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The Temple of Yan Hui, commonly known as simply the Temple of Yan or Yan Temple (), is a temple in
The temple is located within the historic walled city of
File:The Temple of Yan2.jpg, A gateway
File:Qufu temple of yan sculpture 2010 06 05.jpg, The sanctuary (Hall of Fusheng)
File:Yan Miao - Gui Ren Men - steles - P1050395.JPG, "Yan Zi Miao" Stele (right), Year 24 of the Dading era (1184), and a
The Temple of Yan Hui, commonly known as simply the Temple of Yan or Yan Temple (), is a temple in Qufu
Qufu ( ; ) is a city in southwestern Shandong province, East China. It is located about south of the provincial capital Jinan and northeast of the prefectural seat at Jining. Qufu has an area of 815 square kilometers, and a total population of ...
, China, dedicated to Yan Hui
Yan Hui (–481 BC) was a Chinese philosopher. He was the favorite disciple of Confucius and one of the most revered figures of Confucianism. He is venerated in Confucian temples as one of the Four Sages.
Names
Yan Hui is also known by his c ...
(521-490 BC), the favorite disciple of Confucius
According to Sima Qian, Confucius said: "The disciples who received my instructions, and could themselves comprehend them, were seventy-seven individuals. They were all scholars of extraordinary ability." It was traditionally believed that Confuciu ...
.
Location and layout
The temple is located within the historic walled city of Qufu
Qufu ( ; ) is a city in southwestern Shandong province, East China. It is located about south of the provincial capital Jinan and northeast of the prefectural seat at Jining. Qufu has an area of 815 square kilometers, and a total population of ...
, the hometown of both Confucius
Confucius ( ; zh, s=, p=Kǒng Fūzǐ, "Master Kǒng"; or commonly zh, s=, p=Kǒngzǐ, labels=no; – ) was a Chinese philosopher and politician of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. C ...
and Yan Hui
Yan Hui (–481 BC) was a Chinese philosopher. He was the favorite disciple of Confucius and one of the most revered figures of Confucianism. He is venerated in Confucian temples as one of the Four Sages.
Names
Yan Hui is also known by his c ...
, in Shandong
Shandong ( , ; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal Provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region.
Shandong has played a major role in His ...
Province. The temple is just south of the northern gates of the city wall, and is few blocks to the north of the Temple of Confucius
A temple of Confucius or Confucian temple is a temple for the veneration of Confucius and the sages and philosophers of Confucianism in Chinese folk religion and other East Asian religions. They were formerly the site of the administration of ...
(which is located north of the city wall's southern gates). Kong Fanyin (2002), pp. 284-294
The temple's premises are a rectangle, 254.50 m long (from the north to the south) and 109.80 m wide (from the east to the west). According to local historians, there 148 architectural and sculptural objects (halls, pavilions, gates, stele
A stele ( ),Anglicized plural steles ( ); Greek plural stelai ( ), from Greek language, Greek , ''stēlē''. The Greek plural is written , ''stēlai'', but this is only rarely encountered in English. or occasionally stela (plural ''stelas'' or ...
s) on the temple's premises, as well as 369 valuable old trees.
Gallery
Wanli Wanli was the era name of the Chinese Ming dynasty.
Wanli may also refer to:
*Wanli Emperor (1563–1620), the 14th emperor of the Chinese Ming dynasty
* Wanli District, Nanchang, district of Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
* Wanli District, New Taipei ...
39 (1611) stele (left)
File:Dade Year 10 Yan Miao Protection Edict Stele - P1050485.JPG, Edict of Temür Khan
Öljeytü Khan ( Mongolian: Өлзийт; Mongolian script: '; ), born Temür ( mn, Төмөр ; ; October 15, 1265 – February 10, 1307), also known as Emperor Chengzong of Yuan () by his temple name ''Chengzong'', was the second emperor of the ...
granting protection to the temple, in Chinese and Mongol ( 'Phags-pa script). Dade 11 (1307)
File:Yan MIao - Zhishun Year 2 Stele - P1050498.JPG, Bilingual stele granting Yan Hui the title of Fusheng (Continuator of the Sage), Duke of Yanguo. Zhishun 2 (1331)
File:Yan Miao - northern courtyard - Zhizheng 9 - P1050465.JPG, Stele in memory of rebuilding the temple. Zhizheng 9 (1349)
File:Yan Miao - eastern stele pavilion - Zhengtong 6 - seen from W - P1050439.JPG, Stele in memory of rebuilding the temple. Zhengtong 6 (1441)
File:Yan Miao - western stele pavilion - Zhengde 4 - seen from E - P1050433.JPG, Stele in memory of rebuilding the temple. Zhengde 4 (1509)
See also
*Temple of Confucius, Qufu
The Temple of Confucius () in Qufu, Shandong Province, is the largest and most renowned temple of Confucius in East Asia.
Since 1994, the Temple of Confucius has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Temple and Cemetery of Confucius ...
*Temple of Mencius
Mencius ( ); born Mèng Kē (); or Mèngzǐ (; 372–289 BC) was a Chinese Confucian philosopher who has often been described as the "second Sage", that is, second to Confucius himself. He is part of Confucius' fourth generation of discip ...
孟廟
*Temple of Zengzi
Zeng Shen (505–435 BC), better known as Zengzi (Master Zeng), courtesy name Ziyu (), was a Chinese philosopher and disciple of Confucius. He later taught Zisi (Kong Ji), the grandson of Confucius, who was in turn the teacher of Mencius, thus b ...
曾廟
Notes
References
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yan Hui, Temple Qufu Confucian temples in China Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Shandong