How is the seniority stipulated?

It is said that, since the Qin Dynasty, the family name, clan unity, large clans first popular row into the word, Wei Jin began to appear into the name of the generation. Especially in the late Song Dynasty began, the size of the feudal families living in the clan organization to repair the genealogy of the wind is very prevalent, generation into the name is also prevalent. A kind of line generation word is the qualification of the word used in the name of each generation. The Kong family line generation of characters from the Si Hi, he stipulated that the next generation are used in the word "K". Then the next generation in turn in the name: Xi, words, Gong, Yan, Cheng, Hong, Wen, Ching, Shang, Diffusion, Xing, Yuk, Chuan, Jie, Guang, Zhaoshan, Xian, Qing, prosperous, detailed, Ling, De, Wei, Dui, You, Qin, Shao, Nian, Hsien, Yang and so on.