After nearly five years of archaeological excavations,
The ruins of Minoru Gakugu Shrine are basically determined!
February 18,
Shandong Province 2021 annual field archaeology work report meeting came the news,
Zibo City Linzi District Qidu Town Xiaoxu Village West
Qi Ancient City Small City Outside the West Gate Building Site Group,
It is basically identified as the ruins of minoru Gakugu Shrine.
According to historical records, the Jixia Xuegong was founded in 374 BC and named after its location under the Linzi Ji Gate, which lasted for more than 150 years. The Minoru Gakuen Palace is the world's first institution of higher learning in a special form organized by the government and hosted by private individuals, and is an institution with a variety of properties such as research institutes, university halls, and administrative consultation, which has contributed to the formation of the situation of "a hundred schools of thought" in the world, and is a monument in the history of China's ideological and cultural development.
The importance of the Minoru Gakuen Palace in Chinese history is beyond doubt, and although its location is well documented in the literature, its site has not been known.
According to the staff of the Cultural Relics Protection and Archaeology Department of the Zibo Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, in 2017, the Shandong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology set up an archaeological team in the ancient city of Linzi Qi and began to look for the Jixia Xuegong. Zheng Tongxiu and Sun Bo were the leaders of the two institutes as the project leaders, and Dong Wenbin was the team leader.
After nearly five years of archaeological excavation, experts have solved a series of questions using the "exclusion method", the stratigraphic relationship is clear, the shape of the system has begun to take shape, and from the perspective of literature, orientation, archaeological findings, etc., it is basically possible to judge the location of the Minoru Gakuen Palace. The building base site group is connected to the small city of Qi Gucheng in the east, the south width and north are narrow and slightly right angle trapezoidal, the maximum width from east to west is about 210 meters, the length from north to south is about 190 meters, the total area is nearly 40,000 square meters, and a total of four rows of building sites have been found. The building site group is in a closed area, surrounded by walls and trenches, of which the trenches and the small city moat are connected as one, and the road is found between the building base site group and the small city, leading north to the west gate of the small city and south to the south gate of the small city.
On September 25 last year, sponsored by the Department of Culture and Tourism of Shandong Province (Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau) and the Zibo Municipal People's Government, and hosted by the Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and the People's Government of Linzi District of Zibo City, the Expert Seminar on Archaeological Discoveries at the West Gate of the Small Town of Qiguo was held in Linzi. The meeting invited more than 20 well-known domestic experts and scholars, including Liu Qingzhu, researcher of the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and member of the Faculty of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, to conduct field investigations and carry out special discussions. The participating experts affirmed the direct relationship between the site and the Minoru Gakuen Palace, and put forward constructive suggestions on the protection and utilization of the site in the next step. This in turn makes the "Search for minoru Gakugu" a step further, adding weight to the confirmation of the site.
In 2022, experts will continue to fully expose the south gate and search for the western and northern walls, and will also excavate the building foundation sites within the site to further explore the specific uses of these buildings.
"It is necessary to speed up the construction of projects such as the Qiguo Ancient City Archaeological Site Park, and promote the declaration of the Qiguo Ancient City Ruins and Keju as world cultural heritage." On February 18, the Work Report of Zibo Municipal Government was clearly put forward. The ruins of the Jixia Xuegong are of immeasurable value to Zibo, which is building a demonstration area for the inheritance and innovation of Qi culture, deeply excavating the cultural value of the city, and implementing the breakthrough action of Qi cultural inheritance and innovation; at the same time, it is of great significance to the study of the spirit of Chinese culture.
Regarding the important influence and outstanding contribution of the Hundred Schools of Thought in the history of Chinese civilization, Bai Xi, professor of Capital Normal University and member of the Academic Committee of the International Confucian Federation, visited the social science forum of Shandong Normal University in 2021 and gave a wonderful explanation around the theme of "The Palace of Jixia Studies and the Hundred Schools of Thought".
During the Warring States period, Qi Huan Gongtian Wu opened the Minoru Academy during his reign, and after six generations of monarchs, they recruited scholars from all over the world to come here with very generous treatment, and launched the famous Hundred Schools of Thought. Counting from the year when Duke Huan of Qi ascended the throne, until the destruction of the kingdom by King Qi, the Jixia Xuegong existed for about 150 years.
First of all, The Minoru Gakuen is the earliest government-run university in China. It was funded by the Government of the State of Qi and attracted scholars from all over the world, and the famous scholars were called Mr. Minoru, and the young people who came to study here were called Minoru Scholars. Gentlemen teach and students learn, so, in essence, Minoru Gakugu is an educational institution.
At the same time, it also assumes the function of a government think tank. The Government of the State of Qi often submits some major issues to Mr. Minoru for discussion and encourages them to put forward their opinions.
(Qilu Evening News, Qilu One Point, Comprehensive Dazhong Daily Zibo Rong Media Center, Jinan Times, Zibo Release, Dazhong Daily Client)