Mount Tai is the first of the five mountains and is called Daizong. In traditional Chinese culture, climbing Mount Tai is of great significance. Confucius attached great importance to etiquette, and naturally could not ignore Mount Tai. Confucius also said with deep understanding: "The benevolent person enjoys the mountain." It can be seen that mountaineering is also his hobby. Mencius said: "Confucius climbed Mount Tai and made the world smaller. This may not be rhetorical, but it is true. Confucius ascended Mount Tai, and there are many legends in history.
The thirteenth volume of "Mount Tai" records that there is "Confucius Rock" on Mount Tai and "Supreme Temple" on Mount Tai: "Half a mile to the west of the Jade Emperor Peak on the top of Yue, it is said that it is the Yueguan Peak, and the Confucius Rock is under it. Confucius climbed Mount Tai and saw the white horse of Wu Changmen to show his face"There is a story about Confucius and Yan Hui climbing Mount Tai together. According to "On Balance":
Yan Yuan and Confucius both went to Lu Taishan, Confucius looked southeast, there was a white horse outside Wu Chang Gate, and Yan Yuan pointed to show it, saying: "If you see Wu Chang Gate?"Yan Yuan said: "See it." Confucius said, "What is outside the door?"He said, "It's like training." ”
Why is it Lu Taishan?Because Mount Tai is between the two countries of Qi and Lu, the south belongs to the country of Lu, and the master and apprentice are climbed from the south, and there is no mountain to cover them, so they can look south. This look, I actually saw the west gate of Suzhou!It's just that Yan Hui's eyesight is not as good as Confucius, and this student sees a white horse as a white horse. Suzhou should not be visible from Mount Tai, but it is not entirely unfounded. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ma Dibo's "Feng Zen Ritual Record" said that "Taishan Wu viewers, see Huiji". In the Qin and Han dynasties, Suzhou belonged to Huiji County. The so-called "Wu view" is the place where Wu can be seen on Mount Tai. Confucius saw Wu Gate on Mount Tai, and few people questioned it.
Tang Dynasty Lu Guangwei's "Wu Di Ji" cloud: "Confucius climbed the mountain, looked at Wu Changmen, and sighed that Wu Gate has white gas like practice. Now the trolling workshop and Wangshu workshop, therefore. "The alleys of Suzhou City are named after this!I don't know if there are still two squares in Suzhou today?Mingren Xie Zhaoqian's poem "Mount Tai": "The independence is vast and secretly sad, and the falling trees on the horizon are in autumn." Pian Yun is long and lonely, who can distinguish Kyushu in one breath. The horse shook the horse to Wumen, and the mirage rose from the sea. Mountains and rivers point to the southeast, and it should be the same as thousands of miles away. "Climbing Mount Tai and thinking of Confucius looking at Wumen has become the proper meaning of the title of such poems.
Later generations build the archway on Mount Tai, marked as "Confucius ascending place", according to the record of "Ancient and Modern Books Integration", these five words are the champion of the Ming Dynasty Luo Hongxian book. This place, which is probably the location of Wangwu Gate, also has a name, called "Confucius's small world". There are many in one object, which shows the richness of its cultural connotation. Wang Zaijin's "Confucius is in the small world":
Placed in the highest place, supporting the public to open up the mansion.
The eyes are both empty and chic.
The mountains and rivers are in a few seats, and the sea is respectful.
Hongmeng is in a trance, and yin and yang are cultivated.
Float and sink to see the flying kite, galloping wild horses.
If Wanfeng flies, the large piece is like writing backwards.
The vast desert surveys the earth and is remote, and the sky is clear and clear.
Zhan Bi Chen Caixu, back to Qi Chuye.
Yu Yan really thought, so he is small in the world.
We quote this poem because it dissects the meaning of "small world" in a delicate and nuanced way. Ming Dynasty writer Li Mengyang "Zheng Shengzhi from Mount Tai": "Yesterday you climbed Dongyue, He Feng is the peak?."Is there a stone for the people?How many big songs?The sea and the sun are low on the island, and the rock thunder is a cave dragon. Who said that the world is small, and the outside is also the king. "It seems to have been written specifically for the previous poem, so we might as well put it together.
Confucius climbed Mount Tai, and the traces of his journey were everywhere. As a cultural image, Mount Tai became a carrier for Confucius to express his emotions. "The Book of Rites: Tan Gong" records that shortly before his death, Confucius said: "Mount Tai is decadent."Liang Mu is bad?The philosopher is withering?History has answered Confucius's question: Mount Tai is not declining, and philosophers are not withering!The spirit of Sven will last forever.
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