The imperial history of Cao Duan is a celebrity in the early Ming Dynasty of Cao Village in my county, about the tomb of Cao Duan, Cai Kuo of the Ming Dynasty wrote "Restoration of the Tomb of the Xiangxian Tomb Juxtaposition of the Sacrifice Field" that is, "The Monument of the Sacrifice Field", the stele Yin recorded: "Cao Yushi Tomb, in the south of Cao Village in the east of the county, the mouth of the sacrifice field. "Sacrifice to the Field", Le Shi in March of the 35th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1556), bluestone. Unearthed in 1983, it is now stored in the "Ancient Monument Gallery" of Nikeng Liquor.
Cai Kuo wrote one of the volumes of "The Anthology of Mr. Cai Bin", "The Legend of Famous Ministers' Sacrifice to the Field": "There is a royal history Cao Duan (tomb) in Zhongcao Village".
However, the first volume of Ming Longqing's "Zhaozhou Chronicles" wrote the site of Cao Duan's tomb wrongly: "The tomb of Cao Duan, the capital of the imperial history, is in Cao Village, a mile in the northwest of Ningjin County." In contrast, the mistake is obvious.
The mistakes are made and the mistakes continue to be copied wrong, as well as the ninety-fourth volume of the "Collection of Ancient and Modern Books of the King James Dynasty, the Compilation of Fang Yu, and the Dictionary of Occupations", the ninety-fourth volume of the "Zhending Mansion Mountains and Rivers Examination" Ningjin County: "Cao Rui's tomb, in Cao Village, a mile northwest of Ningjin, has a history of imperial history. ”
It is worth mentioning that Kangxi's "Ningjin County Chronicles" and Guangxu's "Zhaozhou Zhiyi Chronicles" both adopted correct records. Kangxi's "Ningjin County Chronicles" Volume 1 "Grave": "The tomb of Cao Duan, the imperial history, is in Zhongcao Village, Sili in the east of the county. Guangxu "Zhaozhou Zhiyi" volume 1: "The tomb of Cao Duan, the imperial history, is in Zhongcao Village, Sili in the east of the county. ”
Regarding Cao Duan's life deeds, Ming Zhengde's "Zhaozhou Chronicles, Kejia Chronicles": "Cao Duan, Zhonghongwu Jiaxu Jinshi, served as the superintendent of the imperial history of Jiangxi Province, and promoted the imperial history of the capital. Longqing's "Zhaozhou Chronicles": "Cao Duan, Ningjin people, Guiyou Township, Jiaxu Jinshi." Imperial history of Lijiang West Province. "The year of Zhu Yuanzhang, the 26th year of Zhu Yuanzhang Hongwu - 1393 AD. Jiaxu year, that is, the twenty-seventh year of Zhu Yuanzhang's Hongwu - 1394 AD. In other words, after Cao Duan was lifted, he was admitted to the Jinshi in the second year.
The life of Cao Duan recorded in Ming Longqing's "Zhaozhou Chronicles".