Introduction to the house of "Famous Neo-Confucianists": The house of "Famous Neo-Confucianists" is the former residence of Dong Sui, the official of Zhongxian and the doctor of the Ministry of Justice in the Ming Dynasty. It is a brick and wood structure in the late Ming Dynasty. The house is located in the middle section of the middle lane of Liukeng. There is a large porch in front of the house, with one entrance and three bays. It has been renovated by later generations, and only the porch part is original from the Ming Dynasty. There are a pair of red stone lions carved in the round on both sides of the main entrance. Although they look mottled and old after hundreds of years of vicissitudes, they still retain their majesty. The large plaque "Famous Neo-Confucianists" hanging on the lintel was written by Prince Shaobao and Zeng Tongheng, the Minister of Civil Affairs in the Ming Dynasty. Six meters directly in front of the porch, there is a Ming Dynasty screen wall-style brick square with plaques and couplets "Gaoming Guangda" and "Wen Hui Listed, Crowned in Nanzhou" inscribed on it, which were written by Luo Hongxian, the number one scholar in Jishui.

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