What does the word "jade" in Confucius Temple mean?

Jade: rhymes with Qing

Jin Shengyu Zhen: The sound follows the clock, the rhyme follows the parallel, and the music is from beginning to end. Metaphor is loud and harmonious. It is also a metaphor for a knowledgeable and proficient person.

Jin Shengyu Zhen Fang stone carving, the starting point of entering the Confucius Temple, was built in the 17th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1538). There are three four pillars with stone drums and four octagonal pillars decorated with lotus thrones. Each throne has a simple carved one-horned monster, commonly known as "Dreadwind".

On both sides of the square, there are shallow carvings of Yunlong playing beads. On the square in the Ming Dynasty, there are four characters of "Golden Sound and Jade Zhen", which were written by Hu Maozong, a famous calligrapher in the seventeenth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1538).

Monk's Mencius under Zhang Wan in the pre-Qin period: "A master is a golden voice. Jinyin is also the beginning; Yu Zhen is a human being, and he is finally organized. Those who start to be organized are also wise; Finally, the organization is also sacred.

reference data

Monk. Mengzi Wanzhang. Qin: Qin, pre-Qin.