Original text of Cao E's stele:
The filial daughter Cao E was the daughter of Cao Xu of Shangyu. He first had the same ancestor as the Zhou Dynasty, but at the end of his life, he was in a desolate state, and his love was a suitable place to live. Xu Neng is able to caress the festival and sing songs, and the gods are whirling in music. In May of the second year of Han'an, we welcomed Wu Jun. When he went up against the waves, he was flooded and his body was not found.
In the fourteenth year of Shi'e's reign, her name was Mu Si Xu, and she mourned by the river bank. On the seventh day of the tenth day, she threw herself into the river and died. Five days later, she came out with her father's body in her arms. From Han'an to the first year of Yuanjia, Qinglong was in Xinmao. Du Shang set up a memorial ceremony for her and said:
Yi is a filial daughter with a graceful appearance. When he came back, he made the color hole instrument. A graceful lady with a charming smile. It is suitable for his family to be in the sun of Qiaozhi. If you don't show your courtesy, you will feel sorry for your loving father. Where is the sky? Who are the parents without a father! Tell God to express your condolences, go to Jiangyong, and regard death as home.
So I threw myself into the sand and mud with indifference. A graceful and filial daughter, sometimes sinking and floating. Or on Bozhou Island, or in the middle stream. Either it becomes turbulent or it returns to waves. Thousands of people lost their voices and tens of thousands mourned. Viewers fill the streets and gather in the streets. She shed tears to cover her eyes and shocked the capital. Therefore, the mourning gingers cry in the city, and the wolfberry collapses in the corners of the city. There may be someone who uses a mirror to cut off the face and a knife to cut out the ears. Sit on the platform and wait for the water, hug the tree and burn it.
In the play of a filial daughter, Demao is a concubine (chóu, peer, companion). What a great country, self-cultivation in preventing and etiquette. Not to mention the common people and lowly people, exposing thatched roofs in their houses. It straightens itself without support; it carves without carving. Yue Liang and Song Dynasty are different from each other. I mourn this sincerity and will never change for thousands of years. Alas! Luan said:
Inscriptions on gold and stone are the essence of the universe. Years of worship, tombs and tombs are erected. The light shines on the back soil, shining on heaven and man. Life is cheap, death is noble, and righteousness is beneficial. How sad that the flowers will fall, and the sculptures will be divided early. Beautiful and graceful, she will match the gods forever. Ruo Yao's second daughter was Mrs. Xiang.
The time effect seems to be to recruit (Zhao) Hou Kun.
Cai Yong, Yilang of the Han Dynasty, heard about it and came to see it. In the dark night, he touched the text and read it. He also said: Three hundred years later, the tomb should fall into the river. If it should fall, it would not fall. When Wang Kuang (匵) met, he wrote it down on August 15th of the second year of Ping Dynasty.
The historical stele of Cao E's stele is as follows:
The author Wang Xizhi (303-361), a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty of China, with the courtesy name Yishao and the name Danzhai, Han nationality, his ancestral home is Langya Linyi (now in the Shandong), later moved to Kuaiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang), and lived in seclusion in Jinting, Shan County in his later years, and was known as the sage of calligraphy. He successively served as secretary Ying, general Ningyuan, and governor of Jiangzhou. Later, he became the internal historian of Kuaiji, leading the general on the right, and was known as "Wang Youjun" and "Wang Kuaiji".
His son Wang Xianzhi is also good at calligraphy, and is collectively known as the "Two Kings". Since then, there have been numerous calligraphy talents in the Wang family. Dongsheng died in the fifth year of Ping Dynasty and was buried in Jinting Waterfall Mountain (also known as Ziteng Mountain). His fifth generation Sun Heng's residence was Jintingguan, and the ruins still exist. Wang Xizhi's Lanting preface was called "the best running script in the world" by later generations. His current address is in Lanshan District, Linyi, Shandong Province, an old revolutionary area. Under his influence, Xiyanchi Street was named, and Wang Xizhi's former residence is on Xiyanchi Street.
Translation:
The filial daughter Cao E is the daughter of Cao Yu in Shangyu. His ancestors were closely related to the Zhou Dynasty with the Ji surname, but they were forgotten after they moved to Shangyu. Cao Xu not only has the artistic talent to sing during percussion, but he can also dance to the tunes during sacrificial ceremonies to make God happy. The Dragon Boat Festival in the second year of Han'an (AD 143) is a folk custom day to commemorate the tide god. The fleet that greeted the Lord was commanded by Cao Xu and sailed against the current.
