◎Kong Yingda：Scholar of Confucian Classics of the ...
Kong Yingda (574-648) was born in Kongxianzhuang Village,Hengshui,Jizhou Prefecture (now Qianmazhuang Village,Taocheng District,Hengshui City) in the Tang Dynasty,as the 32-generation grandson of Confucius.In 621,Li Shimin,previously Prince of Qin,accepted him as a bachelor of the Literature Hall and he became a senior consellor of Li Shimin (later Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty).He and Wei Zheng were appointed to write the Book of Sui (Sui Shu),and also the Chapters and Sentences of the Classic on Filial Piety (Xiao Jing Zhang Ju) for Prince Li Zhi.After that,he compiled 170 volumes of the Standard Interpretation on the Five Confucian Classics (Wu Jing Zheng Yi),which became the criteria of unifying Confucian classics and selecting officials in imperial examinations.Kong Yingda integrated the Confucianism in the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties and metaphysics in the Wei and Jin Dynasties,which facilitated Confucianism in occupying the dominant position of thought and made indelible contributions to the unification,consolidation and development of the Tang Dynasty.After his death,Kong Yingda was titled Tai Chang Qing with the posthumous title of “Learned (Xian)” and buried in Zhaoling (Tomb of Li Shimin).There is a cenotaph for Kong Yingda at Qianmazhuang Village,Taocheng District,Hengshui City.(https://www.daowen.com)