Hometown of Zhu Xi

Hometown of Zhu Xi

Zhu Xi was born in the West Chamber of the villa (Zheng'an Road (yizhai) Pavilion) under Yuxiu peak in the south of Youxi City, making it a famous birthplace of Zhu Xi at home and abroad. He spent a beautiful childhood here and left many legendary stories. After seven years old, he moved to Jianzhou (Jian'ou) with his father Zhu song.

Youxi, Fujian

Zhu Xi and his hometown

In his life, Zhu Xi had a deep love for Youxi, who gave birth to him. According to the records, he went back here many times to visit relatives and friends, give lectures and apprentices, and left a large number of ink inscriptions, handwritten couplets and poems. These profound cultural deposits have cultivated the people of Youxi generation after generation, cultivated a large number of students and become the pillars of the country, and also attracted a number of literati and poets to seek their roots and get close to Zhu Xi. As Mr. Liu Haisu praised, "Youxi wind and moon has no present and ancient times, the sea of learning sail has descendants.".

Introduction to hometown

a place endowed with the fine spirits of the universe

In the far north of "Nanxi academy", there is a mountain peak. That is Taizu mountain in Youxi, which is called "Wenshan" (also known as Bijia mountain). The mountain behind the south is called Gongshan. According to historical records, on the evening of the first day of Zhu Xi's birth, Wenshan on the opposite side and Gongshan behind caught fire at the same time, and the fire became "Wengong". The fire and the sunset shine on each other. Zhu song, Zhu Xi's father, saw the strange fire and said, "the sky is auspicious. There must be a seal. This is also a sign of joy and auspiciousness." At noon the next day, Zhu Xi was born in the West Wing of Zheng's hall. According to this fire, Zhu song named the child Xi, which is the combination of the two words "fire". According to this legend, Youxi people call Zhu Xi "Zhu Wengong".

Shenlang zhangbie Garden

The huge portrait (or carving or hot stamping) of shenlang zhangbieyuan tells us the origin of shenlang Zhangyuan. Why is it called "Shen Lang Zhang"? There are various versions. Before the Tang Dynasty, Youxi County was called "Shenxi". In the Five Dynasties, the name of Youxi was changed to avoid being taboo by the king of Fujian. It is said that the mother river of Youxi County is called Youxi, so it is named Youxi. Now Chengguan still retains another name of "Shencheng". Because Zhu Xi was born in Shencheng, his nickname is "shenlang". The camphor tree he planted is called "shenlang Camphor" by later generations. The first tree is 16 meters in circumference, and the second one is 9.8 meters in circumference, with a height of about 30 meters. In the Qing Dynasty, a poet wrote a poem in praise of Zhangshu, saying: "Yuxiu, Zhongling, Ziqi comes, Xiangzhang Confucian sage carries it by hand. The value of the tree can last forever, and the bottom of the tree can be used as a pillar. " The people of Youxi respect Zhu Xi as well as the things related to him, especially the camphor tree he planted. According to forestry experts, such a huge camphor is rare in China. At present, it is in its prime, and can be called "the king of camphor trees in China".

Hongdaomen

In order to praise Zhu Xi's interpretation of the orthodox Confucian and Mencius "Tao", we take the sentence "people can promote Taoism, not Taoism" in the Analects of Confucius as an example. "People can spread the truth" shows the subjective initiative of people in historical development and historical creation. It turns out that in the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a peach forest here, and there was a legendary story about "the second peach in half an acre of fangtang" which reflected Zhu Xi's diligent study and hard practice as a child! It is said that when Zhu Xi was five years old, he had already understood the main idea of the book of filial piety. Since he was a child, he made up his mind to worship saints and preach One morning at the age of six in the middle of spring, Zhu song pushed open the window of the west chamber and was deeply attracted by the spring scenery of the garden. He asked Zhu Xi to copy the poem "the peach blossom pool is a thousand feet deep, not as deep as Wang Lun's" of the Tang Dynasty. Because of Zhu Xi's carelessness, he wrote the word "Tao" in peach blossom as "Tiao". After writing it, he gave it to his father. Zhu song criticized him seriously and told Zhu Xi the main idea of the poem on the spot. Zhu Xi was very moved and immediately asked his father to rewrite a thousand "peaches". At this time, the thunder outside the window, rain and wind, all the peach blossom in the garden fell to the ground. However, Zhu Xi was not disturbed by the outside world, and he was still absorbed in copying. Zhu Xi's spirit moved God. When Zhu Xi wrote a thousand peach characters, the peach blossom in the garden bloomed again. This story has been handed down from generation to generation and is a household name. It has a great influence on the education of the students in Youxi.

Wengong Temple

"Wengong Temple" is the place where later generations worship Zhu Xi and Zhu Wengong. It is also the place where Zhong lingyuxiu gave birth to a generation of great Confucians. The former home of Zheng'an road was built in the style of binary double eaves. Unfortunately, it was destroyed by a fire in 1958. Now it is a newly restored building, the main building style is similar to the original, and the area is slightly expanded. It covers an area of 388 square meters, with a construction area of 560 square meters and a height of about 13 meters. It is seven Bay wide and five bay deep. During the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Xi and his disciples Cai Yuanding, Zhen Dexiu, Huang Gan and Zheng Shaoxian were worshipped. Emperor Hongzhi of the Ming Dynasty granted sacrifices to the fifth day of the second month of each season and the 15th birthday of September. In the ninth year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor issued sacrificial rites and offerings.

