At the junction of Changge Xinzheng, there is a mountain, and there is a sub-tomb on the mountain.
This is one of the earliest surviving celebrity tombs in Xuchang City. As a typical example of frugal burial, it has a far-reaching influence in cultural history.
"If you can't know life, can Ann know death?"
In a concise form, the Sub-Tomb gives a satisfactory answer.
Du Pre was a famous politician and military figure during the Wei and Jin dynasties, who played a key role in the war against the State of Wu. During the zhenshou of Xiangyang, the people called him "Father Du" and sang the praises: "In the future, there is no rebellion by Du Weng, who knows the wisdom and fame and the courage of the merits." ”
Such a wise and courageous figure, on his deathbed, confessed the aftermath like this:
I once saw a tomb in Mount Xing, which is said to be buried with Dr. Zheng's sacrifice, or childbirth.
The hilltop looks around without hindrance, the tomb faces the northeast of Xinzheng County, which means not to forget the original; the tomb road is only sealed behind, and the front is not filled with soil to show that there are no treasures; the tomb is not built without stones on the mountain but with pebbles, not skillful labor.
The gentleman uses this tomb to show his feelings, and the villain is unprofitable, so he can experience a thousand years and be intact.
I want to emulate Dr. Zheng and end my life as a frugal servant.
The ancients were not buried, they understood the way of death and life, life is knowledge, death is nothing. The medieval saints changed to joint burial, probably thinking that there was no rule on separate burial and joint burial, and the purpose was to teach the world. The things of life have not yet been clarified, how can we know what happens after death! Thereafter, people were buried together or in separate burials, each acting according to wishes.
When I used to be a Tailang, I used to pass through Xingshan (now Part of Changge) in Mi County for official business. There was a tomb on the mountain, and the farmer asked the farmer, saying that it was the tomb of Dr. Zheng's sacrifice, or the tomb of the son, so he led his entourage to visit the memorial.
The tomb is built on the top of the mountain, looking around without hindrance, and the mountain range runs north-south and faces northeast, which means not to forget the homeland. The tunnel only blocks the back and opens the front, not filling in the soil, telling people that there are no treasures inside and do not need to be deliberately buried deep. The mountain is full of beautiful stones instead of collecting natural pebbles that flood the water. If it is not skillful, the stone is useless.
Gentlemen advocate this kind of burial method with the meaning of frugality, and the villain has no benefit from it, so it has been experienced for thousands of years and is intact.
Du Pre added:
When I entered the DPRK last spring, due to the death of my wife, according to the old system of accompanying the tomb, the above table built a cemetery in the south of the Shouyang Mountain in the east of Luoyang. There is a small hill in the obtained area, although it is not as good as Xingshan Mountain, but the east looks up to the Erling Tombs, the west looks at the Palace Que, the south looks at Yiluo, and the north looks at Uncle Yi, looking at the distance, and the mood is comfortable. So plant trees to open the way, and be ready to build a tomb. At that time, the tomb will be built with Luoshui cobblestone, and the tunnel will be opened to the south. I will follow the example of Dr. Zheng Guo and save the grave with thrift.
Du Fu, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, was a descendant of Du Pre and once built a room under Du Pre's tomb. He wrote articles to worship distant ancestors, and it is inevitable that he would mention Mount Xing.
The pole is in the sky, and God has descended.
Barren land, thrifty is Kong Zhao.
Take the elephant of Mt. Jing, full model sacrifice Zhong.
The Commandment of Many Treasures, preceded by the Blanching Order.
The boy built a room, under the first sun.
Don't dare to forget your roots, don't dare to disobey your kindness.
Sub-birth tomb
Du reserved the next question: Is it the sacrifice or the offspring buried on the mountain?
Li Daoyuan gives another saying in the Notes on the Water Classics: the tombs of both people are on it. Frugal burial is practiced in the sub-birth tomb.
"On the mountain there is the Tomb of Zheng Ji Zhongzuka, and there is the tomb of Zi chan in the west of the tomb. The stone is a square tomb, the tomb has a temple in the east, and the northeast is Zhengcheng - Du Yuankai said 'don't forget the original'. There used to be a dead tree in the temple, and above its dust roots, there were many young cypresses into forests, and the columns were green and green, and the wonder of hope was commendable. ”
Guo Shoujing, a scientist of the Yuan Dynasty, asked in the "Notes on the Water Classics": Du Qian saw that there was only one tomb on the mountain, but Li Daoyuan said that there were two tombs, was it an appendage, or was the rumor untrue?
