Qualla: Tomb of Min Ziqian https://qualla.com/tomb-of-min-ziqian en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:38 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/e/0/tomb-of-min-ziqian-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Tomb of Min Ziqian https://qualla.com/tomb-of-min-ziqian Tomb of Min Ziqian: Introduction https://qualla.com/tomb-of-min-ziqian/ Photo credit Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0. The boy's stepmother dressed him in thin reed catkins while her own sons wore warm cotton. When his father discovered the deception and moved to divorce her, Min Ziqian pleaded: "With her here, one child is cold. Without her, all three children will be cold." His father relented. This story, told and retold across twenty-five centuries, made Min Sun -- courtesy name Ziqian, born around 536 BCE -- the fourth of the Twenty-four Confucian Paragons of Filial Piety. In Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, a memorial tomb preserves his legacy, even though no one is certain his body rests there.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/e/0/tomb-of-min-ziqian-wp/wwe0-tomb-of-min-ziqian-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Tomb of Min Ziqian: A Tomb Without a Body https://qualla.com/tomb-of-min-ziqian/ Photo credit Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Tomb of Min Ziqian is designed as a classical Confucian memorial, complete with an ancestral temple, a spirit way, and a burial mound. But it is, in all likelihood, a cenotaph. The actual burial place of Min Sun remains unknown; at most, some of his clothes may have been inte...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/e/0/tomb-of-min-ziqian-wp/wwe0-tomb-of-min-ziqian-a-tomb-without-a-body.mp3 0:06 2 full Tomb of Min Ziqian: The Disciple's Legacy https://qualla.com/tomb-of-min-ziqian/ Photo credit Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0. Min Sun was one of Confucius's inner circle, a disciple singled out in the Analerta for his moral character. His story of the reed catkins became one of the most widely known parables in Chinese culture, codified in the collection of the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars -- a set of s...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/e/0/tomb-of-min-ziqian-wp/wwe0-tomb-of-min-ziqian-the-disciples-legacy.mp3 0:06 3 full Tomb of Min Ziqian: Catkins and the Park Next Door https://qualla.com/tomb-of-min-ziqian/ Photo credit Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0. The tomb sits east of Min Ziqian Road, adjacent to Baihua Park -- formerly known as Catkins Park. That name is no coincidence. The catkins of the park's name refer directly to the reed catkins that Min Ziqian's stepmother used to stuff his winter coat, the flimsy material that co...

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