A tombstone  in the  Confucius Cemetery (<i>Kong Lin</i>), somewhere near the main entrance and the tomb of Confucius. The inscription mentions that the deceased was a 68th-generation descendant of Confucius, and worked for the Ministry of Justice (刑部). The base of the tombstone is made so that to make one feel that there is a huge turtle hidden there, but one only sees the front and rear edges of its shell. This style, of which I have not seen many other examples, makes one think of the <i>bixi</i> turtles; however, a normal <i>bixi</i> is a full-fledged turtle, complete with a head, tail, and legs, and it holds a stele <i>near</i> the grave, rather than the tombstone itself.
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