Cao'e Stele

During the Eastern Han dynasty in the year 143, 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

^ "Translation". Archived from the original on 2015-04-14. Retrieved 2021-12-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)"Translation". 14 April 2015.
^ 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. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ 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.

[1] "Translation". Archived from the original on 2015-04-14. Retrieved 2021-12-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)"Translation". 14 April 2015.

[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. {{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.

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