甘肃武威藏《康公生祠记》系民国之初武威百姓因县长康陶然免除更名田粮赋而修建生祠的碑铭。更名田始于清初，早期对社会经济恢复和发展起到了一定积极作用，但逐渐成为统治者盘剥百姓的一种手段，一些地方开明乡绅和官员关心民生疾苦，为免除更名田粮赋而奔走呼号，康陶然任武威县长期间终于被废，减轻了百姓负担。《康公生祠记》记述康陶然之功的同时，也折射出西北社会变革时期，乡绅群体在稳定社会中的重要作用。

Kang Taoran's Temple was built in early years of the Republic of China as folk award to Wuwei County's magistrate in office Kang Taoran because he successfully exempted a special tax. In early Qing Dynasty, this played a positive role, but later it became means of exploitation to farmers. Some enlightened gentlemen had tried many years and when Kang Taoran was the magistrate of Wuwei, he exempted this tax and the people there built a temple as recognition of his merit. The inscription recorded Kang Taoran's contribution and in which can be seen the gentry's important function in stabilizing the community in period of social change.