Twenty-four Filial Exemplars. In the story, Zeng Shen was one day out gathering firewood, when some visitors unexpectedly showed up at his home. His mother bit her finger, and Zeng felt a sharp pain in his heart. He immediately knew his mother needed him and rushed home. Descendants In 1452 the title Wujing Boshi () was bestowed upon the descendants of Zengzi and other Confucian sages such as Mencius, Yan Hui, Zhou Dunyi, and Zhu Xi. In the Republic of China there is an office called the "Sacrificial Official to Zengzi" which is held by a descendant of Zengzi, like the post of "Sacrificial Official to Mencius" for a descendant of Mencius, "Sacrificial Official to Yan Hui" for a descendant of Yan Hui, and the post of "Sacrificial Official to Confucius", held by a descendant of Confucius. Some of the descendants of Zengzi include: Zeng Gong, 43rd Generation descendant, Northern Song essayist, one of the Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song Zeng Guofan, 70th Generation descendant, Qing dynasty military leader and statesman Zeng Guoquan, 70th Generation descendant, Qing dynasty military leader and official, Zeng Guofan's younger brother Tsang Hin-chi, 74th Generation descendant, Hong Kong businessman, member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Donald Tsang, 74th Generation descendant, 2nd Chief Executive of Hong Kong Tsang Yam-pui, 74th Generation descendant, Commissioner of Police of Hong Kong, Donald Tsang's younger brother References Citations Bibliography External links Website on the Zeng family 505 BC births 435 BC deaths Disciples of Confucius 5th-century BC Chinese philosophers 5th-century BC Chinese people People from Linyi Philosophers from Lu (state) Twenty-four Filial Exemplars