n. 子孙, 后裔

[法] 子嗣, 后代, 后裔

Posterity \Pos*ter"i*ty\, n. [L. posteritas: cf. F.
post['e]rit['e]. See {Posterior}.]
1. The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the
furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who
are descended from an ancestor of a generation;
descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the
posterity of Abraham.

If [the crown] should not stand in thy posterity.
--Shak.

2. Succeeding generations; future times. --Shak.

Their names shall be transmitted to posterity.
--Shak.

Their names shall be transmitted to posterity.
--Smalridge.