THIS IS THE STONE TABLET WITH THE WELL-KNOWN POEM "MOORING BY "MAPLE" BRIDGE AT NIGHT" CARVED ON THE FRONT OF IT, WHICH WAS WRITTEN BY THE FAMOUS POET ZHANG JI OF TANG DYNASTY. THE POEM WAS INSCRIBED IN 1906 BY YU YUE,
A FAMOUS SCHOLAR OF THE LATE QING DYNASTY. AND YU ALSO WROTE A SHORT EPITAPH INSCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THE TABLET. THE JIANGSU PROVINCIAL GOVENOR CHEN KUILONG"S INUJSUION WAS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLET. THE ORIGINAL POEM TABLET WAS ERECTED AT THE HAN SHAN TEMPLE IN SUZHOU. THE ONE HERE IS A REPRODUCTION BY THE REACTIONARY SCHOLAR JIANG KANGHU IN MARCH 1939 AFTER NANJING WAS OCCUPIED BY JAPANESE TROOPS, TO CURRY FAVOR WITH SOME JAPANESE ARMYMEN WHO ADMIRED THE ORIGINAL TABLET VERY MUCH WHEN THEY SAW IT.
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