Tomb of Huang Zongxi

Tomb of Huang Zongxi

Huang Zongxi (1610-1695), with the name of Taichong and the name of Nanlei, was an outstanding thinker and historian in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. Huang Zongxi's tomb, a national key cultural relic protection unit, is located at the southeast foot of Longshan mountain at the foot of Hua'an mountain, 10 kilometers southeast of Yuyao City. It now belongs to shiwu'ao village, Lubu town.

A brief introduction to Huang Zongxi

Huang Zongxi's father, Huang zunsu, was a Jinshi of Wanli and a censor of tianqizhong. He was a member of Donglin Party. He was demoted for impeachment of Wei Zhongxian, and soon went to prison and died of torture. At the age of 19, Huang Zongxi went to Beijing to sue for wrongs. He went out to the court to stab the chief conspirator and pursue the murderer. Ming Sizong sighed that he was "the only son of a loyal minister". After Huang Zongxi returned to his hometown, he was even more indignant at reading, "indignant at the imperial examination's learning, so his thinking changed.". In addition, it was built in Nanlei to inherit the idea of Dong fa (suspected to be "Lin" - the author's Press) (volume 480 of the draft of the history of the Qing Dynasty). He also learned from the famous philosopher Liu Zongzhou and got Jishan's learning. After the Qing army entered the pass, Huang Zongxi summoned hundreds of Li Zhong's children to form "Shizhong camp" to fight against the Qing Dynasty for several years. After the failure, he returned to his hometown and wrote works behind closed doors.

Huang Zongxi's Enlightenment thought has no influence of foreign thoughts, unprecedented, known as the "father of Chinese ideological enlightenment"!

A brief introduction to Huang Zongxi's tomb

The tomb of Huang Zongxi is a key cultural relic protection unit in Zhejiang Province. In ancient times, this area was surrounded by green hills on three sides, with luxuriant trees and pleasant scenery. As described in the poem: "in the past, I used to be a neighbor, but the sound of water still kept on ringing all night. The scenery is too clear to be sold, and the river is full of bright eyes and peach blossom. "

After the failure of the anti Qing struggle, Mr. Lizhou built a thatched cottage in Longhushan in his later years and engaged in reading and writing in huaanshan. In the winter of 1688, the 27th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, when he was 79 years old, he found his own cemetery here, built a very simple shengkuang, and wrote a poem to keep it: "when the empty valley ascends, the pestle is frequent, and the wild fox, the snake and the mouse are not intimate. We should know that it's hard to avoid laughing, and we have a bitter love for life and death. " The whole poem is vivid, as if to hear the sound of each other's Symphonic pounding and pestle when the tomb was built. Mr. Lizhou also wrote "the last life of Lizhou" and "burial system or questions" to warn his children and grandchildren that after his death, he would be buried in his usual clothes, "a quilt and a mattress, a stone bed, no coffin, no Buddhism, no Qiqi, no preaching, no wizard, no inscription". He also quoted the example of this world and wrote a poem to show his ambition: "it is said that Zhao Jun would rather have a coffin than entangle himself. There are also wonders in the world, such as those of the ancients. " It further clarifies that "burying without coffin" not only has existed in ancient times, but also in modern times. His intention is to grieve for the death of the Ming Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty, and "hope for rapid decay, and do not want to express the reason" (the Shinto inscription of Mr. Lizhou). He also asked posterity that the small fields under the altar in front of the tomb could be "divided into three pools to grow Lotus" and "five plum trees could be planted on the grave". If "there are two more stone strips, they can be moved to my Kuang as a pillar and engraved with the words" don't be a prince, hold the wind festival of Ziling; Zhao Chao's writings are the same as Yu Xizhi's biography. " Encourage posterity to set a good example for their own life by virtue of the noble demeanor and integrity of the sages and writing and biography. On his deathbed, Mr. Li Zhou wrote another poem to show the hundred families of Ji Zi: "it has been eight years since the tomb was built, and I am glad that my dream has come down here. Don't teach me how to lose and laugh at the kite ants. I don't know what to do with my dead bones. " At the end of his life, Mr. Wang still kept in mind the idea of "burying from thrift", which made "a hundred families dare not disobey it". After his long death, his children and grandchildren were buried in accordance with the will. Quan Zuwang, a famous historian in Yinxian County in the early Qing Dynasty, wrote Shinto inscriptions and Mao Qiling, Xiao Shan, wrote epitaphs.

During the cultural revolution, Huang Zongxi's tomb was destroyed. In 1981, it was partially restored. The tomb faces southeast from the West. The front of the tomb looks like a lotus leaf gable and is made of stones with staggered joints. In the middle of the stone tombstone, engraved with the official script "Mr. Huanggong Lizhou tomb" seven characters. There is a stone sacrificial table in front of the monument, a worship altar paved with pebbles, and a stone stool on each side. Surrounded by towering mountains, green shade blocks out the sun, giving people a solemn and quiet feeling.

Tomb site: Lubu Town, Yuyao City, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province

Address: shiwuao village, Lubu Town, Yuyao City, Zhejiang Province

Longitude: 121.217574

Latitude: 29.986336

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