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He Shaoji's tomb is a cultural relic protection unit of Changsha City. It is located on the eastern slope of Shizhu'ao, Shiren Village, Yuhua Township, in the southern suburbs of Changsha City. The tomb faces east and sits west, with a granite tomb enclosure 5.6 meters in diameter, and an earthen mound 0.8 meters high and 4 meters in diameter. At the head of the mound stand three Qiyang stone steles; the main stele is 2 meters high and 0.6 meters wide, with incised regular script reading "Tomb of the Lord He Gong Zizhen." The flanking steles are 1.7 meters high and 0.5 meters wide, with incised inscriptions giving a brief biography of his life. In 1958, during the construction of farmland water conservancy, the tomb enclosure was destroyed.
He Shaoji (1788–1873), courtesy name Zizhen, style name Dongzhou, later style name Nuansou, was a native of Daoxian, Hunan. He became a jinshi in the 16th year of the Daoguang era of the Qing Dynasty (1836), and rose to be chief compiler of the National History Institute and the Wuying Hall. He was proficient in the classics and history and in Shuowen, and skilled in calligraphy, forming a style of his own.
