestor Fu Fu He was born, Fu Fu He gave up the throne to Duke Li. Fu Fu He1 was a hereditary Shangqing, and his fief was in Li (now Xiayi County), and they lived together for generations. The fourth generation grandson of Fu Fu He was Kong Fu Jia. Kong Fu Jia was educated and influenced by his father since he was a child, and became a talented person of both civil and military strategies. He was highly valued by the court and served as the Grand Marshal of Song. Later, there was a struggle among the nobles of Song, and Kong Fu Jia was killed by the Prime Minister Hua Du. According to folk legend, Kong Fu Jia had a beautiful wife. During a spring outing, Kong Fujia's wife was seen by the Prime Minister Hua Du, who coveted her. In order to occupy Kong Fujia's wife, Hua Du found an excuse to kill Kong Fujia. "Hua Du killed him and cut off his family line, and his son Mu Jinfu was demoted to a scholar." After Kong Fujia was killed, his son Mu Jinfu was demoted from a senior official to a scholar. Mu Jinfu gave birth to Qi Fu (Gao Yi), and Qi Fu gave birth to Fang Shu, both of whom lived in Xiayi. Later, Fang Shu took refuge in Shandong and became a Lu person. From Confucius' tenth-generation ancestor Fu Fu He to Confucius' great-grandfather Fang Shu, a total of eight generations of Kong's ancestors lived in Xiayi for a long time. It was because of this that Confucius was able to "live in Song for a long time", "observe the Yin Dao", and "learn the Yin rituals" in his early years. When Confucius was alive, he repeatedly returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors, which was called "returning to the hometown". It was for this reason that some of Confucius' descendants settled down in the local area when they worshiped their ancestors. Now, there were many people with the surname Kong living near the Confucius Returning Home Temple in Xiayi. According to records, these Kong people lived in Huanxiangli (later called "Cao Village", now called "Wanggonglou"). In the local area, there is still a saying that "Dongcao Village does not pay taxes". The villagers near Confucius' ancestral home all benefited from it and enjoyed the respect of the Kong family, and did not pay taxes. Later, in order to commemorate Confucius' return to his hometown to worship his ancestors, people built a ancestral hall in Huanxiangli, called "Huanxiang Temple". According to the "Xiayi County Chronicles", at the beginning, Huanxiang Temple was a group of ancient buildings with oriental architectural characteristics and majestic momentum. Its buildings imitated the system of Confucian Temple, facing north and south, arranged in sequence along the central axis, and basically symmetrical on both sides. The temple covers an area of 50 mu. The entire building once had one wall, four doors, one altar, two wings, a forest of steles, two halls, and one hall. Later, due to the flooding of the Yellow River and the "0", Confucius Huanxiang Temple was destroyed. In 1994, the Xiayi County People's Government restored Confucius Huanxiang Temple in order to promote national culture and explore this precious cultural heritage. The newly restored Confucius Homecoming Temple is located 6 kilometers north of the current Xiayi County. Kong Demao, the 77th-generation granddaughter of Confucius and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, once wrote: "My ancestor Confucius's ancestral home is the State of Song, and my ancestor Fufu He went to Li, which is now Xiayi County." The fact that Confucius' ancestral home is in Xiayi has been unanimously recognized by Chinese historians, the public and Confucius' descendants. The surname Kong originated from Li and was respected for generations. Kong Fujia was a senior minister and was once the Grand Marshal of Song. Later generations were demoted from a senior minister to a scholar. In order to show the status of their ancestors, the descendants of Kong Fujia took "Kong" as their surname, and Kong Fujia was the ancestor of the Kong surname. Kong Fujia's activities throughout his life were all in Xiayi, and his descendants inherited his surname Kong, so it can be said that the surname Kong originated from Xiayi. According to legend, the Kong family was not prosperous before. Confucius' father Shuliang He was a warrior. Shuliang was his courtesy name, and He was his given name. Calling him "Shuliang He" was a respectful title. Shuliang He was a strong man with a round waist and extraordinary strength. He was famous for his bravery. Because Shuliang He was both wise and brave, he was known for his martial arts among the princes and later promoted to the official of Zouyi. Shuliang He first married Shi and gave birth to nine daughters in a row. He then married a concubine and gave birth to a son, Mengpi, who was also lame. In order to continue the incense of his ancestors and revive the family business, Shuliang He proposed to Yan when he was sixty years old. The Yan family was a big family in Qufu. There were three daughters in the family. The eldest and second daughters were unwilling to marry this old man who was already sixty years old despite being a hero, but the third daughter Zhengzai agreed to marry him generously and soon became pregnant. Zhengzai