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Stele of the Book Collection Site of Huan Junsan

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Located in Xiangshan, Huaibei City. Huan Junsan refers to Huan Tan (23 BC–AD 50), a native of Xiang (present-day northwest of Suixi, Anhui Province) in Pei Commandery during the Han Dynasty. He had a passion for music, was skilled at playing the zither, and was well-versed and talented in many fields. He was a renowned philosopher and classicist of the Han Dynasty. His philosophical treatise, New Discourses, has long served as an ideological weapon for atheists opposing believers in the immortality of the soul and theism. It is said that Tan...

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The Stele of the Book Collection Site of Huan Junsan is a cultural tourism attraction.

Located in Xiangshan, Huaibei City. Huan Junsan refers to Huan Tan (23 BC–AD 50), a native of Xiang (present-day northwest of Suixi, Anhui Province) in Pei Commandery during the Han Dynasty. He had a passion for music, was skilled at playing the zither, and was well-versed and talented in many fields. He was a renowned philosopher and classicist of the Han Dynasty. His philosophical treatise, New Discourses, has long served as an ideological weapon for atheists opposing believers in the immortality of the soul and theism. It is said that Tan stored his books here, and the stele commemorating this book collection site, erected during the Chongzhen era of the Ming Dynasty (1628–1644), still stands today.