Inner hole and outer hole of Kong's genealogy

As saints, the clan relatives of Kong often call themselves inner holes or true holes, while the clan relatives of Kong with different surnames are called outer holes or false holes. Here, the inside and outside, authenticity, is based on the spread of the holy vein as a control.

There are two situations about the outer hole emphasized by the sage. Confucius' files belong to private files. As successive emperors gradually awarded titles and titles to Confucius' descendants, the relationship between Confucius and the emperor became closer and closer, and the context was one after another, and the state capitals all over the country also exchanged one after another. There are 360,000 mu of land dedicated to Confucius in the Confucius House, which are distributed in hundreds of counties in five provinces. Therefore, there are many relations between the county government and Confucius, and the handling of land disputes is more complicated. Confucius' mansion is a feast duke's mansion and a first-class official. In addition to the three courtyards, there are ten offices in the house, all of which have daily office documents, plus various account books of Lin Temple, the rules of living in the house and so on. Therefore, the information is extremely rich.

Later generations of Confucius called it Inner Confucius, also called True Confucius and Inner Palace Confucius. The forty-third generation grandson of Confucius, Kong Renyu, was usurped and changed his surname to Kong Mo. The descendants of Confucius, who are both surnamed Kong but have different clans, are called outer holes, also known as false holes or outer court holes.