Tomb of Wang Chong

Tomb of Wang Chong

Wang Chong's tomb is located in Wushi, lin'ao village, Zhang Town, Shangyu City. Cultural relics protection units in Zhejiang Province.

scale

According to Shangyu county annals, "Wang Chong's tomb is on Wushi mountain, the 14th capital of the southwest of the county. In the 12th year of the Jiaqing reign of the Qing Dynasty, Lin Jian, a native of the city, repaired the stone. In the 5th year of Xianfeng reign, Lin Chen and Xie Jianting rebuilt the stone. "In 1965, when they expanded the tea sound, the tomb was destroyed. Only one stone tablet erected in the 5th year of Xianfeng reign was left, engraved with" the tomb of Mr. Zhongren of Han Dynasty ". In 1981, the provincial people's government paid for the restoration of the original site. The tomb is round in shape, made of black stone. The top of the tomb is covered with soil and grass. It is 2 meters high and 5 meters in diameter. In front of the tomb stands a tombstone of the fifth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty. The platform is 10 meters wide and 11 meters deep. It is also made of black stone. In front of the platform stands a stele describing Wang Chong. The cemetery is simple and solemn, surrounded by lush tea trees.

Guangxu's Shangyu county annals continued: "Han county Gongcao Wang Chong tomb, in the southwest of the county fourteen capital Wushi mountain. In the 12th year of Jiaqing reign of the state Dynasty, Lin Jianxiu was a native of the city. In the fifth year of Xianfeng, Lin Dingchen and Xie Jianting rebuilt the stone ? in 1981, it was rebuilt on the original site. The south facing tomb is round and built with stones. It is 1.20 meters high and 16.10 meters in circumference. It is covered with earth. The stele in front of the tomb is 1.75 meters high and 0.63 meters wide. In running script, it is inscribed with the inscription "the tomb of Mr. Zhong Ren of the Han Dynasty, Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty, five years old in Yimao, Guiyue and Jidan.". The platform is 11 meters long and 10 meters wide, and the passage is 15.50 meters long and 3.10 meters wide. Cypresses are planted on both sides.

occupant of a tomb

Wang Chong (A.D. 27-about 97), whose name is Zhongren, was born in Shangyu, Kuaiji (now Shangyu, Zhejiang). Philosopher of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Shaogu is famous for his filial piety. Later, he went to Luoyang Taixue to study. He was a teacher of banbiao. He was good at reading, but didn't follow the rules. His family was poor and had no books. He was a bookshop in Luoyang of Changzhou. At first sight, he was able to recite and memorize, so he learned the words of hundreds of families. After returning to the countryside, he taught as a student. He once served as a meritorious officer in the county and a senior official in Yangzhou. He was dismissed from office and engaged in writing. Xie Yiwu, the prefect of Kuaiji, wrote a letter to recommend talents and learning. The emperor of Han Dynasty ordered a public car to be recruited, but he was not appointed because of illness. His ancestors migrated from Yuancheng, Wei Prefecture, to Kuaiji. Wang Chong became an orphan when he was young, and the villagers praised him for his filial piety. Later, he went to the capital and the Imperial College (the highest institution in the central government) to study. He was taught by Ban Biao, a Fufeng native. Wang Chong's tenet is the natural inaction of Taoism, and "heaven" is the highest category of the view of heaven. Taking "Qi" as the core category, the natural gasification of Yuanqi, Jingqi and Heqi forms a huge model of universe formation, which is in opposition to the theory of heaven man induction. It shows the characteristics of Taoism in advocating natural life and death, advocating thin burial, and rebelling against the deification of Confucianism. He verified his speech with facts and made up for the defect of Taoist empty theory. He is an important inheritor and developer of Taoism in Han Dynasty. Although Wang Chong's thought belongs to Taoism, it is strictly different from Laozi and Zhuangzi's thought in the pre Qin period. Although he is the advocator of Taoism in the Han Dynasty, it is different from Huanglao's thought in the early Han Dynasty and the popular Taoism in the late Western Han Dynasty. It took Wang Chong 30 years to write 85 chapters of Lun Heng. In Yongyuan, he died at home. Wang Chong's philosophical achievements are of great importance in ancient China. Lun Heng is Wang Chong's representative work and an immortal atheist work in Chinese history.

Address: Zhang Town, Shangyu City, Zhejiang Province

Longitude: 120.84143680556

Latitude: 29.799328725022

Chinese PinYin : Wang Chong Mu