This is the 5768th most frequent Chinese word.
后世
"后世" means "later generations" or "posterity."
后世 here means future generations, referring to people who will live in times to come.
他说要留下传说供后世传颂。
He said he wanted to leave a legend for future generations to praise.
In this case, 后世 refers to scholars of later times than the event or era under discussion.
后世的学者研究了这段历史。
Scholars of later generations studied this period of history.
The term 后世 in this sentence means future generations, emphasizing the continuity of responsibility and benefit for those who come after us.