Xunzi tomb

Xunzi tomb

Xunzi tomb, also known as "Lanling ancient tomb" and "Xunqing tomb", is located 1.5km southeast of Lanling Town, Lanling County, Linyi City, Shandong Province. It is the tomb of ancient sage Xunqing.

Xunzi served twice as the commander of Lanling County in the state of Chu (now Lanling County, Linyi City, Shandong Province). After resigning, he lived in Lanling and wrote books. After his death, he was buried in Lanling.

Xunzi's tomb is 10 meters long from east to west, 8 meters wide from south to north, 7 meters high from east to west and 3 meters high in the middle. There are two steles in front of the tomb: one is erected in 1841, the inscription and signature of the stele are not clear; the other is inscribed by Zhou Fuli, governor of Shandong Province in 1904, with the inscription "Tomb of Xunqing in Chu Lanling".

On December 23, 1977, Xunzi's tomb was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Shandong Province by Shandong Provincial Revolutionary Committee.

geographical position

Xunzi's tomb is located 1.5km southeast of Lanling Town, Lanling County, Linyi City, Shandong Province.

Brief introduction to Xunzi

Xunzi (about 313-238 B.C.), known as Kuang, was born in the state of Zhao in the Warring States period. He was a master of Confucianism after Confucius and Mencius. The world respected him as "Xunqing". He once traveled to study in the state of Qi, and served as Ji's official in the imperial palace. Later, he went to the state of Chu and was appointed by Chunshen Jun as Lanling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling. He resigned in his old age and wrote books. After his death, he was buried in Lanling. His book Xunzi has the thought of simple materialism.

Xunzi became a "Scholar" when he was young. When he came of age, he traveled to Qi, where he served as a sacrificial wine in Jixia Academy, and was "the most teacher" when he was king Xiang of Qi. Later, he was slandered by the Qi people and adapted to Chu. In the 8th year of King kaolie of Chu (255 BC), he was appointed as the Lanling order by Chunshen, who was granted the title of emperor Huaibei at that time. Later, he was slandered and dismissed. He returned to the state of Zhao and was honored as the prime minister. After the truth came to light, Chunshen was eager to ask Xunzi to return to Chu and take over the post of Lanling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling Ling. About 238 B.C., Chunshen was killed by Li Yuan, a disciple. Xunzi resigned, lived in Lanling, wrote books and lectures, died and was buried in Lanling.

When did Xunzi die? It's not available now. After the death of Chunshenjun in the 25th year of King kaolie of Chu (238 BC), Xunzi's family was in Lanling, which is clearly recorded in Sima Qian's historical records · biographies of Mencius and Xunzi, so Xunzi died after 238 BC. According to Cangshan County annals, Xun Kuang died of illness in about 230 BC and was buried in Lanling, while Hou Wailu, a famous contemporary ideological historian, believes that he was still alive until the unification of the Qin Dynasty.

Xunzi tomb

Xunzi tomb, also known as "Lanling ancient tomb", is 1.5 km southeast of Lanling Town, Lanling county. Xunzi was buried in Lanling, which is recognized by historians of all dynasties. Linyi County annals was compiled in 1916, and it was recorded that there was Xunqing tomb in Lanling of topographical annals. Two miles southeast of the old city, the tombs are all sacrificial fields, which are nearly eroded by people. In 1935, Linyi County annals was revised and photos of ancient tombs were added.

In addition, to provide us with more detailed historical data is the present Xunzi tomb in front of the two stone tablets erected during the Qing Dynasty. In 1841, it was initiated by Zeng Guangsheng, a member of the Imperial College of Qing Dynasty, and was donated by all the people. The stele was inscribed with six characters "Bujian Xunzi's tomb record", which describes Xunzi's life and the rise and fall of the tomb. On the east side is the tomb of Xunqing, the governor of Shandong Province in 1904. On the side of the stele, there is a record of Zhou Fu donating his salary to rebuild Xunzi's tomb. The inscription orders to protect Xunzi's tomb and forbid people to graze and cut wood near the cemetery. In 1977, Xunzi tomb was announced as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit.

Xunzi's achievements

Xunzi had been engaged in politics in Lanling for a long time, writing and lecturing. It is said that he set up schools in Xingtan of Wenfeng mountain, Xuncheng city and xueziwang of Lanling county. *** He passed on the book of songs to his disciples Mao Heng and Fu Qiu Bo, the book of changes to the Chu people Miao he and Lu Jia, and the spring and Autumn Annals and Zuo Zhuan to his disciples Zhang Cang. Xunzi cultivated many disciples such as Han Fei, Li Si and Fu Qiubo, and also cultivated many talents for Lanling. In the Western Han Dynasty, the prosperity of Confucianism in Lanling benefited from Xunzi's style of study.

In his later years in Lanling, Xunzi summed up the theoretical achievements and his own academic thoughts of a hundred schools of thought, and established a complete system of simple materialism philosophy in the pre Qin period. His thoughts were mainly reflected in Xunzi, which was sorted out into 32 by Liu Xiang, and then compiled by Yang Xie of Tang Dynasty, and has been handed down to this day.

Inscriptions and postscripts of poems in the past dynasties

Li Ye, the author of nuclear boat and poet of Ming Dynasty, came to Lanling to pay a special visit to Xunzi's tomb. When he saw that Xunzi's tomb was lonely and desolate, he was filled with emotion

The fox and rabbit in the ancient tomb,

Passers by pointed out Xunqing's tomb.

At that time, the literary talent was Ling Xinghong,

It's a day of smog.

Lying in smoke, autumn dusk.

Thorns are like clouds.

No one came to the wild flowers,

Only spider silk Luo tomb door.

In 1841, the Qing government built a tombstone of Xunzi. In the 30th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, Zhou Fu, governor of Shandong Province, set up a stele named "Tomb of Xunqing ordered by Chu Lanling".

In 1977, it was announced as the first batch of provincial key protection units, and Cangshan County Reform Committee set up another protection landmark.

popularity

On August 7, 2010, domestic and foreign experts and scholars who participated in the global forum of Confucianism - the International Symposium on the contemporary value of Xunzi's thought visited Linyi city. Wang Xiaoyi, vice mayor, and Bao Zushan, vice chairman of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, were accompanied. Experts and scholars first came to Cangshan County to visit Dai village of bianzhuang Town, Xunzi Tomb of Lanling town and Lanling group. In daicun, they came to the agricultural science and technology demonstration park to learn about agricultural development. In front of Xunzi's tomb in Lanling Town, experts paid a visit to this great Confucian sage; in the product exhibition hall of Lanling group, they tasted the famous Lanling wine. In the afternoon, experts and scholars visited Shusheng stele tower, Linyi Economic Development Zone, Linyi City Planning Exhibition, Riverside scenic spot, Wang Xizhi's former residence, Yinqueshan Han tomb Bamboo Museum, etc. After a one-day visit, they praised Linyi's achievements in economic and social development in recent years. At the same time, they believe that Linyi has a long history and splendid culture, which has bred countless celebrities. Wang Xizhi, Zhuge Liang, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Hong, and a large number of historical celebrities including Xunzi were born or lived here, making the calligraphy culture, intellectual culture, military culture, filial piety culture integrate here, forming a profound and unique cultural heritage of Linyi With clear planning objectives, clear thinking, river as the axis and the planning concept of cross-strait development, we have built a waterfront ecological city with pleasant scenery and superior environment. They believe that Linyi has the advantages of both time, location and people, and has great development potential and broad prospects. They believe that Linyi will have a better future.

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