Introduction to the Zhuwen Monument: On the south side of the tomb of Emperor Han Yangling, about 70 meters away from the Nanquemen site, in front of the monument to the name of Han Yangling erected by Bi Yuan, the governor of Shaanxi Province in the Qing Dynasty, there were seven inscriptions erected in the east-west direction. At the end of the Qing Dynasty (AD 1906-1910), three parties existed when the Japanese scholar Adachi Kiroku conducted field research, but now only two remain: the imperial blessing stele erected by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty when he sent ministers to worship Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty. The two inscriptions were erected in May of the first year of Jiajing of Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty (1522 AD) and in July of the first year of Tianqi of Emperor Xizong of the Ming Dynasty (1621 AD). The Apocalypse Blessing Monument is the first one from the east, the Jiajing Blessing Monument is the third one from the east, and the rest only have the base of the stele, but it is not known when and where the stele body was lost.

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