Zhu Xi was born in yuxianliao

Zhu Xi was born in yuxianliao. Before Zhu Xi was born, Zhu song's family of seven lived on the left side of Zheng's house. In ancient times, the right side was large, so it was Zheng an Dao's own residence. Zhu song, a former official, paid homage to wailang (Sipin), a member of the Ministry of officials. Because he opposed Qin Hui's idea of surrender and betrayal, he was demoted to fujianzheng and county captain, and then transferred to Youxi County captain. At that time, when the Jin soldiers invaded the South and captured the two emperors Hui and Qin, Zhao Gou, king of Kang, rushed to the south in a hurry. However, he did not want to make progress. He indulged himself all day long. There is a poet who wrote in a sad and helpless tone: "when will the West Lake dance and singing stop, and the warm wind makes the tourists drunk, making Hangzhou bianzhou." Zhu song, a derelict official, has nothing to do in the face of domestic and foreign troubles. Because Zheng De, the son of Zheng an Dao, and Zhu song were appointed county officials in Youxi together, and formed a close friendship. Although Zheng an Dao was an official of Jin Zi Guang Lu, he didn't succeed in his official career. He sympathized with Zhu song, so he sold his West chamber to Zhu song's family of seven (Zhu Xi's grandfather, parents, two uncles and two brothers). Zhu song made a living by teaching private schools to some wealthy children. However, it didn't last long. Zhu Xi's grandfather and two uncles died one after another, and his two brothers died one after another. The birth of Zhu Xi brought some joy to the late Zhu family. On the third day of Zhu Xi's birth, according to Youxi's custom, there is a custom of bathing children, which is called "washing three days". Zhu song wrote two songs of Nanxi Xier: "I have already known my head in the new year, but I have changed my mind to slay the dragon. A son, Tian Ding, is willing to make hard work more Confucian. Ju Zi three dynasties life a pot, a hundred years song funny pick beard. I'm tired of fighting. I know the general will of heaven. I don't look back and even point to the canal. " Zhu song, who believes in geography, asked someone to do a fortune calculation at that time. Shanren said, "the only way to be rich is to be rich, and the only way to be expensive is to be rich. If you have a child, you are Confucius." Zhu song never dreamed that the future of a sage like Confucius would fall on the third son born in the rest of his life. According to Zhu Xi's genealogy, when he was born, there were seven black moles on his right side of his face, arranged like the Big Dipper. Just like Confucius, who looks like the Pleiades near him and the Big Dipper from afar, it seems to indicate that this child will become the leader of Neo Confucianism in the future.

Yuxiuting

Yuxiu Pavilion (burial place), located on the right side of Wengong temple, is the burial place of Zhu Xi's placenta when he was born. According to the geologist (Mr. Geography), this is a wonderful geomantic treasure land. Zhu Xi's ability to develop in this world and eventually become an imperial master has a lot to do with Fengshui here. It is said that after Zhu Xi's blood coat was buried, other people wanted to bury their children's blood coat here, but the child was not unable to support, but also suffered from many disasters and diseases. Since then, no one dares to use this brain.

Guanshudi

"Guanshudi" is a place where Zhu Xi used to read and study when he was a child. In order to encourage his children to study as hard as Zhu Xi, posterity built a pavilion here as a memorial.

Half acre fangtang

"Half mu fangtang" is famous at home and abroad. The bridge in the middle is called "Lianluo bridge", which takes the meaning of "the study of Wengong" from Lianluo (Cheng Hao's and Cheng Yi's study of Luo in Lianxi, Henan Province) and goes back to Zhusi (Confucius in Qufu, Shandong Province). The water of the "half acre square pond" comes from the "source water". There is a "seven step stone" on the right side. It is said that the gods can only help people fulfill their seven wishes. The remaining step, which is also the most critical step, needs to be completed by themselves. They implied the meaning of "natural" and "stable". Zhu Xi's poem "a sense of reading" (I) says: "half an acre of fangtang is opened, and the sky is full of light, clouds and shadows. How clear is the canal? For a source of fresh water. " Zhu Xi's poem Guanshu Yougan is full of profound philosophy of life. It is called immortal. It has been recited for thousands of years and is listed as the second poem of Qianjia poem. On the surface, the shape of the whole fangtang looks like a book, praising the beautiful scenery of Nanxi Academy. The half acre fangtang, source water, sky light and cloud shadow in the sentence are all here. However, its brilliance is not in scenery. He expresses his feelings by scenery, expresses his ambition by objects, and condenses the profound philosophy of life with these seven Jue. According to textual research, this poem should have been written by Zhu Xi in his middle and late years. We can also find that Zhu Xi was reading at that time through the title "a sense of watching the book". He thought of the bumpy situation of his life. Every step and every progress could not be separated from the hometown of Youxi, where he was born and raised

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