Tomb Scripture Platform

　　  The Tomb Platform is also known as the Tomb Scripture Platform, formerly called the Book Burning Platform. It is located behind the academy, to the left of the Hall of Enlightenment. In the Yuan Dynasty, County Magistrate Liu Siyi built a Lecture Hall on it, which was used to store ancient books, also referred to as “tomb scriptures.”

　　   Poem by Zhu Youfeng: “The ancient scriptures have long been lost, who now imparts their profound truths? Only ruins of the old volumes remain on this desolate platform, where moss blooms like embroidered flowers.”

　　   Poem by Wang Shangjue: “Majestically east of the school grounds, the towering platform stands proudly. Overgrown with verdant vines, it rises abruptly beside the city walls. The land of Jinxian was once flat — how did this mound come to be? Some say it’s the accumulation of ashes from the time of book burning.”