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Tomb of the Five Men in Suzhou
On Shantang Street lies the joint grave of Yan Peiwei and four fellow townsmen executed after the Kaidu uprising of the Tianqi era, honoured in Zhang Pu's famous inscription.
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Suzhou
A tall red multi-storey pagoda stands in a lakeside garden among pale rockwork, pines and bare-branched trees, with white houses in the distance and its reflection on the water.
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- Inscription for the Tomb of the Five MenProseZhang Pu
To make plain the weight of life and death, and how much an ordinary man may matter to the state.