先君姓石氏，讳之奇，字希亮，汉万石君后也。世为会稽人，由新昌徙郡城。曾大父祖仁，故主温州平阳簿，赠朝奉大夫，妣宜人陆氏。大父继，曾故提辖□行在文思院，妣宜人郭氏。父正大，故知江州德安县，妣孺人陆氏。先君生于淳熙戊申(1188年)十二月丙子，襟怀洒落，仪表轩昂，为人倜傥，轻财重义，弱龄颖悟，力学博闻，至于诸子百家，靡不搜抉奇，穷幽诘眇。虽三游壁水，再上南宫，竟无所成，遂安义命，徜徉旧隐，唯风咏月，有晋宋间遗风。银钩铁画辄为好事者持去，骚人墨客类以“栖碧主人”称之。晚年于清净之学尤得深趣，正襟危坐，世虑翛然。景定壬戌(1262年)二月丙午终于正寝，寿七十有五。子一，景南。女二：长适大理评事黄环；次适监□行在赡军激赏南上酒库赵确。孙男二：珏、如。僧（孙）女三：长适登仕郎扬少登，余在室。景南忍死以甲子年(1264年)十有二月壬寅，遵治命窆于山阴县承务乡蕊珠山之原，合先妣之兆也。日薄，未暇乞铭于当世立言君子，姑识岁月纳诸幽。

孤哀子景南泣血谨书。
承议郎新除太府寺丞赵与鍳填讳
黄仁刊

注：志石高80厘米，宽53厘米，石质不明。

Epitaph of Shi Zhiqi (1188–1262)

Shi Zhiqi, courtesy name Xiliang, descended from Shi Fen of the Han Dynasty. His family moved from Xinchang to the prefectural capital and have lived in Kuaiji.

Ancestry:

Great-grandfather: Shi Zuren
Former Registrar of Pingyang County, Wenzhou Prefecture; posthumously honored as Grand Master for Court Service

Great-grandmother: Lady Lu (Yiren)

Grandfather: Shi Ji
Former Supervisor of the Imperial Workshop

Grandmother: Lady Guo (Yiren)

Father: Shi Zhengda
Former Magistrate of De'an County, Jiangzhou (today’s Jiujiang)

Mother: Lady Lu (Ruren)

Born on the bingzi day of the 12th lunar month, 1188, my father, Shi Zhiqi, was majestic in bearing and possessed an open, chivalrous and generous heart. He had shown exceptional intellect ever since he was very young. Diligently studying all philosophical schools, he plumbed profound learning and wisdom. Though he thrice entered the National Academy and twice sat for imperial examinations, success eluded him. Resigned to fate, he dwelled in his hometown and steeped himself in art and literature--a true heir to the literati spirit of the Wei-Jin period. His iron-stroke calligraphy was coveted by many and poets hailed him as "Master of Azure Seclusion." In his later years, he immersed himself in Taoism, with righteous and appropriate behavior and a mind beyond earthly cares. He died at home on the bingwu day, 2nd month, 1262, aged 75.

Family:

Son: Jing Nan

Daughters:
Eldest: Married Huang Huan, Judicial Reviewer of the Court of Judicial Review
Second: Married Zhao Que, Supervisor of the Southern Army Reward Winery

Grandsons: Shi Jue, Shi Ru

Granddaughters:
Eldest: Married Yang Shaodeng, Gentleman for Office Entry
Two others unmarried yet

I, Shi Jingnan, with deepest sorrow, buried my father in the same grave of his late wife at the southern plain of Ruizhu Mountain, Shanyin, on the renyin day, 12th month, 1264, as decreed in his will. With pressing time that made it impossible for an epitaph to be composed by a celebrated master of the time, I wrote this that will go into my father’s tomb.

Inscription composed by his son Jing Nan in tears of blood. Calligraphy by Zhao Yujian, Gentleman for Audience, newly appointed Assistant Minister of the Court of Imperial Treasury. Engraved by Huang Ren.

Note: Stele 80×53 cm. Stone type unknown.