把《孔子世家譜》續(xù)修頒譜典禮列入主題活動(dòng)，是2009中國(guó)(曲阜)國(guó)際孔子文化節(jié)的一大創(chuàng)新。

涵蓋孔子家族整個(gè)傳承史的《孔子世家譜》以其延時(shí)之長(zhǎng)、族系之明、纂輯之廣、核查之實(shí)、體例之備、保存之全，被吉尼斯世界紀(jì)錄列為“世界最長(zhǎng)家譜”，從任何一代都能上推至孔子。

本次續(xù)修活動(dòng)，是中華人民共和國(guó)成立以來(lái)的第一次修譜，由時(shí)任中國(guó)孔子基金會(huì)名譽(yù)會(huì)長(zhǎng)谷牧提議，經(jīng)孔子77代嫡孫孔德成先生同意，委托堂弟孔德墉先生于1998年開(kāi)始成立續(xù)修工作協(xié)會(huì)，歷經(jīng)10年，共搜集150多萬(wàn)后裔資料。此次成譜的總?cè)藬?shù)超過(guò)200萬(wàn)，是上一次修訂后數(shù)目的3倍多。

此次續(xù)修不僅在人數(shù)上超過(guò)以往，還有許多新突破與新發(fā)現(xiàn)，女性族人、少數(shù)民族、外籍孔子后裔首次錄入世家譜。同時(shí)，在修譜過(guò)程中，尋得了失散在臺(tái)灣屏東、龍?zhí)?、桃園等地200多年的900多名孔子后裔以及失散在山西昔陽(yáng)和河南洛寧超過(guò)千年的兩支族人，目前也已全部被錄入世家譜。根據(jù)《孔子世家譜》最新登記情況，從2500多年前至今，孔子世家已繁衍至83代，刷新了其自身保持的82代吉尼斯世界紀(jì)錄。

續(xù)修完成的《孔子世家譜》將在2009年孔子誕辰2560年之際正式出版。新家譜將實(shí)現(xiàn)數(shù)字化，并被賦予了分類統(tǒng)計(jì)功能，對(duì)研究儒家學(xué)說(shuō)及人口學(xué)、社會(huì)學(xué)、教育學(xué)等方面都將具有重要的史料價(jià)值?，F(xiàn)在孔氏族人遍布全球各地，這本家譜可以說(shuō)是聯(lián)系全球孔子后人的紐帶，是中國(guó)歷史文化傳承的一部分，意義非凡。

今年將《孔子世家譜》續(xù)修頒譜典禮活動(dòng)納入孔子文化節(jié)的主題活動(dòng)中，得到世界范圍內(nèi)孔氏后裔的積極響應(yīng)和全力支持，使孔子文化節(jié)更具深刻意義?！翱鬃邮兰易V續(xù)修告成頒譜儀式組委會(huì)”決定于今年孔子文化節(jié)期間舉辦孔子世家譜續(xù)修告成頒譜儀式，并向國(guó)家圖書(shū)館贈(zèng)送新修家譜，向孔府文物檔案館捐贈(zèng)新修孔子世家譜及續(xù)修的全部檔案，以此作為向2560年孔子誕辰獻(xiàn)禮。

The Confucian Family Tree

Enters the Guinness World Records

The Confucian Family Tree， which features a long period， clear clan distinction， extensive editorial scope， careful verification， and good reserves， has been listed by the Guinness World Records as the “l(fā)ongest family tree in the world.”

The current new edition of the Confucian family tree is the first since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The edition， which took 10 years， collected the data of more than 1.5 million descendants of Confucius and of more than two million people， triples the scope of the previous edition.

Apart from the number of Confucian descendants exceeding those in the previous edition， in this version， there are many new breakthroughs and discoveries. For the first time， women， the minorities and Confucian descendants living abroad are recorded. According to the latest information as recorded by the Confucian Family Tree， from more than 2，500 years ago to the present， the Confucian family has extended 83 generations， which surpasses the 82 family generations listed by the Guinness World Records.

The re-edited Confucian Family Tree will be published on the 2560th birthday of Confucius in 2009. Digitalization will be realized in the new Confucian family tree and the statistics and classification functions will also be available， which has important historic value for studies of Confucianism， demography， sociology and education.