2 8 ▁to ▁comm emor ate ▁Conf u cius ' ▁birth day . ▁ ▁Ste le ▁pav il ions ▁A ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁stone ▁st ela e ▁are ▁located ▁on ▁the ▁prem ises ▁of ▁the ▁Temple ▁of ▁Conf u cius . ▁A ▁recent ▁book ▁on ▁Conf u cian ▁st ela e ▁in ▁Qu fu ▁catalog s ▁around ▁ 5 0 0 ▁such ▁monuments ▁on ▁the ▁temple ' s ▁grounds , ▁not ing ▁that ▁the ▁list ▁is ▁far ▁from ▁complete . ▁ ▁The ▁st eles ▁comm emor ate ▁repeated ▁re build ings ▁and ▁renov ations ▁of ▁the ▁temple ▁complex , ▁contain ▁texts ▁ext ol ling ▁Conf u cius ▁and ▁imperial ▁ed ict s ▁grant ing ▁him ▁new ▁honor ary ▁titles . ▁While ▁most ▁of ▁these ▁table ts ▁were ▁originally ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁Temple ▁of ▁Conf u cius , ▁some ▁have ▁been ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁temple ' s ▁grounds ▁for ▁safe keep ing ▁from ▁other ▁sites ▁in ▁Qu fu ▁in ▁modern ▁times . ▁ ▁The ▁ins cri ptions ▁on ▁the ▁st ela e ▁are ▁mostly ▁in ▁Chinese , ▁but ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁Y uan ▁D ynast y ▁and ▁Q ing ▁D ynast y ▁st ela e ▁also ▁have ▁texts , ▁respectively , ▁in ▁Middle ▁Mong ol ian ▁( using ▁the ▁' P ags - Pa ▁script ) ▁and ▁Man ch u . ▁ ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁imperial ▁st ela e ▁are ▁concentr ated ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" Th ir teen ▁Ste le ▁Pav il ions " ▁( 十 三 <0xE7>