Kangxi saw that Confucius's tomb did not kneel, the minister covered the word with a cloth, kangxi immediately willingly knelt down and prostrated his head!
Shandong, known as the "Land of Confucius and Mencius", is the birthplace of traditional Chinese culture, especially Qufu, because the tomb of a generation of the most holy Confucius old master is here, and future emperors will come to Shandong to worship. But there was such an emperor, when he came to the tomb of Confucius, looked at the large characters on the tombstone, but refused to bow down, until a clever minister covered the last word on the tombstone, and the emperor bowed down to worship. Who is this emperor, and what is going on?
We all know that the royal family attaches great importance to etiquette, so these etiquettes are very cumbersome. When the emperor went to worship the sage of Kong every year, hundreds of officials had to follow him, which was also very honorable for them. On the way to worship. The band also plays along the way. Therefore, the whole process is very solemn, which can also reflect the respect for the saint. However, among these emperors, in order to reflect the dignity of the emperor, one emperor did not perform the ritual of kneeling in front of the tomb of Confucius. That emperor was Kangxi. After all, Kangxi was a son of heaven, and he had always been worshipped by others, except for heaven and earth and his parents, he really had never performed such a great gift like anyone else, and it can be seen from here that Kangxi really attaches great importance to the solicitation of literati.
At the beginning of the worship, Kangxi personally recited Confucius's sacrifice text, and the civil and military officials were full of emotions and shouted long live. When it came to the tomb of Confucius, it was reasonable to follow the previous etiquette, but this time the Kangxi Emperor only stared at the tombstone and did not take the next step. The hearts of the civil and military officials were hanging up, what happened to the emperor? The atmosphere at that time was instantly plunged into the embarrassment of collective silence, and everyone looked at each other, wondering what the emperor wanted to say. Later, a minister slowly stepped forward and took out a piece of cloth to cover a word on the tombstone, and the civil and military officials were once again dumbfounded, collectively blindfolded, and even more confused about the situation.
When Kangxi worshipped Confucius, the tombstone was engraved with the words "Tomb of King Xuan of Dacheng The Most Holy Text", several big characters, who is Kangxi? The emperor above ten thousand people came to the Confucius Temple to worship the "teacher" Confucius, and what qualifications did a King Wenxuan have to make Kangxi kneel? When Confucius's 64th grandson Kong Shangming covered the word "Wang" on Confucius's tombstone, Kangxi immediately raised his eyebrows and smiled, and obediently knelt down to Confucius! After this incident, in order to avoid such embarrassment again, Confucius's descendants built a low wall in front of Confucius's tombstone to cover the word "wang", and this embarrassing situation never occurred again