Monument of Meng Xiaoju

Zhaotong Meng Xiaoju monument is located in the third middle school of Zhaotong City. The stele was unearthed in 1901 at bainijing outside Zhaotong City. It was moved to Fengchi Academy (now No.3 Middle School of Zhaotong City) in that year and is now protected by a stele Pavilion. The monument is 1.33 meters high and 0.96 meters wide. There are 15 lines of inscriptions, each line contains 21 words (inferred from the meaning of the text, should be missing 77), Lishu, 256 words. Due to the lack of the first paragraph, there are only "bingshen", "October guimao" and "November Yimao". In the era of the monument, due to the lack of the year name, the saying is not true. According to textual research, it should be set up in the third year of Yongshou in the Eastern Han Dynasty (A.D. 157), and it is the only existing Han Dynasty tablet in our province. The inscription records the life story of Meng Guangzong (Xiaoju), the son of the order of Wuyang in the Han Dynasty. Meng is one of the most famous family names in nanzhong. In the middle, there are six acts with four words, the twelfth act with seven words, and the last two acts with inscriptions. On both sides of the inscription, there are green dragon and white tiger patterns, under which there are tortoise and snake patterns (Xuanwu), and the upper part should be bird shaped (rosefinch), which is called "four gods". The inscription is elegant, the calligraphy is square and full, simple and ancient, the posture is exaggerated, the portrait and calligraphy are the prevailing style in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Liang Qichao said in his postscript: "seeing this stele can prove the traces of the evolution of Han Li and modern li, which are all related to calligraphy", which is a precious material material for the study of ancient ethnic history in Southwest China. In 1965, the people's Government of Yunnan Province announced it as the first batch of provincial key cultural relics protection units.

Monument of Meng Xiaoju

The monument of Meng Xiaoju is located in Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province. In May 1901, it was unearthed in bainijing, Zhaotong. With vigorous calligraphy and elegant diction, this monument is simple and ancient. It is now embedded in the North Campus of Zhaotong experimental primary school.

brief introduction

The monument of Meng Xiaoju in Han Dynasty is located in Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province. In May 1901, it was unearthed in bainijing, Zhaotong. This monument, with vigorous calligraphy, elegant diction, simple and ancient, is now embedded in Fengchi Academy (today)

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The existing monument of Meng Xiaoju is broken at the upper end and complete at the lower end, with dragon pattern on the left, tiger pattern on the right and tortoise pattern on the bottom. The remnant stele is 1.33 meters high and 96 cm wide. There are 15 lines of inscriptions, each of which contains 21 words (according to the context, 7 words are missing on each line), and the official script. Due to the incomplete inscriptions, there are only "bingshen" and "October guimao in the west of the tomb, November Yimao pingxia" and other words, which bring difficulties to determine the time of building the monument. Scholars have made textual research and expressed their own opinions. There are mainly six theories: the fourth year of Heping in the Western Han Dynasty (25 BC), the twelfth year of Jianwu in the Eastern Han Dynasty (36 AD), the eighth year of Yongyuan (96 AD), the second year of Yongshou (156 AD), the third year of Yongshou (157 AD), and the twenty-first year of Jian'an (216 AD). The difference is as long as 230 years. According to the official inscriptions, fonts and writing style of the original stele, it is more reliable to erect the stele in Yongshou 2-3 years. The value of Meng Xiaoju tablet is various. In terms of content, it mainly describes Meng Xiaoju's life. Meng Xiaoju, formerly known as Meng Guangzong, was renamed as Meng Guangzong. He first hired "the daughter of he Yanzhen in Shu county", but died in Wuyang before marriage. His father's subordinate officials engraved this monument to send Xiaoju to the tomb of Zhu tizhu to commemorate the dead and comfort relatives. It can be seen that how the frontier teenagers studied the Central Plains culture and ancient books, and also revealed the marriage and funeral customs at that time. From the dragon, tiger and tortoise patterns carved around the stele, we can see the religious belief and stone carving art level of the local people in the Han Dynasty. From the point of view of calligraphy, the inscriptions are written in the official script with square strokes. The strokes are thin, vigorous and simple. Its discovery not only breaks the crude theory of "the north is round to the South", but also explores "the evolution trace of Han Li and modern li".

form

The existing monument of Meng Xiaoju is broken at the upper end and complete at the lower end, with dragon pattern on the left, tiger pattern on the right and tortoise pattern on the bottom. The remnant stele is 1.33 meters high and 96 cm wide. There are 15 lines of inscriptions, each of which contains 21 words (according to the context, 7 words are missing on each line), and the official script. Due to the incomplete inscriptions, there are only "bingshen" and "October guimao in the west of the tomb, November Yimao pingxia" and other words, which bring difficulties to determine the time of building the monument. Scholars have made textual research and expressed their own opinions. There are mainly six theories: the fourth year of Heping in the Western Han Dynasty (25 BC), the twelfth year of Jianwu in the Eastern Han Dynasty (36 AD), the eighth year of Yongyuan (96 AD), the second year of Yongshou (156 AD), the third year of Yongshou (157 AD), and the twenty-first year of Jian'an (216 AD). The difference is as long as 230 years. According to the official inscriptions, fonts and writing style of the original stele, it is more reliable to erect the stele in Yongshou 2-3 years.

value

The value of this monument is various. In terms of content, it mainly describes Meng Xiaoju's life. Meng Xiaoju, formerly known as Meng Guangzong, was renamed as Meng Guangzong. He first hired "the daughter of he Yanzhen in Shu county", but died in Wuyang before marriage. His father's subordinate officials engraved this monument to send Xiaoju to the tomb of Zhu tizhu to commemorate the dead and comfort relatives. It can be seen that how the frontier teenagers studied the Central Plains culture and ancient books, and also revealed the marriage and funeral customs at that time. From the dragon, tiger and tortoise patterns carved around the stele, we can see the religious belief and stone carving art level of the local people in the Han Dynasty. From the point of view of calligraphy, the inscriptions are written in the official script with square strokes. The strokes are thin, vigorous and simple. Its discovery not only breaks the old saying that "the north is round to the South", but also explores "the trace of evolution between Han Li and modern li" (Liang Qichao's language).

status

On May 25, 2006, as a cultural relic of the Han Dynasty, the monument of Meng Xiaoju was approved by the State Council to be listed in the Sixth Batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Address: Zhaotong No.3 middle school, Zhaoyang District, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province

Longitude: 103.71939632464

Latitude: 27.332520733861

Tel: 0870-2123079

Ticket information: 5 yuan

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