Once, ten thousand lamps burned here, their light almost touching the Milky Way. Now there is nothing left but…
Once, ten thousand lamps burned here, their light almost touching the Milky Way. Now there is nothing left but broken walls and shattered ruins, while yellow earth melts the bones away.
The living are but passersby. The dead are those who return home.
Let these names be recorded here, so that people may know where they came from, and lost souls may find their way back.
Preface by Wan'er of the Wen family, north of the city.
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Cheng family, east of the city: Cheng Changshan, Cheng Changlan, and Cheng Xiaomei are missing.
Gu family, east of the city: Gu Hai, Jia Shengsheng, Gu Song, and Gu Yun are missing. (Added note: the younger daughter, Gu Yun, has been rescued. The body of the elder son, Gu Song, has been recovered.)
Wen family, north of the city: the bodies of Wen Wanli, Wen Anya, and Lin Ping have been recovered.
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