Study On Epitaph Of Zhong Wu Hou Temple

The tomb of Marquis Wu and the Temple of Marquis Wu under Dingjun Mountain,Mian County,Shaanxi Province are a sacred place in The Three Kingdoms culture and even the history of Chinese civilization.The Epitaph of Marquis Zhong Temple is the most authoritative data for the study of them.The author of the Epitaph of Marquis Zhong Temple is Li Fuxin.Li Fuxin,a native of Chengdu,Sichuan Province,whose Tao name was "Xu Bai Dao Ren",presided over the temple of Wuhou in Mian County for 30 years from the middle Jiaqing period to Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty.During his tenure,he played the role of guardian in the development and maintenance of the tomb of Wuhou Temple in Mian County,and presided over the compilation of the book Epitaph of Zhong Wuhou Temple.The book was published in four volumes and later added to nine volumes.It is an important document for the study of Zhuge Liang,the temple of Marquis Wu and the tomb of Marquis Wu.The first chapter introduces Li Fuxin’s life and the Epitaph of Zhong Wu Hou Temple.The historical records of Li Fuxin’s life mainly focus on his tenure as preside over the temple of Wuhou in Mian County.His major achievements in his life are to preside over the repair of buildings in ancestral tombs and the compilation of the Epitaph of Zhong Wuhou Temple.Li Fuxin as a Taoist priest and intellectual,his poetry is also unique,literary and simple coexist.He has made close contacts on the subjects of Zhuge Liang and Wuhou Temple,passing friends on the officials Yan Ruyi,Lin Zexu,Ma Yungang,Yang Mingyang,Wang Huaizeng,and the local intellectual Wang Dexin.Epitaph of Zhongwuhou Temple was completed in the third year of Daoguang(1823).At the time of completion,it was two volumes and four volumes,which were inscribed in later dynasties.The existing edition is an engraved version of the fifth year of Tongzhi(1866),which was inscribed in four volumes and nine volumes and stored in the National Library of China.The second chapter compares the similarities and differences between other records of Wuhou Temple in Qing Dynasty and Epitaph of Zhong Wuhou Temple.Qing Dynasty set off the compilation of Wuhou Temple Chronicles upsurge,has Zhang Penghe Zhong Wu Zhi,Luo Jing Wollonggang Zhi,Pan Shitong Zhao Lie Zhong Wu Mausoleum Temple Chronicles,the three Chronicles and Li Fuxin Zhong Wu Hou Temple epitaph formed a complete Wuhou temple Chronicles time chain,the first three books and "Zhong Wu Hou Temple epitaph" comparison,is conducive to enrich the depth and breadth of its research.The third chapter discusses the literary value of poems in the Epitaph of Zhong Wu Hou Temple.This book collects poems written by literati from Jin Dynasty to Qing Dynasty to chant Zhuge Liang’s deeds.These poems are complete in style,beautiful in language,and have certain artistic value.They express a strong Zhuge Liang complex,that is,praise Zhuge Liang’s great achievements.Admiration for the rapacious relationship between Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang;Regretting Zhuge Liang’s bad start and Shu Han’s surrender;The emphasis on Shu-Han orthodoxy.It shows a poetic corridor of describing Zhuge Liang spanning thousands of years,which constitutes a poetic portrayal of the tomb of Wuhou Temple.Its literary value is quite important,and it also has a certain document value.The fourth chapter studies the historical value of the Epitaph of Zhong Wu Hou Temple.The commentaries in the book reflect the evaluation and discussion of Zhuge Liang and his deeds by philosophers,historians and writers from the Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty.They are objective and true,and show the process of Zhuge Liang’s transformation from human to God,which has rich historical value for the study of Zhuge Liang.These comments reflect the historical trend that with the development of The Times,from the rulers down to thousands of people,the concept of respecting Kong Ming,respecting Liu and suppressing Cao gradually emerged.The Epitaph of Zhong Wu Hou Temple,Vol.3,The preservation of Zhuge Liang’s sacrificial ceremonies and various sacrificial objects in Zhuge’s lineage is the unique feature of this book.These records can give us a more direct view of Zhuge Liang’s worship and sacrifice in the Qing Dynasty.The inscriptions in the book reappear the repair and development process of the tomb of Wuhou Temple in Mian County,which is of unique historical value.The map of mountain ancestral temple artifacts drawn in the book preserves the regional topographic map and ancient weapons map of the temple tomb of Wuhou in Mian County in the Qing Dynasty,providing historical support for the development of tourism to the temple tomb of Wuhou Chapter five discusses the historical value of the epitaph of Zhong Wu Hou Temple.The Epitaph of Zhong Wu Hou Temple covers a wide range of materials,including the temple of Wu Hou and the tomb of Wu Hou in Mian County,especially the historical development of ancestral tombs in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the records of folk people’s worship and sacrifice to Zhuge Liang,which provides real and reliable materials for the research of today’s academic circles.The Epitaph of Zhong Wu Hou Temple,Vol.3,The preservation of Zhuge Liang’s sacrificial ceremonies and various sacrificial objects in Zhuge’s lineage is the unique feature of this book.These records can give us a more direct view of Zhuge Liang’s worship and sacrifice in the Qing Dynasty.The inscriptions in the book reappear the repair and development process of the tomb of Wuhou Temple in Mian County,which is of unique historical value.The map of mountain ancestral temple artifacts drawn in the book preserves the regional topographic map and ancient weapons map of the temple tomb of Wuhou in Mian County in the Qing Dynasty,providing historical support for the development of tourism to the temple tomb of Wuhou.Chapter five summarizes the innovative development and historical status of the Epitaph of Zhong Wu Hou Temple.The Epitepitum of Zhong Wu Hou Temple creatively adopts the compilation method of time and space interleaving,the compilation form of pictures and pictures,and the compilation content of both sizes,so as to support the text in the annals and form a complete three-dimensional space about the tomb of Wu Hou Temple in Jian County,highlighting the regional and authority of the local professional records.It has been more than one hundred years since the Epitaph of the Temple of Zhong Wu Hou was published,during which the tomb of the Temple of Wu Hou in Mianxian County has been in vigorous development.The major cultural activities and academic crystallization of the tomb of the Temple of Zhong Wu Hou in recent years are added to the Epitaph of the Temple of Zhong Wu Hou to inject fresh blood into it and promote the sustained and dynamic development of the culture of The Three Kingdoms represented by Zhuge Liang in Hanzhong region.Epitaph of Zhong Wuhou Temple is an encyclopedia of cultural studies of Wuhou Temple in Mian County,a guide to the protection of the cultural heritage of the tomb of Wuhou Temple,and a treasure of the development of cultural tourism in Hanzhong and China.