 Kung succeeded his grandfather Kung Te-cheng to the post of Sacrificial Official to Confucius in 2009 following the latter's death a year earlier and was at the same time appointed Senior Advisor by President Ma Ying-jeou.The 垂 Tsui character in his name is the generation name for 79th-generation descendants of Confucius.His children all have the character 佑 Yu in their names, it being the generation name given to 80th-generation descendants of Confucius.