Cao'e Stele

Cao'e Stele from the year 1093, made by Cai Bian (蔡卞). The monument is 2.1 meters high and 1 meter wide

During the Eastern Han dynasty in 143 AD, Cao E drowned at the age of 13 in the Shun River while trying to save her father from drowning. In the year 151, a temple and a stele was made for her to honor Cao E. The original stele was lost over time but in the year 1093 (Northern Song dynasty), Cai Bian (蔡卞) made a replacement stele. This stele is 2.1 metres high and 1 metre wide and is entitled: "The stele of Cao E, the filial piety daughter" and has become a historical monument. The stele is placed in the Cao'e Temple in the Shangyu District, Shaoxing in the northeast of Zhejiang Province in China. ^{[1] [2]}

The stele's text was commissioned by Du Shang  [ zh ]. It was written by Handan Chun after Wei Lang  [ zh ] failed complete it. ^[3]

References

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2. Fang Ailong (2018). "蔡卞行书上虞孝女曹娥碑" (in Chinese). Hangzhou Normal University (Social Science Edition). doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-2338.2018.01.020. Archived from the original on 2024-04-16. Retrieved 2021-12-03.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. Rafe, De Crespigny (2007). A biographical dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD). Brill. p. 306. ISBN   978-90-04-15605-0. OCLC   875683793.