This is a typical antique academy-style courtyard. This copper sculpture is that of Zhou Dunyi, the originator of Neo-Confucianism. It was artistically processed based on relevant ancient book records. Zhou Dunyi served as an official in Chenzhou for three times, with outstanding political achievements and an honest official. He not only founded the famous Neo-Confucian school of Song and Ming Dynasties, but also wrote the famous poem "The Theory of Love of Lotus", which "comes out of the silt but remains unstained, and washes away the clear water" "Lian but not evil" has become a popular saying throughout the ages. Arranged symmetrically with the Zhou Gong sculpture is the largest Shoushan stone in China. It is a solid symbol of traditional blessing and longevity culture. Fortune and longevity are in front of you, and the "stone" is in front of you. The China Sports Bureau once came to discuss the idea of ??purchasing it for 5 million yuan and carving it into a championship stone. So this is a rare opportunity, so don’t miss it! Next, please pay attention to the large-scale stone root carvings and various calligraphy couplets that come into view in the academy, all of which show the extraordinary momentum of the academy.
The main entrance of Lianxi Academy. The four characters "Lianxi Academy" are engraved on the plaque at the door. There is a pair of lotus stone drums at the door. The couplets engraved on both sides were written by Wang Kaiyun, a famous scholar in the late Qing Dynasty: "When my road goes south, it is originally the line of Lianxi; when the river goes east, it It’s nothing more than the aftermath of the Xiang River.” The four characters "loyalty, filial piety and honesty" on the walls on both sides of the gate represent the development and sublimation of Confucian culture and the essence of Neo-Confucianism in the Song and Ming Dynasties. They were written by Zhu Xi, a great scholar of the Southern Song Dynasty. According to statistics, the academy has 18 couplets of famous figures from all over the country, and 100 pictures of Chenzhou’s history, culture and legends are drawn on the horse heads and herringbone walls, which are called "Chenzhou Baifang Pictures". Please pay attention to them.
Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073), also known as Maoshu, was originally named Dunshi. He changed his name to avoid the old taboo of the Yingzong. A native of Yingdao, Daozhou (now Daoxian County, Hunan) in the Northern Song Dynasty, he was known as Mr. Lianxi in the world. A famous thinker in the Song Dynasty and the founder of Neo-Confucianism. It has a historical position in the history of Chinese Confucianism as a link between the past and the future. Huang Baijia once commented: "After Confucius and Mencius, Han Confucianism only had the study of classics, and sex and Taoism were not mentioned for a long time. The rise of Yuan Gong, the second Cheng succeeded him, and the restoration of Hengqu Great Confucians emerged in large numbers, and holy learning prospered. Therefore, there are rules for stability and organization, but it can only be said that the first step is to explain the subtleties of the mind and its principles. Study Case"). This review is very fair.
According to historical records, there are "dozens" of his philosophical works, and only two of them, "Tai Chi Tu Shuo" and "Tong Shu", have been handed down. From 1041 to 1044 AD, "the Guiyang Order that moved Chen made outstanding achievements". Throughout his life, he was honest, fair and diligent as an official, rigorous and meticulous in his studies, and had self-discipline to "come out of the mud without being stained, wash the lotus without being evil". As the founder of Neo-Confucianism in the Song and Ming dynasties, Zhou Dunyi inherited Confucius and Mencius and then started from Cheng Zhu. It absorbs the thoughts of Buddhism and Taoism to form its own Neo-Confucian system, and promotes its cosmology of "Wuji and Taiji" and its outlook on life that advocates tranquility, rationality, sincerity and non-desire. When Zhou Dunyi was the county magistrate in Rucheng, the county's politics were clear and clear, all industries were prosperous, the people were simple, and the government was harmonious and harmonious. During this period, he wrote the eternal famous poems "Love of Lotus" and "Zhuo Fu". When his disciples Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi came to Rucheng to visit their teacher, they were impressed by the beautiful scenery of Rucheng and wrote "Poetry of Thousands of Family". "The first chapter "Spring Comes Occasionally". In order to commemorate him, the people of Rucheng built Lianxi Academy in the western suburbs of the county and carried out ten renovations. It has a history of nearly a thousand years. Zhou Dunyi was an honest and upright man with an indifferent mind and loved lotus flowers all his life. Although the "Ai Lian Shuo" written by him is only 119 words long, each word is exquisite and has always been passed down by people.