There is a stone stele in the Jade Emperor's Pavilion on the top of the daiding, which reads "Confucius Is Small in the World". The "origin" of this stele is very interesting, and it is related to Confucius and has nothing to do with it. Unfortunately, it was improperly preserved and destroyed. Archaeologists took great pains to restore it. Do you know what's going on? Xiaobian this will reveal the secret for you:
Climbing Mount Tai, you will find that there is a stone stele of "Confucius's Little World" standing in the Jade Emperor Pavilion at The Top of the Daiding. According to legend, Confucius personally came here, he stood here overlooking the land of the world, let people can't help but see a picture - on the lofty mountain, a wise man with white sideburns standing against the wind, although he was dressed simply, he was full of the vulgar temperament of a wise man, and his eyes were clear, as if he saw through everything in the world. Perhaps because of Confucius's revered status, coupled with the majesty of Mount Tai, the existence of this stone stele is more special, so it has become one of the most famous landscapes on Mount Tai.
In fact, the true source of the stone tablet is another theory. The history books record that the Ming Dynasty Shandong Yushi Yan Jizu admired Confucius very much, and when he read Mencius's famous saying that "Confucius climbed Mount Tai and the world was small", he felt something in his heart, so he ordered someone to carve this stone stele.
However, with the continuous development of history, old cultural relics will always be damaged for various reasons. The stele was destroyed in 1967, and a single stone shattered into multiple pieces, barely visible. In 2007, after the taishan management committee was re-established, it built a number of cultural relics on the mountain, and the expert group was not willing to stop there. After several years of searching, someone finally found a stone stele photo in Zhao Xinru's "New Carved Taishan Small History".
The team of experts who received the rubbings immediately began the restoration operation. They first repeatedly compared the photos in the "New Carved Taishan Xiaoshi", and then used the only remaining stele size to base the base, and then according to the proportion of the picture, the original stele size was introduced, and the Tuoben picture was enlarged and copied again. In this way, in the careful and serious efforts of the Group of Experts, this monument of great significance was finally copied successfully.
The completed stele is made of lapis lazuli. The stele is 1.98 meters high, 0.8 meters wide and 0.24 meters thick, which is also made according to the height of the original stele. The head of the stele is imitation tile ridge ridge type, 0.38 meters high, 0.64 meters thick, 1.07 meters wide, and the details are also completely copied. Looking carefully at the text on the stone stele, I only saw that the inscription was arranged in 6 vertical rows, the main text was "Confucius Xiao Tianxia Place", the letter book, the word diameter was 28 centimeters, the paragraph was: Daming Chongzhen Years Ding Ugly Zhongqiu Zhiji, the word diameter was 9.5 centimeters; the lower paragraph was: Inspector Shandong Du Du Yushi Yan Jizu, Inspector Shandong Inspector Yushi HongQizun, Shou Jinan Province Shandong According to inspector Li Shiqian, Dongchang Province push official Guo Qizhongli, word diameter 4.5 cm. The stone stele was copied completely and successfully, which really cost the expert group a lot of painstaking efforts.
But it is just a stone monument, why spend so much manpower and material resources to repair it? In fact, this stele has a very special significance. Since ancient times, Mount Tai has been given various mysterious colors, from Qin Shi Huang to the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, all of whom are proud to climb Mount Tai.
During his lifetime, Confucius expressed his love for Mount Tai several times. At the same time, in Meng Ke's view, Confucius was like Mount Tai—superior to other mountains, outstanding, and no one could surpass him. After all, there is such a couplet in the temple of Emperor Wen: "Taishan among Confucius people, Confucius in Taishan Mountain." Taishan is the head of the Five Peaks, and the audience reveres it, so why is Confucius not the head of the saints? Therefore, for thousands of years, Taishan and Confucius have condensed into a permanent cultural symbol, and the mention of Confucius makes people think of Taishan, and vice versa. Such cultural symbols should become the foundation and bloodline of the nation, so that the Chinese nation can be passed on from generation to generation.
Therefore, when climbing Mount Taishan, we must go to see this stele of Confucius and see what is written on the stele: "Climb Mount Tai and the world is small." Understand the truth that "it is difficult for those who look at the sea to be water, and it is difficult for those who swim at the door of the saints to speak". Personally feel the sage's understanding of the landscape and life, perhaps this is the reason why the stone stele was exhausted and restored.