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Introduction：The epitaph comprised Chiang's mother's biography by Hu Hanmin and eulogy by Wang Jingwei. The entire epitaph was rendered in calligraphy by Shen Yinmo, a famous calligrapher. And the installation of the epitaph on the tombstone was completed during the funeral procession and burial of Chiang's mother in November 1921. The epitaph displayed here indicates only that "Authored by Hu Hanmin and calligraphed by Shen Yinmo," because when Chiang Kai-shek returned home in Xikou for the first time after the Victory over Japan in 1945 to worship his mother at her grave, he instructed to bury the stone engraved with the eulogy by Wang Jingwei under the path to the grave in order to avoid mother's reputation being compromised by Wang's disloyalty to the country.
Chiang Kai-shek's Memoirs of Mother consists of an Inscription on Temple Stele at Chiang Jinzi Garden, Epitaph on Chiang Suan's Grave, Monument of the Centenary of Deceased Mother Madame Chiang, née Wang's Birth, article of Dedication to the Service of the Country and Remembrances of Mother, Epitaph on Chiang's Mother Madame Chiang's Grave, and Chiang's Mother Madame Chiang's Memorial Address by President Sun Yat-sen. These pieces of writings have been inscribed on steles embedded in wooden frames and stored in the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall to commemorate forever.

Accession Number:DC07300108