Introduction to the tombstone of King Yi: The tombstone of King Yi was discovered in Shima Mountain, the hometown of King Yi Shi Dakai, when compiling "Gui County Chronicles" in the 23rd year of the Republic of China (1934), and was later transported back to the county. It was placed in the garden and a stele base was built, one foot high and three feet wide. On the east side is the tombstone of Wang Zuyi, and on the south side is a poem written by Hu Hanmin, a veteran of the Kuomintang. The ancestral tomb of King Yi was destroyed by the Qing government, and the tombstone was abandoned in the grass of Shima Mountain and buried for more than 70 years. After polishing, the inscription still appeared. In the middle of the stele is engraved the words "The Thirteenth Qing Dynasty Xian Heir Posthumous Cijian Shimen Huang Family's Good City for Old and Young People", the right side is engraved with "Mengdong Yue Jidan Rili in the 20th year of Daoguang", and the names of 36 descendants are engraved on the left side. Among the great-grandsons are Dakai, Xiangkai and others. The discovery of the stele confirmed that Shi Dakai was from the village of Qishi Township, Guixian County, thus solving the long-standing debate in Chinese historians about the birthplace of King Yi, and played an important role in the study of Shi Dakai, the leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

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