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Restoration of the Qufu Confucius Temple

Type Event Region China Time 1371–1380

During the Hongwu era the Ming founder Zhu Yuanzhang ordered repairs to the Confucius Temple at Qufu, Shandong, restoring its damaged halls and sacri…

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  1. 1371–1373Qufu Confucius Temple · Qufu CityThe Ming founder decreed repairs to the Qufu Confucius Temple, allocating materials to restore the halls and reaffirming reverence for Confucius and Confucian sacrifices, incorporating the temple's restoration into the early Ming program of rebuilding ritual order and moral instruction.
  2. 1373–1380Qufu Confucius Temple · Qufu CityRepairs to the temple's main halls were completed, sacrificial rites and the temple-estate system were gradually restored, and Qufu's status as the sacred site of Confucianism was consolidated in the early Ming, setting an example for Confucian education and the imperial examination orientation nationwide.

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