Cao E
Cao E (曹娥; Cáo É) (130–143), was a young girl from Shangyu District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province in China. She was the daughter of the shaman Cao Xu. The girl died in the year 143 while trying to save her father from drowning. In the year 151 a temple was built for her and the river in which she and her father drowned, was named after her.
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Cao E (曹娥) as depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Gulian | |||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 曹娥 | ||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 曹孝女 | ||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Cao Filial piety daughter | ||||||||||||||
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