Cao E's Poems and Monuments in Past Dynasties

In the first year of Yuanjia in the Eastern Han Dynasty (A.D. 15 1), Duchamp, the county magistrate of Shangyu, reported the deeds of his youngest daughter Cao E to the court, and moved the tomb to build a temple (present site) to erect a monument for her. Duchamp ordered Lang Wei, the county magistrate, to write an inscription, but it took a long time to come out. At that time, Duchamp's nephew Han Danchun was young and promising, suitable for serving wine. Because he tried, he wrote a wonderful poem. Lang Wei was surprised and ruined his grass. This is the earliest book written by Han Danchun, The Monument to the Filial Daughter Cao E.. That is to say, in the second year of Hanzhouping (AD 185), Cai Yong, a corps commander, visited Cao 'e Temple and wrote on the tablet: "Yellow silk young woman, grandson mortar". But then I fell into the river and got lost. After investigation, the Book of the New Tang Dynasty recorded: "In the second year of the Tang Dynasty (AD 828), there was a strong wind and tsunami in Yuezhou". In four to five years, Zhejiang was flooded again, so it was time to fall into the river and lose.

In the second year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (A.D. 358), Wang Xizhi, the right army, went to Cao 'e Temple and kept it in small letters as a memorial to Cao 'e, a filial daughter. Wu Maoxian of Xin 'an carved and built a monument for it, which was later taken away by a busybody, but the legend spread to the palace. Recently, according to the research of Japanese calligraphy appraiser Tian Yongjilang, the ink silk book now in Liaoning Museum is the original of the book "The Monument to the Filial Daughter Cao E" by Wang Xizhi in Jin Dynasty.

In the eighth year of Yuan You in the Northern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1093), assistant minister Cai Bian attached great importance to running script.

In the article "Daughter Cao E Monument", a monument was built to save the temple. However, in the 18th year of the Republic of China (A.D. 1929), Cao 'e Temple was burned down. Although the nine stone tablets stored in the temple were also burned and cracked, they were rescued and repaired by Ren Fengkui, a squire of Cao E, and Cao E Temple was rebuilt. Therefore, this monument erected by Cai Bian in Song Dynasty for his daughter Cao E still stands in Cao E today. The other eight stone tablets were burned to pieces and have not been repaired so far.

In the first year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1522), an imperial envoy from Zhejiang, Ryan, went to Cao 'e Temple to see the Han and Jin steles, but he saw nothing. He collected the words of Li Yong (Li Beihai) who was the secretariat of the Tang Dynasty, compiled the words "Daughter Cao E Tablet" and carved it into a stone tablet for use in the temple. In addition, it lies in Shanghang's understanding of "Cao E Monument" and Li Tang's postscript to Jinshan. In the 12th year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1673), Wang, a descendant of the Right Army, copied Wang Xizhi's calligraphy of "Cao E Bei" and erected a monument in the temple, with a small copy of the book "Cao E Bei" and an inscription by Shi Zhecun attached to it.

In the 13th year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1808), the Golden Chamber was entrusted by Ruan Yuan, the governor of Zhejiang Province, to donate this stone to the temple in the form of official script, and Shanyin County ordered it to be transported from Hangzhou to Shangyu. After the tablet, there are Yin County Chen, supplementary books and inscriptions.

In the forty-first year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1603), Yang He, an imperial envoy, was deeply impressed by Cao E's deeds of throwing himself into the river. He wrote ten poems of "crying for grass" in regular script and carved them on stone tablets for the temple.

In the seventh year of tomorrow (A.D. 1627), I will visit Ji Xu in Zhejiang and pay homage to my filial daughter in Cao 'e Temple. A poem called "Bocaojiang Visiting the Temple of Filial Daughter" is a cursive script, carved into a stone tablet and stored in the temple.

In the fifty-eighth year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (A.D. 17 19), Shaoxing magistrate went to Cao 'e Temple in Qing Dynasty, wrote down six chapters of the poem "Cao 'e Temple, a filial daughter of Han Dynasty", and carved them into stone tablets for use in the temple. This monument was erected by Huang Yixin in Huiji and carved by Chen Erhou.

In the 14th year of Qing Qianlong (AD 1749), Fang Guancheng, the governor of Zhejiang Province, was down and out in his early years. He used to set up a stall in Cao E's case and make a living by reading words. After Tengda, he returned to the temple to pay homage to his filial daughter and help the temple field for 20 acres. He also wrote a poem called "The Temple of Filial Piety", which is a big calligraphy and carved into a stone tablet for the temple.

At the beginning of Moufang, Qixia, in the year of Xuantongyuan in Qing Dynasty (AD 1909), he was stationed in Cao 'e Town on business and paid tribute to Xiaozong's tomb. He presented a poem of seven laws, which was written in print and carved into a stone tablet for the temple.

In the eighth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1375), Liu Ji (Liu Bowen) was ordered by Zhu Yuanzhang, the great ancestor of Ming Dynasty, to pay homage to his filial daughter in Cao 'e Temple, and wrote a song "Ode to the Heavenly Sky" and a song "Worship to Cao 'e Temple", which were also destroyed in the fire.

In addition, Dong Qichang, a senior minister in the Ming Dynasty, used a small letter "The Monument to the Filial Daughter Cao E", which is now collected and engraved in the precious calligraphy post of the "Imperial Carving Sanxi Hall" stone carving.