Category:Tomb of Kong Chengqing

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English: The tomb of Kong Chengqing, the 60th-generation Duke Yansheng.

The spirit way includes (S to N):

  • A gate (?or does it already belong to a 57th-generation duke to the south?)
  • A bixi tortoise, with a stele that includes the date 6 Jingtai, 12th month, 25th day, i.e. ca. January 1456. This may refer to the date of Kong Chengqing's receiving his title of Yansheng Duke.
  • A warrior (west) and a civil official (right)
  • A tablet with a sacrificial table in front of the grave tumulus. The tablet, with the text “六十代孙赠袭封衍圣公之墓” (photo 187) is described as item 56 of the Ming chapter in: 石头上的儒家文献-曲阜的碑文录 (Confucian writing in stone: a catalog of inscriptions on Qufu's steles), volume 1, 齐鲁书社 (Jinlu Shushe), 2001, ISBN 7-5333-0781-X, page 402. According to the book, it's erected in 5 Tianshun (1461 AD); it is 3.18 m tall (including the dragon crown 1 m tall), 1.24 m wide and 0.34 m thick.
Both sons of Kong Chengqing - Kong Hongtai and Kong Hongxu - became Duke Yansheng in their turn as well; their spirit ways are located to the NW of their father's.
中文(简体):孔承庆墓
位于孔子墓西北1000米处。封土东西11.00米,南北13.00米,高1.80米,为小型坟冢。
墓前石碑正书“六十代孙赠袭封衍圣公之墓”。
明天顺五年(1461年)夏四月,男袭封衍圣公弘绪、弘泰立。
墓前设石供案。

(Source: 孔承庆墓)