Tomb of Xie an

Tomb of Xie an

Xie an's tomb is located in hejiagang, Taifu temple, 15.5km southwest of Changxing County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province. The tomb is 1.5m high and more than 10m in diameter. Mulberry trees were planted on the top of the tomb. During the cultural revolution, the tomb was excavated and the ancient bricks were in a mess. Only two tombstones were left, one of which was built during the Jiaqing period and kept in the township government; the other was built into the channel pier. It has been rebuilt and opened to the public.

Tomb owner information

Xie an (320-385): a famous politician and scholar in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, with the name of Anshi, was born in Yangxia, Chenjun (now Taikang, Henan). In the period of Emperor Wen of Jin Dynasty, he was the prefect of Wuxing (now Huzhou City). He opened the West Guantang of the city and made profits for the people. Emperor Xiaowu of the Jin Dynasty was appointed as the commander of Zhongshu and the leader of Shangshu. In the eighth year of the Taiyuan Dynasty (383), he commanded the "battle of Feishui" and defeated the Qin army. Later, he was pushed out of the town of Guangling (now Yangzhou) because of internal fighting.

Nanjing Meiling

Cemetery granted by Emperor

In the tenth year of the Taiyuan Dynasty (385), Xie an died of illness. Because he was the first assistant of the imperial court, his funeral was very grand. The imperial court paid money to host his funeral. Sima Yao, Emperor Xiaowu, gave him a good coffin and chose a geomantic omen treasure land in Meiling. According to the records of JINGDING Jiankang (Volume 17), this post was only two Zhang high in the past, because the home of Mei Yi, the Eastern Jin Dynasty man and the governor of the eastern Yu chapter (the donator of the ancient book of History), was near here, so there was a name of "Mei Yigang".

According to the annals of Yuanhe County in the Tang Dynasty, "Xie an's tomb is in shizigang, ten li southeast of the county.". "Xie an's tomb is in meilinggang, Jiuli, south of the city" in JINGDING Jiankang annals of the Song Dynasty, and the cause of its wordless stele is also studied. After the yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was still recorded in the capital annals of the Republic of China that there were "Linggang" in the east of Yuhuatai and "Xie an, Han Xizai and other celebrities buried in it". Place names are called "Zhiling", "Meigang", "shizigang" and "meilinggang" according to different ages, all of which are located in Yuhuatai area.

After Xie an was buried in Meiling, with the fall of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the glory of the Xie family faded. However, the incense of Xie's family is constantly burning, and the care of Xie's tomb is still a family affair. Most folk tomb robbers have the heart of thieves, but they have no guts, so Xie's tomb is still safe.

Tomb of Chen Shuling

However, in the Chen period of the Southern Dynasty, Peng Guiren, the second son of emperor Chen Xu and the biological mother of emperor Chen Shuling, died in 579. At that time, Bodhi Xiangyin house was popular, and Chen Shuling wanted to find a geomantic treasure land for his mother, so he thought of Meiling where Xie an's tomb was. He asked the emperor's father to play and buried Peng Guiren in Meiling. Meiling is not a small place, but Chen Shuling seems to go there. He thinks the best place is the location of xie'an's tomb. So Chen Shuling seized xie'an's cemetery.

Not only Shea's grave, but also his grave. Chen Shuling ordered people to dig up the tomb of xie'an. Although it has been buried for so many years, the coffin is still in good condition with bright paint. After xie'an's coffin was carried out, Chen Shuling arranged for craftsmen to "decorate" xie'an's tomb again, paint it new, and then carry it into his mother's coffin. Xie'an's tomb became Peng Guiren's "villa in the underworld".

The cemetery returns to the Xie family

Xie Zhen, the ninth grandson of Xie an and general of Zhaoyuan, had just returned to Jiankang, the capital of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. In the face of Chen Shuling's obscene power, although he has complaints in his heart, he has nothing to do. Grave robbers come to no good end. Later, after failing to compete with Chen Shubao for the throne, Chen Shuling was beheaded and his body was thrown into the Yangtze River to feed the fish. Soon, the courtiers wrote to empress Chen to clear up the sins of Chen Shuling. His mother Peng's body was pulled out of the tomb, the temple was destroyed, and the cemetery was returned to the Xie family, but Xie an's coffin did not return.

Sanyagang, Changxing County

Relocation in Changxing County

Xie an's coffin was thrown aside. When Xie Yiwu, the grandson of Xie an, was the magistrate of Changxing County, he moved Xie an's coffin to sanyaguang.

In the Huichang period of Tang Dynasty, sanyagang belonged to Wan'an township. At that time, xie'an's tomb had tombstones and pillars, and there were 16 odd places to walk. In the first year of Kangding (1040 A.D.) and the fourth year of Zhiping (1067 A.D.), the epitaphs were erected.

Historical evolution

In 1533 and 1642, Huang Guangsheng and Li Xiangzhong, the county magistrate of the Ming Dynasty, rebuilt their tombs. In 1799, Xing Shu, the county magistrate, and Xie Qikun, the descendant of Xie an, the governor of Guangxi, rebuilt the cemetery and Taifu temple.

The tomb Temple of Taifu xie'an was destroyed in the "Cultural Revolution". There are only two tombstones left. One of them is the tombstone of Jiaqing period, which is now kept in the township government; the other is built into the channel pier. The tomb has been rebuilt.

Celebrity inscriptions

Ruan Yuan, a famous scholar and governor of Zhejiang Province during the reign of Qian and Jia in the Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem "Xie cemetery in sanyaguang" in five words: "Xie Fu was famous in the Six Dynasties. Break thief Fu Er generation, wind crane go enemy, high lying east Shandong, honor name stand two Jin. Meiling at the beginning of the Bu tomb, Ya Village spin move. When the sun sets, Weng Zhongmian, the wild hazel Fox and rabbit hide. If you are outstanding, you will be punished by the Ming government. If you hang the past, you will know what you heard before. "

There is a poem written by Bao Wei, the emperor of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, which says: "the grass on the three crow hill is soft, and the calamities still exist in taifuqian." When the stone steles are erected and the traces are repaired, it is necessary for the woodcutters and herdsmen to recognize the famous and virtuous people. "

Wang Duan, a poetess of Qiantang in the Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem: "when she hears of Tao, she will be buried, but the green mountains are still at dusk.".

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