Throughout the ‘Analects of Confucius’, one can find numerous praises for Yan Hui by Confucius, who was renowned for his virtues. Consequently, posterity, while venerating Confucius, also increasingly exalted the title of Yan Hui. During the Yuan Dynasty, Yan Hui was posthumously honored as ‘Fu Sheng Gong’ and respectfully addressed as ‘Fu Sheng’. The temple dedicated to him is also known as ‘Fu Sheng Temple’. The temple complex is divided into five courtyards, with 159 rooms including halls, chambers, pavilions, storehouses, and gateways. The temple primarily features structures such as the Fu Sheng Gate, Gui Ren Gate, Yang Sheng Gate, Liao Xiang Well, Yue Ting, Fu Sheng Hall, and stele pavilions, forming a rare and vast ancient architectural ensemble. Inside the Fu Sheng Gate lies the Liao Xiang Well, and outside stands an octagonal open-air pavilion. North of the well, there is a stone tablet titled ‘Liao Xiang Well’ erected during the Ming Dynasty, commemorating Yan Hui’s frugal virtues with the phrase ‘a bamboo basket of food, a gourd of water, living in a humble alley’. The Fu Sheng Hall serves as the main hall. The eastern and western wings also house memorials for distinguished Yan family members such as Yan Zhitui, Yan Shigu, Yan Zhenqing, and Yan Gaoqing. The temple is open all year round from 08:30 to 16:30; on New Year’s Eve, it is open from 08:30 to 14:00.
Yan Temple
Throughout the ‘Analects of Confucius’, one can find numerous praises for Yan Hui by Con[...]