gave birth to a boy in the tenth month, who was Confucius. After Confucius, there was another seven generations of single descendants. The second generation, Kong Li (lived for 50 years), was posthumously named Marquis of Sishui in the Song Dynasty; the third generation, Kong Ji (lived for 63 years), was posthumously named Marquis of Yi State Shusheng in the Yuan Dynasty; the fourth generation, Kong Bai (lived for 47 years), was the prime minister of the Kingdom of Wei of Qi; the fifth generation, Kong Qiu (lived for 45 years); the sixth generation, Kong Ji (lived for 46 years); the seventh generation, Kong Chuan (lived for 51 years). It was not until the eighth generation that the Kong family began to prosper, with offshoots appearing and beginning to flourish. Confucius was revered as the founder of Confucianism and was respected by the feudal imperial power for generations, so the descendants of Confucius also shared a respectable social status. Since the Han Dynasty, the Kong family has enjoyed special treatment in social and economic aspects, and people with the surname Kong generally do not have to pay grain or taxes. Another symbol of enjoying a respected status is the generation ranking of the Kong family genealogy granted by the emperor. Emperor Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty granted the Kong family a name generation from the 56th to the 65th generation. In the second year of the Chongzhen reign of the Ming Dynasty, the 65th generation of the Kong family, Kong Yinzhi, petitioned the emperor for permission and was granted the name of the 66th to 75th generations. In the second year of the Tongzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty, the 75th generation of the Kong family, Kong Xiangke, petitioned the emperor for permission and was granted the name of the 76th to 85th generations. Now, it is estimated that there are 5,000 to 6,000 descendants of the Kong family living in Xiayi. The Kong Zulin in Xiayi, where "coffins are placed on coffins" are passed down from generation to generation. There is a Konglin in Qufu and there is also a Konglin in Xiayi. The Konglin in Qufu is where the descendants of the Kong family after Confucius are buried, while the Konglin in Xiayi County is where the ancestors of Confucius and above are buried. According to research, the Konglin in Xiayi is on the east bank of Qiulonggou, west of the Confucius Homecoming Temple. According to legend, the Konglin was once huge, with a distance of two kilometers from the gate to the cemetery, with stone men and stone horses standing on both sides and ancient trees towering into the sky. Due to its age, the Konglin no longer exists after the Yellow River flooded and flooded several times. However, there is a story of "coffin (official) on coffin (official)" circulating near the Homecoming Temple, which is popular and has been passed down. During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the ancestor of the Peng family in Xiayi moved from Jiangxi and lived in Sidaokou in the north of Xiayi County. At that time, Sidaokou was an important town in the eastern part of Henan Province, with a water and land wharf, and a developed economy and culture. The ancestor of the Peng family did business in Sidaokou and gradually became prosperous. The two sons he carried on his shoulders gradually grew up, and the ancestor of the Peng family also gradually grew old. After the death of the ancestor of the Peng family, where to bury him became a problem. The Peng family had no land in Xiayi, and it was not allowed to bury the grave in anyone's land. What to do? Someone gave his two sons an idea that only if they were buried in the wasteland of the old Yellow River in the southwest, no one would stop them. It was snowing heavily at that time, and it was impossible to carry the coffin. The two brothers had to put the old man's coffin on a trailer and use cattle to pull it to the wasteland of the old Yellow River. But because the snow was too deep, when they reached a highland east of the Yellow River, the cows were too tired to move. The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the two brothers had no choice but to dig a pit on the spot to bury the old man. As they dug, the two brothers dug up a large coffin, which was the coffin of the Kong family. At that time, the two brothers were exhausted, and the snow made it impossible for them to open their eyes, so they hastily buried the old man on top of the large coffin. After that, the Peng family began to prosper, and their business grew bigger and bigger. Many scholars and scholars also came out of the family. At the most prosperous time, there were more than a dozen Jinshi in the family. Some people also became high officials in Shanxi, Jiangxi and other places. Many people said that this was all because the Peng family took advantage of the Kong family's feng shui, "coffin (official)" plus "coffin (official)", commonly known as "coffin (official) on coffin (official)". According to the descendants of the Peng family in Sidaokou Village, "coffin (official) on coffin (official)" is indeed true. When the graves were leveled in 1958, the Peng family dug out the Kong family's coffin under their ancestor's grave.