The tombs excavated this time are all princes and nobles of the Tang Dynasty. You should know that Xi 'an used to be called Chang 'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. Needless to say, you know how prosperous it is here, and many place names have been handed down to this day. This place also shows us its beauty, and it is indeed a kingdom of China. At that time, it was so prosperous here. At that time, it was a prosperous ancient capital.
The tomb excavated this time is the tomb of the wife of Yuan Daqian, a descendant of the Northern Wei Dynasty royal family, with an epitaph written by Yan Zhenqing to his wife.
Why do you see that this is Yan Zhenqing's handwriting, not someone else's?
That's because Yan Zhenqing is the most famous calligrapher in China. It can be said that he is the best calligrapher in the world Since the Tang Dynasty, his calligraphy has been highly praised by later generations. I hope that both his character and his calligraphy are so powerful and awesome.
To determine whether it is his calligraphy, we must first study and evaluate the owner of this tomb, and then determine whether the owner of this tomb can get along with Yan Zhenqing's age. If so, it depends on the official position of this person at that time and whether Yan Zhenqing was worth writing an epitaph for him at that time.
Moreover, calligraphers should be asked to do some textual research on this epitaph to find out when such an epitaph was created by Yan Zhenqing, because there are a large number of works by Yan Zhenqing, which can be used to judge whether it is the original work of Yan Zhenqing and when this work was created by Yan Zhenqing. All this can be inferred from this tombstone.
Then count the owner of the tomb and the tombstone together, and it is easy to work out that the tombstone is Yan Zhenqing's original.