Taishan Literature Phase (VIII) Shi Jie, Sun Fu and Taishan

Shi Jie (1005-1045), a native of Fengfu, Yanzhou (present-day Tai'an, Shandong), was known in history as "Mr. Lailai". Sun Fu (992-1057), a native of Pingyang, Jinzhou (present-day Linfen, Shanxi). In the fifth year of Emperor Renzong's reign (1027), the two studied under Fan Zhongyun at the Nandu School in Ying tianfu and formed a deep friendship with each other. Sun and Shi were both famous ancient scholars and educators, as well as pioneers of Song Dynasty science. In the spirit of Confucianism, they cultivated a group of accomplished people and formed the far-reaching "Taishan School", and the Taishan Academy founded became the earliest and most famous academy in Shandong in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Shi Jie is the real organizer and implementer of the founding and operation of Taishan Academy and Laolai Academy. After meeting Sun Fu on his post in Nanjing, he invited Sun Fu to run a school in Taishan. Shi Jie did not hesitate to reduce his self-worth, and as a jinshi, he worshiped Sun Fu as a teacher and called on everyone to fund the construction of a lecture place. In the fourth year of Jingyou (1037), he built a school hall in the southeast corner of the Dai Temple, and Shi Jie personally wrote the "Records of Taishan Academy", officially known as "Taishan Academy".

In the first year of Bao Yuan (1038), Shi Jieding was at home and founded the LaiLai Academy, where he lectured at Taishan Academy and Lailai Academy. Hu Yu, Kong Daofu, and others also came to study, and Zu Wuxuan, Jiang Qian, Zhang Dong and others successively studied here. Sun and Shi traveled with celebrities and local celebrities, expanded the influence of the academy, recruited apprentices, taught Confucianism, and carried out academic research and exchange activities, and the two colleges entered a period of prosperity.

The time of the existence of Taishan Academy was not long ago, in 1042 AD, Emperor Renzong issued an edict to "take Sun Fu, the virgin of Taishan, to speak directly as the superintendent of the state", and the teaching activities of Sun and Shi in Taishan came to an end. However, taishan academy, with the aim of "making everyone in Lu eager to learn", reopened the traditional style of study of ancient scholars in china who respected teachers and emphasized the Tao, and greatly changed the style of study in Qilu, just as the northern Song Dynasty Su Shi wrote a poem described during his tenure as the prefect of Dengzhou: "The legacy of Donglu is still here, and 100,000 people are reading." ”

Shi Jie's life was rich in creation, and the greatest influence on future generations should be his admiration for Taishan. "Wuyue Duzun" first appeared in Shi Jie's poem "Taishan". Its text reads: "Seven hundred miles of Lu Wang, north of He YanYan." The mountains know the extremes, and the five mountains are dignified. This poem had a great influence on later generations, and "The Five Peaks of The Sole Dignity" has always been regarded as a symbolic praise to show the lofty status of Mount Tai. The four orthographs of the Dai Ding carved stone "Wuyue Duzun" were inscribed by ai xinjue Luo Yu, the prefect of Qingtai'an, in the Qing Guangxu Ding Wei Nian (1907), located in the southeast of the Taishan Peak Jade Emperor Temple. The carved stone is 210 cm high and 65 cm wide, and on its left side there is an inscription in italics "Head Up to the Sky", which has become the iconic stone carving of Mount Tai.