Introduction to the Xuanglang: The stele in the Xuanglang is engraved with a list of 279 Jinshis trained by the Shanghai Confucian Temple in the 700 years since Shanghai was founded from the Yuan Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. Among them is Qin Yubo, who was revered as the Shanghai City God in the Yuan Dynasty. Xu Guangqi, an official in the Ming Dynasty who was the Minister of Rites and also a bachelor of Dongge and Wenyuange, was a famous scientist in ancient times and the first court minister to learn science and technology from the West.

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