After Confucius died, Qin Shihuang sent troops to dig his tomb. Why do Confucius’ descendants say the dig was too good?
Confucius, also known as Zhongni, was a famous thinker, educator and founder of the Confucian school in ancient Chinese history. He played a very high position in the history of our country. In fact, it’s not just our country. Confucius’s position in the world is also very prominent. His theories and thoughts “Confucian civilization” have been admired and studied by many people. Even foreigners are deeply fascinated by the civilization created by Confucius. lived and established the Confucius Institute. Confucius
According to historical records, it is said that the location of Confucius's tomb was because Confucius realized that his end was approaching, but he still didn't know where to locate his tomb, so Confucius began to arrange it. He chose a suitable tomb by himself and, accompanied by Zigong, traveled throughout Qufu before finally settling on this place.
After Confucius passed away, Confucius's disciples buried his body in Konglin in accordance with Confucius's last wish, and kept filial piety for him for three years. However, Zigong stayed filial piety for Confucius for six years before leaving. Not only that, in order to commemorate Confucius, Zigong also planted a regular script tree from the south in front of the tomb to express his memory of Confucius. But such an ancient tomb that was originally revered and protected by future generations was arbitrarily damaged. What happened? There have never been rats, snakes, insects or other poisons in the entire Konglin Forest.
According to historical records, Konglin Forest was originally called the Holy Forest. It was the cemetery of the most holy teacher Confucius and his descendants. From the day it was established to the present It has been passed down for more than 2,400 years, and there are as many as 100,000 direct descendants of Confucius buried in it from ancient times to the present. The area of Konglin has been continuously expanded through the gifts of emperors of various dynasties, and now covers an area of more than 3,000 acres, even larger than the city of Qufu.
Why has Konglin been passed down to this day for more than 2,400 years? Many people trust Kong Lin because of his good Feng Shui. There are many local legends about the feng shui of Kong Lin: According to legend, no matter how severe the drought was in Shandong in ancient times, only the vegetation in Kong Lin did not wither and the soil remained moist. And there are no rats, snakes, insects or other poisonous things in the entire Konglin. Thinking that what Confucius lacked was the river
In short, these statements were mysterious and mysterious, and they were spread like this. After Qin Shihuang ascended the throne, in order to damage the feng shui of Confucius' tomb, he sent people to do a lot of damage around the tomb of Confucius. An artificial river was deliberately dug between the tomb of Confucius and the palace where Confucius lived during his lifetime. Qin Shihuang believed that this would block Confucius' blessings and Confucianism would gradually wither away.
When the descendants of Confucius learned about it, they were not angry but very happy. They believed that what Confucius was short of was this river, and Confucius had anticipated the emergence of this river during his lifetime, so the descendants of Confucius regarded it as a river. Tiaohe is called the holy water river. With this river, the Kong family will be the same as the river water, which will last for thousands of years.
Nowadays, Confucius’s ancient tomb has been built by later generations. In 1994, it was included in the "World Heritage List". It is a miracle that is difficult to imitate and is something that many people want to appreciate. The location of the exhibition. This river is also very famous for this reason. I wonder if Qin Shihuang knew that he had worked hard to dig out the spring. The river channel that he wanted to damage Feng Shui satisfied the holy water that Confucius wanted. I wonder if he would be angry.