Wang Dabao Mu

After his death, Wang Dabao, one of the "Eight Sages of Chaozhou", was buried in the "Shen Jiangyue" land in Hushenqian Mountain. His tombstone is 2.3 meters high and covers an area of about four acres. It is engraved with "Dabaowang Cemetery, Minister of Rites of the Song Dynasty". In front of the tomb, there are four stone Wengzhong, two stone lions, two stone horses, two stone sheep, two stone pillars and two stalagmites, which are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the tomb. The lines of the stone carvings are thick and wide, the craftsmanship is simple and simple, the majestic and heavy, and the momentum is extraordinary. It can be called a large-scale stone carving group in the Song Dynasty. Wang Dabao Wang Dabao, courtesy name Yuangui, a native of Guihu Tangtou, is one of the "Eight Sages of Chaozhou", born in the first year of Song Shaosheng (1904). In the second year of Jianyan's reign in the Southern Song Dynasty (1128), he won the second place in the court examination. He was first awarded as a professor of Nanxiongzhou, and he was considered by the privy at the beginning of Shaoxing. In the eighth year of Shaoxing (1138), he was sent to the Dengwen Drum Academy and was in charge of the Chongdao Temple in Taizhou (Linhai County, Zhejiang). After begging to leave the house, it coincided with the prime minister Zhao Ding's exile in Chaozhou. Dabao studied "The Analects" with him every day, and his knowledge was deeply appreciated by Zhao Ding. Soon, Wang Dabao was appointed as the governor of Lianzhou, where he met another prime minister, Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun advocated resistance to gold, but was framed by Qin Hui and relegated to Lianzhou. Dabao had a close relationship with him. Zhang Jun admired Dabao's people and knowledge, and ordered his son to study from Dabao. After Lianzhou's tenure expired, Wang Dabao changed his name to Yuanzhou. In addition to the state son Siye and Chongzhengdian storytelling, he directly applied to Wenge and knew Wenzhou, and then he successively mentioned Fujian and Guangdong prisons. Emperor Xiaozong ascended the throne, Wang Dabao was appointed as the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and later became a minister of the Ministry of Rites. Wang Dabao dared to touch Qin Hui's butt to fight against it in the imperial court, and was nicknamed "King Tiger". He died in the sixth year of Gandao (1170) at the age of seventy-seven. There are 2 volumes of Lecture Notes, 6 volumes of "Reading the Yuan Memorial", 15 volumes of "Posthumous Texts" and "Yi Wei Poetry Interpretation", etc.