Cao Pi is an advocate and practitioner of simple burial and thin burial. His father Cao Cao advocated thin burial. Funeral after death is very simple, "there is no hidden treasure in the tomb." Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor at the age of 34, and chose Shouling in shouyangshan East at the age of 36. After the war at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Pi knew the vicissitudes of the world. In terms of funeral, he believes that the main reason for grave robbery is "reburial", in which pearls, jade, gold and silver and other valuables are all buried in the tomb. Thick burial has never existed since ancient times. Yao Shun was buried in the deep mountains. Burying is hiding, hiding the body from people. The coffins and clothes used don't need to be many, big and expensive, as long as they can cover the body. Therefore, his arrangement for his own death is as follows: concubines below Shuyuan and Zhao Yi in the harem will be "sent home" to reunite with their own flesh and blood or get married; The mausoleum should stand on the mountain, without sealing the tomb, building a sleeping hall, a garden or a Shinto. No valuables such as gold, silver, jade and bronze are buried in the tomb; The cemetery was chosen in a "place where mound ruins don't eat" east of shouyangshan, Yanshi. Cao Pi built such a mausoleum in such a place for the convenience of future generations, and people "don't know its source".

Cao Pi's arrangement of his own affairs is wise. He is worried that future generations will go against his wishes. A hundred years later, he was reburied on the grounds that he was the founding king. He deliberately made the final system (that is, the testamentary edict) and put it in the ancestral hall. He also kept a copy in the archives of Shangshufu and Secretarial Office respectively. He said in "The Final System": "Burying parents' bodies and keeping their souls safe forever is the greatest filial piety. From ancient times to the present, there is no dynasty that never dies, and there is no grave that cannot be excavated. Since Dong Zhuo's rebellion, the mausoleum of the Eastern Han Emperor has not been stolen. Once the tomb is opened, the coffin will be broken, the treasures will be taken away, and the bones will be scattered, just like the punishment of dismemberment. Won't it hurt? "Final system" warned his descendants: If you violate my imperial edict and arbitrarily change my last wish of thin burial, my body will be broken in the future, which means that I have died many times. It is disloyal and unfilial for your father to despise his teachings before his death. If the deceased knew, he would not bless you in the underworld.

Cao Pi's funeral activities after his death were completely carried out according to his requirements in the final system. In May of the seventh year of Huang Chu (226), he died in Jiafutang, Luoyang. "In June, Wuyin buried the First Yangling Mausoleum, and the burial and burial are subject to the final system". According to Cao Pi's last wish, he was buried thinly. There are no trees, sleeping halls, Shinto and other facilities in the tomb, which makes it impossible for future generations to know the exact location of his tomb and has become an unsolved case for thousands of years in history. In modern times, historians and archaeologists infer from the epitaph of Jin Dynasty unearthed at 19 18 and the epitaph unearthed at 1930 that the imperial tomb of the Western Jin Dynasty should be located in the north of Nancaizhuang Village, shouyangshan Town. Therefore, Wei Wendi Mausoleum should be located at the southern foot of shouyangshan and east of Nancaizhuang Village. As for the more accurate location, no one knows so far, and it needs to be further determined by historical and archaeological workers in the future.

Cao Pi advocated thin burial and opposed thick burial, which met the requirements of social development and won the praise of future generations. In the third year of Wei Jiaping (25 1), Sima Yi, a famous Cao Wei, died in Luoyang, the capital. Before his death, he made a will according to Cao Pi's "final system" method. Buried in shouyangshan after death. There are no graves, no trees, no funerary objects, and the last wives and concubines are not allowed to be buried together. In the early years, Emperor Taizong Li Yuan died of illness, and Emperor Taizong Li Shimin planned to give a heavy burial. Minister Yu Shinan wrote to dissuade him, citing an example of thin burial: "This system in Wei Wendi can be said to be useless!"

"Bury great virtue thinly" and "bury great virtue thickly". 1700 years of history has proved that thin burial is the smartest way, regardless of rank. The purpose of Cao Pi's funeral slips is to prevent future generations from stealing his grave, which cannot be equated with today's funeral reform. But we take the essence and discard the dross, and his simple funeral still has reference significance. Ancient feudal emperors could still do this. It is foolish not to cremate with power or money, not to occupy cultivated land to seal tombs and trees, not to seize fertile land for future generations, and not to put on expensive clothes and burn the bodies!

Shouyangling

Cao Pi, Emperor Wen of Wei, began to build a mausoleum in Luoyang. Cao Pi's mausoleum is called Shouyangling, which is located on the sunny slope of Shouyang Mountain, hence the name. Cao Pi was the founder of Wei in the Three Kingdoms period.

On May 16th, 226, Cao Pi was critically ill in Chen Bing, and Cao Rui, king of the Plain, was appointed as the Prince, and Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Chen Qun and Sima Yi were called to assist him with the testamentary edict. Ding Si (17) died in Jiafutang, Luoyang at the age of forty. Cao Rui succeeded to the throne. On June 9th, Wuyin buried Yangling.