Xiàxiàn

Xiaxian in southern Shanxi was the ancestral home of the Song statesman and historian Sima Guang. After his death in 1086, he was buried in the family cemetery on Mingtiao Ridge. A memorial stele bore an inscription composed by Su Shi, and the nearby Yuqing Buddhist monastery was closely connected with the tomb. The grave remained a place of remembrance in later centuries; its stele was repaired during the Ming dynasty.