There are likewise triples in honour of his wife father and mother, A silver pine tree, 150 fect Ingh and 20 feet in circumference, is said_to be 10.000 years old. Here also was the traditivnery well of Yen. Yen's tomb lies outside the city in a fine grove of cypresses. Here is likewise the burial place of his descendants, Outside the north cast corner of the city is atemple to Chow-kung, the great statesman and prime minister to his brother Wu, the founder of the Chow dynasty, Like the other this temple stands ina wooded park; in the is a figure of Chow seated, while just outside is an enormous tablet erected by Kienlung in his honour. In the last ies the d tomb of Shao-hao.
t of Kiu-fou lies the Ni-shan, ina cave of which Confuciusis said to have been born. Kin-fou isa clean, well built city, of no great strength, its main safeguard being its historical associations. When the rebels approached this city. they de manded that the mandarin should be given up, but when told that all the officials belonged to the Qonfucian family they departed, without injuring the place, Tie inhabitants are for the most part descendants of the sage and bear his surname.
Forty fi south of Kiu-fou isTsiu-hien, the city of Mencius, On the journey the tombs of his mother and of the philosopher himself were visited. to reach which, however, a detour of some 60 li was made, both lying 20 1 S.E. from the city and 10 Ji apart. That of the mother is situated in a handsome wood near a range of hills; the grounds are not walled in but seem extensive and are full the tombs of the descendants of the save. The most easterly is a huge mound, and is the resting place of Mencius' mother. A small temple is built
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