Tomb of Er Cheng

The tomb of Er Cheng is about 25 kilometers south of Luoyang City, at the foot of Jingshan mountain in the west of Yichuan County, which is called Cheng Yuan. The former is the tomb of Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao, and the latter is the tomb of his father, which means that his father holds his son. The tombstones are well preserved. The three tombstones were set up by the county magistrate of Song County in the Yuan Dynasty. The tomb of Er Cheng consists of two parts: the tomb of Cheng and the ancestral temple of Cheng. The ancestral hall is composed of gate tower, wing room and main hall. There are also dozens of stone tablets in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Tomb of Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi

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The tomb of Er Cheng generally refers to the tomb of Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi

It is about 25 kilometers to the south of Luoyang City and about 1 km to the west of Yichuan County. At the foot of Baihu mountain, 5km away. Cheng Hao, Bai Wan, Ming Road. Cheng Yi, whose name is Gongshu, is Yichuan. The two brothers are philosophers, educators and founders of Neo Confucianism in the Northern Song Dynasty. His brother's tomb and his father's tomb are famous places of interest in Luoyang.

In May 2013, it was approved and announced as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council.

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It includes two parts: the tomb of Cheng and the ancestral temple of Cheng. The ancestral hall is composed of gate tower, wing room and main hall. There are also dozens of stone tablets in Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are tombstones, confessions, stone sheep, stone horses and so on in front of the tomb, and there are tomb walls around. The ancient trees in the area of tombs and ancestral temples are towering, setting off a solemn and quiet atmosphere.

Personage introduction

Cheng Hao (1032-1085 A.D.), also known as Mr. Mingdao (Bochun), Cheng Yi (1033-1107 A.D.), also known as Mr. Yichuan (Zhengshu), is a famous Neo Confucianist and educator in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Cheng Hao, a thinker and founder of Neo Confucianism in Northern Song Dynasty. The word is Bochun. Scholars call him Mr. Mingdao. He is from Luoyang, Henan Province. In the reign of Jiayou, when he was promoted to Jinshi, he was appointed as the chief bookkeeper and Jincheng magistrate of Xian and Shangyuan counties. With the achievements of governance, the crown prince agreed to supervise the Royal censor. He once participated in Wang Anshi's political reform. Later, he was demoted to Luoyang for opposing the new law. He contacted Wen Yanbo, Lu Gong and Sima Guang who were demoted to Luoyang and continued to oppose the new law. When the emperor zhezong ascended the throne, Sima Guang came to power and recommended Cheng Hao as the Prime Minister of Zongzheng temple. Jiading thirteen years (1220), granted posthumous chungong.

Cheng Yi, a thinker in the Northern Song Dynasty, is one of the founders of Neo Confucianism. The word is uncle Zheng. He is from Luoyang, Henan Province. Scholars call him Mr. Yichuan. When he was 14 or 15 years old, he went to Zhou Dunyi with his brother Cheng Hao. In the Southern Song Dynasty, he was named Zhenggong.

The influence of the second way

According to the records of Songxian County, "after Mencius, for thousands of 300 years, Master Cheng was born. He was close to Lianxi (Zhou Dunyi), the secret of Taiji, and gathered with Zhang (Zai) and Shao (Yong) in Yiluo. The school of Taoism gathered in the eastern capital. The two Cheng academies are also called Yiluo." Emperor LiZong of the Southern Song Dynasty praised the works of Ercheng, Zhou Dunyi, Zhang Zai and Zhu Xi as "the works of five ministers". In the Southern Song Dynasty, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, great Confucian sages were worshipped in Confucian temples. In 1103, the second year of Chongning in the Northern Song Dynasty, Er Cheng moved to the foot of the harou mountain (now Cheng village, Tianhu town). He was named "the hometown of Er Cheng" in the reign of Ming Shun.

Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi were born in Huangpi, Hubei Province, where their father was appointed. Their hometown is at the foot of Palou mountain, Song County, Luoyang City. They are the founders of Neo Confucianism in the song and Ming Dynasties, philosophers, educators, great Confucians and sages, inheritors and developers of Confucius and Mencius, and "advocates of a hundred generations of unique learning". Cheng Hao was once "granted the right of zhongyun, the prince, to supervise the imperial censor's Lixing, and shenzongsu knew his name. He was summoned several times and visited calmly"; Cheng Yi was promoted to "storytelling in Chongzheng Hall", that is, the teacher of the emperor's lectures. Er Cheng's Neo Confucianism, contained in their book Er Cheng Quan Shu, played an important role in the formation and development of feudal ideology after Song Dynasty, and played an important role in the history of Chinese philosophy. Moreover, it has an important influence on Japan, South Korea, Singapore and even the history of international philosophy.

Adjacent attractions

Longmen Grottoes Longyuwan National Forest Park Guanghua temple qingyaoshan Baiyuan temple dukangxianzhuang, the ancient city of Han and Wei Dynasties

Address: Tomb of Cheng Hao, Yichuan County, Luoyang City, Henan Province, China

Longitude: 112.39700317383

Latitude: 34.42440032959

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