1. Practices rites under a tree in Song

    · Ancient Song City, southwest of Shangqiu, Henan, China

    At Song, Confucius and his disciples practiced ritual beneath a large tree. The Song officer Huan Tui reportedly threatened him and uprooted the tree. Other reconstructions place a passage through Song around 495 BC. Coordinates represent the archaeologically identified Song capital southwest of modern Shangqiu.

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