Category:Thirteen Stele Pavilions - north row, 4th from the east

English: The 4th pavilion, counting from the east, in the northern row of the Thirteen Stele Pavilions of the Temple of Confucius, Qufu. This pavilion houses a bixi-borne stele from Year 22 of the Kangxi era (AD 1683).

The stele is described as item 50 in the Qing Dynasty section of Luo Chenglie's book, pp. 795-796. 康熙二十二年御制重修阙里孔子庙碑. It is 3.8 m tall, 2 m wide, 0.5 m thick. The tortoise is 4.8 m long, 2.2 m wide, 1.2 m tall. (Yes, the book gives exactly same sizes as for its younger twin stele in the 3rd pavilion of the northern row, just to the east).

Source:

• 骆承烈 (Luo Chenglie), ed. (2001), 石头上的儒家文献－曲阜的碑文录 (Shitou-shang-de Rujia Wenxian - Qufu-de Bei Wen Lu, "Confucian writing in stone: a catalog of inscriptions on Qufu's steles"), vol. 2, 齐鲁书社 (Jinlu Shushe), ISBN 7-5333-0781-X.