Ju Culture Le Yi Base and Shiguo Bridge

The ancient city of Juguo is located in Juxian county today, with a history of more than 3,000 years. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the capital area of Ju was nearly 100 square mile, which was more than six times that of Cheng Ju now. "Notes on Water Classics" says: "Its city is triple, and everyone knows all about it, but there is a gate in the south, twelve miles in the city and forty miles in Guo Zhou." About 3 miles southeast of Cheng Ju, there is a pile of hill-like boulders called "Le Yi Base". In 284 BC, Yan Zhaowang adopted Le Yi's suggestion and assembled the forces of Chu, Han, Zhao, Wei and Yan. I thought that the general attacked Qi and captured more than 70 cities. Linzi, the capital of Qi, also fell, except Juan and Jimo. At that time, King Qi Xuan took refuge in Juan alone. Le Yi led an army to surround the city of Ju, and built a high platform with huge stones in the southeast of the city to observe the situation in the city. The war was later reversed in Ju 'an and Jimo, and the smoke of the war quickly dispersed, but the "Le Yi Base" stayed behind, silently staring at the Millennium ancient city wall. Just like the poem written in later generations: "The ancient city looks at the grass in the east, but it is not limited by the long river." Negative Guo Qian became a barrier, sealed thousands of miles away. The trees in Xia Ming Garden are startled by fire, and the cold waves recall the drums. The past has awakened the dream of banana deer, and it has fallen in the empty field. "The outer walls and secondary walls of Cheng Ju were built from Zhou to Han Dynasty. Today, the walls of Cheng Ju were restored in the Yuan Dynasty and built with bricks in the Ming Dynasty, so they are called "three towns". The "Shiguo Bridge" was originally located on the moat. It is a five-hole stone bridge, 6 meters long and 3 meters wide. It was demolished in the 1970s. There are two ancient monuments on the west side of the bridge. The lying tablet was erected in the Tang Dynasty, and the tablet body is a relic of the Ming Dynasty. To the south of the two monuments, there is also a stone tablet with the word "crossing the stone bridge" written in official script on the front, which was erected by Han Hongdu during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty (1662). The inscription on the stone tablet tells an old story: During the Spring and Autumn Period, a man named Zhu Lishu was an official in Ju State. He was loyal to the monarch, patriotic, wise and far-sighted, but the monarch Gong Ao was in a coma. Later, Gong Ao was convinced that the country was destroyed. When Uncle Li heard about it, he wanted to go back and die for his country. The friend advised, "Why did you die for him? "Uncle Li said," I'm going to die for my country today, so as to warn those monarchs who don't know good ministers and similar monarchs not to make the same mistakes. "When Li Shu returned to Ju 'an, she stood on the five-hole bridge and saw that the battlements were still there. Much transformed, and Lv Yan was devastated and desolate. She couldn't help crying, so she jumped off the bridge and drowned herself. Later generations praised Li Shu for his noble character, so they praised him as a "national scholar" and made a monument for him, and renamed the five-hole bridge where he died as "national scholar bridge". In the early Qing Dynasty, the great poet Wang Yuyang was in an instant mood and wept for his uncle Zhu Lishu. He wrote an ancient poem, saying, "There is water by the Shiguo Bridge, and it will never be poor for thousands of years. If you hear about Uncle Julie, you will be reported to Zhu Gong Ao. "