Tomb of Lin Tingxuan

Tomb of Lin Tingxuan

Tomb of Lin Tingxuan

[Miaofeng Mountain, Jianxin Town · Ming Dynasty · District-level Cultural Relics Protection Unit] Lin Tingxuan, styled Shunjv, birth and death years unknown, was a Jinshi (advanced scholar) of the Chenghua era in the Ming Dynasty and served as the Minister of Works in Nanjing until the end of his official career. The tomb faces west and is situated eastward. The mound is arc-shaped at the back and flat in front, built with lime-soil compaction, measuring 4.4 meters in width, 3.1 meters in depth, and 1.3 meters in height. In front of the burial mound stands a granite tombstone, 1.47 meters wide and 1.08 meters high, inscribed in regular script with the text: “Shadi. In memory of Lin Zhu, the imperial scholar awarded by the Ming court, Minister of Works in Nanjing, posthumously honored as the Minor Guardian of the Crown Prince, of Zhutian. His wives, Madames Chen and Wang. Made in the Jiawu year of the Jiajing reign (1534), repaired in the Wuzi year of the Daoguang reign during the Qing Dynasty.” The tomb platform has been destroyed. On the right front side of the tomb stands a bluestone stele inscribed with the running script “First Mountain,” signed “Mi Fu.”

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