Tortoise stelae in the Temples of Confucius and Yan Hui in Qufu
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English: Twenty-five stone tortoises (bixi) with stelae in the Temple of Confucius (21)and Temple of Yan Hui (4) in Qufu. They have been installed over 800 years, during five dynasties - from the early Song until mid-Qing - and carry tablets commemorating periodic rebuildings and renovations of the temples, and conferral of the honorary titles on the Great Sage and his favorite disciple. The text on the tablets is in Chinese, Mongol (Phags-ps script) and Manchu, depending on the dynasty.
The images below are arranged chronologically; the stelae are in the Temple of Confucius (Kong Miao) unless otherwise indicated.
Русский: 25 стел на черепахах-биси в Храме Конфуция (21) и Храме Янь Хуэя (4) в г. Цюйфу. Установлены на протяжение 5 династий, от Сун до Цин, c X по XVIII вв.
中文：在曲阜孔庙、颜庙立的２５幢螭首龟趺碑。其中２１幢在孔庙,４幢在颜庙。
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| Taiping Xingguo 8 (983) | 
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| Jin (Jurchen) Dynasty | ||
| Cheng'an 8 (1197) | 
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| Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty | ||
| Dade 5 (1301) | 
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| Dade era (1297-1307) (left); Dade 11 (1307) (right); Late Zhiyuan 5 (1339) (center) |
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| Zhishun 2 (1331) (Temple of Yan Hui) Granting Yan Hui the title of |
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| Zhizheng 9 (1349) Rebuilding the Temple of Yan Hui. |
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| Ming Dynasty | ||
| Hongwu 4 (1371) | 
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| Yongle 15 (1417) | 
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| Zhengtong 6 (1441) Rebuilding the Temple of Yan Hui |
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| Chenghua 4 (1468) | 
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| Hongzhi 17 (1504) | 
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| Zhengde 4 (1509) Rebuilding the Temple of Yan Hui |
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| Qing (Manchu) Dynasty | ||
| Shunzhi 8 (1651) | 
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| Kangxi 7 (1668) | 
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| Kangxi 15 (1676; right), Kangxi 21 (1682; left) |
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| Kangxi 22 (1683) | 
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| Kangxi 25 (1686) | 
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| Yongzheng 8 (1730) | 
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| Yongzheng 8 (1730) | 
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| Yongzheng 8 (1730) 雍正元年册封至圣先师五代王碑, 雍正八年重建先师孔子庙碑 |
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| Qianlong 13 (1748) |
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