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Approaching the temple of Duke Huan of Lu, the group dismounted from their carriage and walked along a street shaded by green trees. The locals of Qufu called this Lu Temple Street, where the ancestral temples of many rulers of the Lu nation were located.

Due to the passage of time, this area had been sealed off, and without a token from the Kong Family, entry was forbidden.

In the early Spring and Autumn period, the Lu nation was a powerful state, and Duke Huan of Lu had launched multiple attacks on other nations, but gradually weakened thereafter. When the temple of Duke Huan of Lu was built, Confucius had not yet become a sage, but because he had led his disciples to visit the temple, it held extraordinary significance.

Before long, the group arrived in front of the temple of Duke Huan of Lu. The ancestral temple dedicated to Duke Huan was very small, less than thirty zhang in circumference, smaller than a military camp's training ground. The temple's architecture was old and low, built of rough stones. If not for the protection of the Kong Family's power, this temple would have collapsed long ago.

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However, the group, well-versed in history, felt no disappointment, for the human race during the Spring and Autumn period was inferior in all aspects to the present, and the residences or ancestral temples of the rulers of that time were not even comparable to some of the prominent families now.

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