On this day, the wind and waves were very strong. The main sacrificial boat was capsized by the waves. Cao Xu fell into the water and died. His body was not rescued for a long time. Cao E was fourteen years old at that time. She shouted loudly by the river to look for her father. On the seventeenth day, she couldn't see her father's body, so she threw herself into the river. Five days later, Cao E surfaced from the water holding her father's body.
The inscription on Cao E's stele was written eight years after Cao E's death. In the first year of Huan AD in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 151), the magistrate of Shangyu County still "sympathized with Cao E's righteousness, buried Cao E again, and ordered his son Handan Zili (Handan Chun) to build a monument for him." A famous scholar has been asking Wei Lang to write. Known for its loose academic pursuits.
Wei Lang wrote an inscription for Cao E at that time. However, Wei Lang was worried that bad writing would make future generations laugh, so he pretended that he had not succeeded and turned to others for help. When he read Handan Chun's manuscript, he praised it and burned it. Therefore, the inscription on Cao E's stele was written by Chun in Handan.
When the monument was erected, the words on the monument were very beautiful, and the people leaning on it were like clouds and waves. Cai Yong, a famous scholar at that time, was one of them. After he was pardoned in the past, he was afraid to return to his hometown for fear of being attacked. During his more than 10 years of escape, he "traveled to Wu and Hui". The Wen Cao'e stele visited by Cai Yongjie said: "At dusk, I touched the text with my hand and read it, and wrote eight characters on the shade of the stele."
Extended information:
Historical origin:
Back then, Cao Cao and Yang Xiu were riding horses. When they passed Cao E's monument, they saw the eight characters "Yellow Silk Young Woman's Grandson Junjiu" engraved on the back of the monument. Cao Cao asked Yang Xiu if he understood the meaning of these eight characters.
Yang Xiu was about to answer, but Cao Cao said: "Don't say it yet, let me think about it." After walking thirty miles, Cao Cao said: "I already understand the meaning of those eight words. Please tell me your understanding and see if we have the same view." Yang Xiu said: "Yellow silk is the color of silk. It is good for the son to be united; "馳馁" means "send", which means "ci".
These eight words are "excellent words", which are a tribute to the inscription on Cao E's stele. "Cao Cao exclaimed: "Your talent and thinking are as sharp as my thirty-mile limit.
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According to the "Shangyu County Zhixue·Du Shang Biography", the Cao E temple was built in the first year of Yuanjia. The feudal emperors of all dynasties publicized Cao E's great events and awarded them with plaques. In the fourth year of Daguan in the Song Dynasty ( In 1110), she was granted the title of Mrs. Lingxiao; in the fifth year of Zhenghe (1115), she was granted the title of Zhaoshun; in the sixth year of Chunyou (1246), she was granted the title of Chunyi; in the fifth year of Yuanzhiyuan (1339), she was granted the title of Mrs. Huigan. In the 13th year of the Jiaqing reign of the Qing Dynasty (1808), she was granted the title of Mrs. Fuying; in the 4th year of the Tongzhi reign (1865), she was granted the title of Mrs. Inspiration and the plaque "Fu Bei Cao Jiang" was given. During the Republic of China, important military and political officials such as Chiang Kai-shek, Lin Sen, Xiong Xiling, and Yu Youren all had plaques and couplets inscribed on them. At its peak, there were 170 plaques and 57 couplets written by Chiang Kai-shek. p>
The Cao'e Temple was built during the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was destroyed and rebuilt several times after that. It was rebuilt and opened in 1985. It is known as the "No. 1 Temple in Jiangnan". The famous Cao'e Monument in the Eastern Han Dynasty has been lost, and the Song Dynasty Monument is now there. It was copied and copied by calligrapher Cai Bian in the eighth year of Yuanyou (1093). The tomb of the filial daughter Cao E is located in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. It is later said that Cao E's stele was written by King Yi of the Jin Dynasty. To commemorate Cao E's filial piety, the Cao E temple was built at the place where Cao E threw herself into the river. The village and town where she lived was renamed Cao E town, and the place where Cao E died for her father was named Cao E river.
Reference source: Cao E Monument-Baidu Encyclopedia