After eating.

A night of lingering sorrow.

After dawn, Ye Qian and I came to Guozijian to play.

"You Guozijian must visit the Confucius Temple in Beijing!" Ye Qian said as she walked.

"Why?" I wondered, "Bundled consumption?" ”

"Because the Confucian Temple is the entrance, and the Guozijian is the exit, a ticket." Ye Qian smiled.

The scale of the Confucius Temple in Beijing is magnificent, covers a vast area, there are three courtyards before and after, and the central axis is in order for the five buildings of the first master gate, the Dacheng gate, the Dacheng hall, the Chongsheng gate and the Chongsheng shrine. There are stele pavilions, slaughtering pavilions, well pavilions, and god kitchens in the east outside Dacheng Gate; There are stele pavilions in the west, Zhizhai place, Shenku, and there is a gate to hold worship and communicate with the country.

"It is said that Confucius loved cypress trees when he was alive," Ye Qian said to me, "Confucius once said: 'If you are not cold, you will not know the pines and cypresses; It's not difficult, and you can't know the gentleman. Therefore, the former garden of Confucius is still Gübelin standing. ”

We came to the Dacheng Hall as we spoke.

On the right in front of the platform, a towering cypress tree comes into view.

"This is the legendary Rape Cypress!" I said to Ye Qian.

"Yes," Ye Qian said with a serious face, "According to legend, Yan Song, the traitor of the Ming Dynasty, once sacrificed Kong on behalf of Emperor Jiajing. As he passed under the tree, a strong wind rose and the branches swayed, blowing off his black hat, and he fled in a hurry. Later generations believed that the cypress tree was knowledgeable and could distinguish loyalty and treachery, and called this tree a treacherous cypress or a traitorous cypress. So far, it has been more than 700 years, and it is still full of branches and branches, tall and green. ”

We chatted and toured.

After we finished visiting the Confucian Temple, we went directly to the Taixue Gate of Guozijian through the Jingmen.

On the central axis, there are Jixian Gate, Taixue Gate, glazed archway, Biyong, Yilun Hall, Jingyi Pavilion. There are four halls and six halls on the east and west sides, forming a traditional symmetrical pattern.

"My favorite is the glazed archway and Biyong, what do you like best?" Ye Qian asked me softly.

"I like you the most!" I said with a smile.

"Seriously," Ye Qian smiled, "The glazed archway in Taixue Gate is the only memorial arch in Beijing that is specially set up for education. The banners on both sides are the emperor's imperial inscriptions, which are symbols of ancient China's reverence for literature and education; Located in Jixian Gate, it is three four-pillar seven-floor palace top-type glazed archway; The yang denomination book 'Yuanqiao Jiaoze', the shade side is 'Xuehai Festival View', the color painting is based on the green glazed tile, gorgeous and gorgeous, it is the only glazed archway in Beijing that does not belong to the temple. ”

"Why is there a piece of ancient acacia in the country?" I asked Ye Qian in confusion.

"Planting locust trees in the Guozi Prison," Ye Qian explained, "means that the inmates can be admitted to the high-ranking officials." Therefore, the successive dynasties of our country have followed the system of Zhou rites inside and outside, and have planted locust trees extensively. ”

"Where is the Thirteen Scripture Stele Forest?" I asked with interest.

"I'll take you there," Ye Qian smiled slightly, "The Thirteen Scripture Carved Stone is also known as the Qianlong Stone Scripture." The Thirteen Classics are the thirteen classic works of Confucianism, namely the Book of Changes, the Book of Songs, the Book of Rites, the Book of Rites, the Book of Rites, the Book of Rites, the Zuo Chuan, the Legend of the Ram, the Legend of Gu Liang, the Analects, the Erya, the Book of Filial Piety, and Mencius. There are a total of 189 carved stones in the 13 scriptures of the Confucian Temple. ”

"I think Confucius is a sage who put love first!" I said to Ye Qian seriously.

"Do you mean what he means by 'chromophobia'?" Ye Qian asked.

"Not only," I said with a smile, "he chose a famous love poem and put it in the opening chapter of the Book of Songs!" ”

"Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the river island." Ye Qian smiled, "My fair lady, good gentleman." ”

"Think about it," I pondered, "and there are more than 3,000 poems in the Book of Poetry, and Confucius made Guan Ju the opening poem. In addition to Guan Ju, Confucius also selected and preserved a large number of love poems in the Book of Songs, leaving them in the first collection of ancient Chinese poems. Is this the Confucius who has been molded by history to preach with a straight face? "The Book of Songs" is a textbook he uses for his students! He teaches his students, and the first class is the love class, which shows that he has put love in the first place in his life! ”

"Confucius admired the poem 'Guan Ju' very much," Ye Qian said with a serious face, "He called it 'happy but not lewd, sad but not sad'." It means that this poem is really just right to describe love, to be happy without debauchery, and worry without sadness! ”

"Joy but not lewdness, sorrow but not sadness!" I muttered.

"Let's look at the stele first!" Ye Qian smiled and said, "Let's discuss Sage Kong's concept of love when we eat!" ”