宋山阴石之奇元室陈氏净觉，台之宁川人，陈于台为东南闻家，考梓以易学名于乡。余与世 不谐，先人曩宦南邦就成于君家，其家义居百年，藏书数千卷。君未笄失怙，世父困学高意 古，抚育如己子。余往来君家越二十载，筑博古书院于东谿之上，课麓圃于西涧之滨，出游 以求师友，高卧以逸琴书，食指百余，入薄而常裕，尘丝细巨，曾莫我溷得，与宗师宿儒潜 神纵志于遗编断简中者，咸君相之也。君性静识明，整整有仪则，且通经史；未嫁事母，已 嫁奉尊章，侯省颜色，服勤靡懈；有疾药饵，非亲调不进；疏亲远属，曲极恩谊，推济人急， 虽瑱珥资身者，亦不计惜；自幼晨诵西方书，殆将蝉蜕尘垢，略无世俗态；从余三十六年， 讫不能报以逝，族姻闾里同哀增欷。呜呼痛哉！男，景南。女二：长适从事郎前嘉兴尉黄环； 次适迪功郎赵确。孙，珏。君生于绍兴四年(1134 年)癸丑(1133 年)四月十二日，逝于淳祐七 年 (1247 年)丁末二月二十八日，至淳祐九年(1249 年)闰二月四日丙午葬于山阴县承务乡蘂 珠岩之原。日薄，弗克求铭于当世巨公，姑述梗槩以示后人云。之奇述。眷朝散大夫主管华州云台观刘敏中书。
注：志石高 78 厘米，宽 41 厘米，石质不明。
Epitaph of Madam Chen Jingjue, Wife of Shi Zhiqi
Chen Jingjue of Ninghai County, Taizhou Prefecture, was from the Chen family renowned in the prefecture southeast part. Her father Chen Zi gained local fame for his mastery of the Theory of Changes. I (Shi Zhiqi), being at odds with worldly conventions, came into kinship with her family when my father served in the south. All the Chen generations have inhabited here for a century, possessing thousands of books.
Before reaching adulthood, Madam Chen lost her father. Her uncle Chen Kunxue (courtesy name Gaoyi), a man of ancient ideals, raised her as his own daughter. I had over twenty years of association with her family. I built the Bogu Academy by the East Stream and cultivated scholarly fields near the West Ravine. I traveled to seek mentors, and reclined with the zither and books at leisure. Though the number of our household members exceeded a hundred and our income was meager, she ensured abundance. She shielded me from disturbances of trivial and weighty matters. My scholarly pursuits with Confucian masters and ancient texts were all sustained by her support.
Serene and perceptive, dignified in propriety, versed in classics and histories, Madam Chen served her mother devotedly as a maiden. After marriage, she attended her parents-in-law diligently, observing their needs without slack. When a family member was ill, she personally prepared all medicines; to distant kin, she extended utmost kindness; to those in need, she gave generously; she even gave up her jewelry without hesitation. Having recited Buddhist sutras at every dawn since childhood, she aspired to transcend worldly dust, utterly devoid of vulgar affectations.
After thirty-six years as my wife, she passed away ere I could repay her devotion. Kinsfolk and neighbors wept in shared sorrow. Alas!
Children:
Son: Jing Nan
Daughters:
Eldest: Married Huang Huan, Gentleman for Meritorious Service, Former Sheriff of Jiaxing
Second: Married Zhao Que, Gentleman for Meritorious Achievement
Grandson: Shi Jue
Key dates:
Born: 12th day, 4th lunar month, 1134 (1133?)
Died: 28th day, 2nd lunar month, 1247
Buried: bingwu day, intercalary 2nd month, 1249, on the southern slope of Ruizhu Rock, Chengwu Township, Shanyin (today’s Shaoxing)
“时迫日暮，未及求当世名公作铭，姑且简述生平以告后人。”这一句没有译出。
(Composed by Shi Zhiqi. Calligraphy by her relative Liu Minzhong, Court Gentleman for Spreading Integrity, Administrator of Huazhou Yuntai Taoist Temple.)
Note: Stele 78×41 cm. Stone type unknown.