Inscription information
Epitaph of Yuan Ni in Northern Wei Dynasty, the full name is "Epitaph of General Wei Gu Ningyuan and General Yuan Jun in Dunhuang Town". February of the fourth year of Zheng Guang in the Northern Wei Dynasty (523). 22 words in regular script 19. It is 74 cm long and 73.5 cm wide. Unearthed in Yao 'ao Village, Luoyang, Henan Province in the early years of the Republic of China, it once belonged to Zeng, Hao Xing, Jiang and others in Panyu, Changshu. I visited this stone of Chen in 1960, and now it is in Shanghai Museum.
Luoyang, Henan Province, was the capital of Emperor Xiaowen in the Northern Wei Dynasty. The original surname of the royal family in the Northern Wei Dynasty was Tuoba, and Emperor Xiaowen changed Tuoba to Yuan in order to promote Sinicization. Mangshan area in the north of Luoyang is the ancestral grave of Yuanshi county, and a large number of epitaphs have been unearthed, which are collectively called Yuanshi county epitaphs. Yuan Ni's Epitaph is one of the representative epitaphs in Yuanshi County. Yuan Ni is the great-grandson of Wei Taizu, Emperor Wudi of Daoism.
Epitaph of Yuan Ni in Northern Wei Dynasty
The writer of the epitaph should be a master at that time, skilled in calligraphy and full of pen and ink. Influenced by the Southern Dynasties' calligraphy, the calligraphy style tends to be elegant, round and elegant, and the epitaph of the Northern Wei Dynasty is the best. This inscription is also very skillful, which can convey the meaning of the original book in detail. There used to be a photocopy of this chronicle in Japan, but now it is rare in China.
Primitive epitaph
Epitaph of General Ningyuan in Dunhuang Town, Wei Gu
Jun taboo Ni, the word Shibi, is a lighting person, from Luoyang County, Henan Province. Great-grandson of Emperor Daowu of Taizu, Zuo Guanglu, the official department doctor of Shangshu Province, and uncle of General Si, served as the secretariat of Nanping King of Dingzhou. Twenty-nine years old, to worship assistant minister. In February of the 21st year of Taihe, he died in Luoyang Dengfang. General Ning Yuan was introduced to the commander of Dunhuang Town. Spring and autumn 34. On February 27th, four years, Zheng Guang, Shen Jia was moved and buried in the sunshine of Dongling Mountain in Jingling. The inscription is:
The national spirit is beautiful, British imperialism is open, and Iraqis are gentle. The royal family is thousands of miles away, and purity is higher than vulgarity. Bandits are only lonely and handsome He began to be an official and enjoyed a high reputation among the people. He made public appearances and retired from politics. Follow the road, follow the path, declare morality and be clear-minded. Life is a hundred years old, few people climb it, and life expectancy is shortened. The old road is not finished, the distant year is full, the child is away from disaster, and the birth is interrupted. The noble and the lowly are all the same, and they are familiar with different kings and grandchildren. Burying souls destroys knowledge and supports famine. People's hometown is a little far away, ghosts grow faint, and stone carving comforts the soul.
Emperor gaozu daowu. Great-grandfather Wang Guangping. The founder ordered Liangzhou and Xirong, our time, to be in charge of the Western Regions, a captain recruited General Xi, and the third division Liangzhou made the Nanping king secretariat, called Kang Wang. Yao's ancestral home in Nan 'an, second only to Junbo in Wannian County. His father, Dr. Zuo Guanglu, an official minister and a large official, led the general to make a history of Nanping king in Dingzhou, calling it. Mother Taiyuan Wang, Shi said.
Brief introduction of tomb owner
There is no record of Yuan Ni in History of Shu Wei and the North. According to the epitaph, Yuan Ni was the great-grandson of Emperor Daowu of Wei Taizu. The descendants of Daowudi in the Northern Wei Dynasty are Yuan Xian, Yuan Jun, Yuan Guang, Yuan Jian, Yao Yuan, Yuan Ni, Yuan Ti, Yuan Jian, Yuan Ji, Yuan Wa, Shuang Yuan and Wei Yuan. Hua Rende concluded in the Complete Works of China's Calligraphy Epitaph Volume of the Three Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties: "According to records and historical books, Ni is the son of (later named Xiao), and the order is: long editor, second successor, second Ni, and second Luo Hou. The other three are historical biographies. "