Where is Xue Rengui’s grave?
Xue Rengui’s grave is in Jiaxiang County, Jining City, Eastern Province.
Xue Rengui’s tomb is located in the north of Pingshan Pass at the junction of Mengshan and Hengshan in the northeast of Jiaxiang County, Jining City, Shandong Province. There are no grave traces in the cemetery, and only a stone square is left, facing east.
The stone square is built from three solid stones. The stone pillars on both sides are square and a stone lion is carved on the top of each pillar. The forehead of the square is a stone crossing the stone pillars, and the front is engraved with the reconstruction of the tomb of Xue Rengui, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty.
The back is engraved in small regular script with the following inscriptions: Shandong Yanzhou, Jining Prefecture, Jiaxiang County, Fengxun Yanxi Road and Fu Liangyuan Mingwen Magistrate Wang Huaide, Classical History Liu Xizhao, Confucian Teaching Peng Yunfang, Discipline Qu Qianwu, Zhang Yanyi, Ming Wanli Three In the fifteenth year of the year, Ding Wei Xia, early June, auspicious day and so on.
Extended information:
Xue Rengui was originally from an extraordinary family, but it has declined in his generation. This was also because he spent a lot of money to study, not only to learn literary knowledge, but also to find a master to practice martial arts. , leaving the family with bare walls.
He was unable to show his ambition at first, so he worked at home as a farmer and went to work for the Liu family, a wealthy local family. He met Liu, the eldest daughter of the Liu family, got married and had children. He followed his wife's advice and began to join the army, and then began his legendary life of 40 years on the battlefield.
He joined the army at the end of Zhenguan and fought for decades. He defeated the Nine Tieles, surrendered Goguryeo, defeated the Turks, and made outstanding achievements. He left behind good strategies to end the war, set the Tianshan Mountains with three arrows, bravely conquered Liaodong, He was granted the title of Duke of Pingyang County due to his benevolent administration of the Goryeo Kingdom, loving the people of Xiangzhou City, and taking off his hat to retreat from the enemy.
He followed Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, on his expeditions in the north and south, and held a very high official position. After his death, he built his tomb quietly and no one recorded it. Nowadays, Xue Rengui's tomb has been protected.
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