In recent ten years, through the efforts of local historians, some information about this monument has been gradually compiled and published. I collected all these materials as much as possible, and visited some old people who had memorized fragments of inscriptions, asking them to recall and confirm them. At the same time, I read some famous aphorisms such as Zengguang Xianwen, Caigen Tan and Zhu Bailu's family instructions and made a comparative study. It turns out that the epigrams on the bell tower tablet were written by the author himself. There are several aphorisms and aphorisms that have been discussed by sages in past dynasties, but Mr. Xie did not copy the original text, but published them in his own language according to the needs of the style and structure of the inscription. Some of them have been enriched and sublimated in the breadth and depth of ideological content through the author's re-creation. Most aphorisms are invented by the author, but the Taoist priest doesn't know them, and the metaphor is unknown. Explain profound thoughts with simple words and metaphors, which makes people unforgettable. Many famous sayings in the past dynasties are inevitably mixed with feudal dross in a large number of essences, while the school motto tablet in Xishan Park has no intention of promoting feudalism. This is of course related to the fact that although the author paid tribute in the late Qing Dynasty, he was later baptized by the May 4th New Culture Movement and established his anti-feudal thoughts. From this point of view, the epigram tablet of Xishan Park Bell Tower is even higher than the former, so that these epigrams written 60 or 70 years ago still feel impeccable when read from today's perspective. Therefore, this epigram tablet is not only an indelible treasure in Wanzhou's local culture, but also among the outstanding epigrams of the Chinese nation in past dynasties.
Last year, I heard that Wanxian City Construction Committee invited Mr. He Shizhen, a fellow villager, to rewrite the motto of this monument and carve it again with woodcut. I went to see it happily, but I didn't know that I had to buy a ticket to Xishan Park and a ticket to 5 yuan to climb the showroom at the top of the bell tower. Although this is out of the need to protect these woodcuts, it greatly reduces the readers of epigrams and reduces their social education function. In the showroom, I was excited to read the "Postscript" written by Ma Shitu, the chairman of Sichuan Federation of Literary and Art Circles and an old writer, for this aphorism print, and felt that Ma Lao wrote it better. He "abides by" the original bell tower motto tablet "having both talent and morality", saying that these proverbs are far-reaching in meaning and shallow in meaning. They are really an exhortation to those who want to settle down and be upright, and also a warning to the Li people. For example, Yanji is addicted to the official sea, immoral, shameless, deceives the world and steals fame. "He also said:" In this social transformation period, materialistic desires are rampant and the world is unhealthy. Many people are selfish, selfish and immoral. Re-carving this monument can really serve as a warning to the public. "In order to facilitate the masses to read the full text of the original monument and expand its social education function, we have sorted out the original monument on the basis of comparing and sorting out various materials, and attached punctuation marks to facilitate the readers to read quickly!