English: The area in the Ming (western) part of the Cemetery of Confucius where Dukes of Yansheng, who were the leaders of the Kong clan (55th through 64th generations in the direct line of descent from Confucius, according to an explanatory plaque) and the feudal rulers of Qufu, have been buried. Each of the dukes has his own "spirit road" (shendao), i.e. a a path lined with the statues of feline creatures (cat? lions? tigers?), rams, horses, warriors and officials, concluded with a stele-bearing bixi tortoise, and, finally, the actual tombstone. As elsewhere in China, the tombstones and the bixi normally face south, while the spirit way figures face each other, looking across the path that runs from the south to the north.

English: This photos shows the area SW of the bixi of Kong Yanjin, looking NE, with a jumble of monuments. The tombstone in front is for a 57th generation descendant of Confucius (somebody called "Kong Jun" on the inscription... maybe same person as Kong Ne (孔讷)? The gate to the right of it may be for Kong Chengqing (whose own tomb is to the north of the area pictured), but maybe someone else managed to fit here. Finally, the large bixi that peeks through the gate, and the stone guardians to the left of it, are for Kong Yanjin.