Kung Te-cheng, the 77th-generation main-line descendant of Confucius, has for many years served as Sacrificial Official to Confucius for the Republic of China; he is also an accomplished teacher and scholar of noble character who was once appointed as president of the Examination Yuan.
孔子的 77 代嫡長孫孔德成不僅長年擔任中華民國「至聖先師奉祀官」，也是德高望重的杏壇宿儒，曾任為國選才的考試院長。