With Li Daoyuan's spirit of governance and life experience, his record should be credible.
Li Daoyuan served as the shogun of Yingchuan County (the county rule is in the old town of present-day Changge City), and had a detailed investigation of local customs and even direct life experience. For example, Changshe got its name from the "Sheshu Violence Chief", and Li Daoyuan has a unique experience:
"I will go to Renyingchuan during the next year of Jingming to build a guest house on the west side of the south city. During the construction, a large tree root was excavated, which was so huge that it was suspected to be the root left by the legendary violent chief Shebai. “
Childbirth
Today, there is only one tomb on the top of the mountain, named Zichan Tomb, which is listed as a cultural relics protection unit by Zhengzhou and Xuchang cities.
The son is named Qiao Qiao, originally the surname of Gongsun Ji, and also takes the father character (ziguo) as the clan, so it is also called Ji Qiao, Gongsun Qiao, and Guo Qiao.
He was a nobleman of the Zheng State and served as Minister of State for a long time.
The "Chronicle of History" said: After one year of ruling the sub-property, the prodigal son is no longer frivolous and playful, the elderly do not have to carry weights, and the children do not have to go down to the field to farm; after two years, the market is fair and does not book high prices; three years later, people do not close their homes at night and do not pick up the road; after four years, the peasants do not have to take home farm tools; after five years, men do not need to perform military service, and funeral rites do not need guidance to meet the norms.
When Zi Chan zhi Zheng died for 26 years, Ding Zhuang cried loudly, and the old man sobbed like a child: "When the child dies, what can the people do?" ”
When Confucius heard the news of the death of his son, he also shed tears, praising him for inheriting and carrying forward the legacy of the ancient people's love for the government, "the legacy of the ancients." ”
It is said that after the death of the child, the family had no surplus wealth. Zheng Guo's men took out gold and jade, and women donated jewelry. However, the son of the son did not accept it, and personally bore the earth and stones, and buried his father on the top of the mountain.
The donated gold and jade was eventually discarded in the river of the sub-production fiefdom, which is the Jinshui River in Zhengzhou.
Factor production tombs are in the boundaries of Xuzhou, and the sacrifice of sub-production is listed as the official ceremony of ancient Xuzhou. During the Wu Zetian period, special people were sent to pay tribute.
At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Changge County ordered He Ding Shiyun:
The ancient temple of the sages leans on a high platform, and the mountain on the platform is empty.
Painting the wall in spring and autumn walks father and elder, and the spirit flag hides wind and thunder day and night.
Zhengcheng fiery song and thought far away, casting a penal calligraphy network.
After a few years of worship, Tian Yu was still happy not to defile Lai.
Mt. Symbh
A few years ago, people quarryed in The Mountain, which once endangered the safety of the sub-tomb.
In 2011, the media reported: "The sub-tomb is located at the junction of Xinzheng, Changge and Yuzhou, and previously there were mountain roads leading to the sub-tomb from three places, and now the road up the mountain from Xinzheng has been blown up by the quarry." ”
During this period, the tomb was unfortunately excavated.
In February 2010, a group of tomb robbers sneaked to the tomb of The Zixian Tomb in Zhongshan and stole a number of bronze hammers, bronze crossbow machines, green jade bi, silver gilt butterfly pendants, and pottery glass beads, and sold them for 5,000 yuan.
After solving the case, the tomb robbers confessed that more than a dozen people were busy for three days.
The legend that lasted for more than two thousand years was finally broken- the "frugal self-inflicted" sub-tomb finally failed to avoid the covetousness of tomb robbers.
It is gratifying that with the efforts of all sectors of society, the quarry that endangered the ancient tomb was finally stopped. After the theft, the police also reported the case in time.
The items stolen from the tomb were later classified as third-class cultural relics.
The Zichan Tomb represents the height of the Jingshan culture and confirms the long history of the Chinese frugal culture.
As the minister of sub-production, this funerary artifact is indeed thinner.