Tomb of Wu Rui

Tomb of Wu Rui

The Tomb of Wu Rui is a cultural relic protection unit of Shangrao City.

The Tomb of Wu Rui is located on Chicken Mountain in Lengshuiting Village, Zhentou Town, Wuyuan County, dating back to the Western Han Dynasty.

Wu Rui (?…202 BCE), magistrate of Poyang County (present-day Poyang) in the Qin Dynasty, was highly regarded by the people and honored as Lord Poyang. Toward the end of the Qin Dynasty, he led the Yue people in revolt against the Qin and sent his general Mei Xuan to join Liu Bang in entering Wuguan. For his military achievements, he was enfeoffed by Xiang Yu as the King of Hengshan. After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, he was reappointed as the King of Changsha. There are three burial mounds, arranged side by side over an area of several hundred acres at the mountaintop, spaced about 100 meters apart, resembling rising hills, with the western mound being the site of the king’s tomb. The tomb faces south and is built against the north, with an arc-shaped earthen mound that is 10 meters high, 5 meters wide, and 8 meters long. In front is a sealed stone gate, surrounded by blue stones.

There are two tombstones with clear inscriptions in intaglio. One is 132 cm tall and 66 cm wide, inscribed with the words “Tomb of Wu Gong, Posthumously Named Wen, the Thirty-First Generation Ancestor of the Yanling Commandery, Han King of Changsha,” erected in the eleventh year of the Yongzheng reign of the Qing Dynasty, in the lunar month of Mengdong. The other is 88 cm tall and 98 cm wide, inscribed with the words “Tomb of Wu Wenwang, King of Changsha in the Han Dynasty,” erected in the autumn month of the 28th year of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty. Beside the tomb is Longtan (Dragon Pool), which, according to legend, responded to the prayers for rain by local villagers in ancient times.

The Tomb of Wu Rui has been designated as a cultural relic protection unit of Shangrao City.

Wu Rui (circa 241 BCE – 201 BCE) was a leader of the Baiyue peoples during the transition from the Qin to the Han Dynasty and the first historically documented outstanding figure in Jiangxi’s history. On the fourth floor of Tengwang Pavilion by the Gan River in Nanchang, there is a large mural depicting notable historical and cultural figures of Jiangxi. Among these distinguished individuals, Wu Rui from Poyang County ranks first. He was the first Qin official to respond to the peasant uprising at the end of the Qin Dynasty. When Xiang Yu divided the realm among feudal lords, Wu Rui was enfeoffed as the King of Hengyang; after the founding of the Han Dynasty, he was reappointed as the King of Changsha. He died in 201 BCE and was posthumously titled “King Wen.”

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