yan ling ji zi mu bei

The tombstone of Jizi in Yanling is located at the north end of South Street, Jiuli Town, Danyang City. Legend has it that there is Jizi's tomb behind Jizi Temple in Yanling Jiuli, and the stele stands in front of the temple. The temple has been destroyed. The round head of the monument is 2.45 meters high, 1.06 meters wide and 0.12 meters thick. The inscription on the inscription reads "Wuhu has the tomb of a gentleman in Wu Yanling", two lines of 10 characters, inscribed in seal script, and passed down by Confucius. On the lower part of the stele, there is a re-engraving by Xiao Ding in the 14th year of the Tang Dali (779), Zhang Congshen's inscription in 20 lines, each line with 5 characters, and the 6 lines on the left are missing due to stone damage. The next two characters of each line were embedded in the stele when it was seated in October 1980. In the blanks on both sides of the inscription are engraved with the August tree monument in the first year of Tang Jianzhong (780), the building of the hall, and the third year of Tang Zhenyuan (787), the first year of Song Yuanyou (1086), the fourth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty (1509), and the sixth year of Jiajing (1527). Five inscriptions are recognized, and the handwriting is not clear. The inscription on the stele "Renovation of the Jizi Temple of Wu Yanling" and the inscriptions written by Xiao Ding and Zhang Congshen "Revision of the Temple of Wu Yanling Jizi" are based on the rubbings of later generations. At the end of the tablet, there is an inscription by Zhang Xiaosi, a Dan disciple in the early Qing Dynasty. On the right side of the stele is "Yanling Patrol Officer Zhang Congying supervised the production", and on the left side is engraved "Wujin Duanjin, Zhao Ao, Danyang, Wuxi Wang Hui on April 23, Ming Jiaguiwei." The stele is yin and on both sides. still clear.