1, epitaph, is a stone carving containing the life story of the deceased stored in the tomb. It condenses the housekeeping, virtue, academic orientation, skills, achievements and merits of the deceased into a personal historical file to make up for the shortcomings of family history, local chronicles and even national history. This is also the confirmation of the age of the epitaph.
2. Si Yuan and Mu Liang are the names of the deceased.
3. Epitaph of Si Yuan: According to historical records, it is the epitaph of the grandson of Mu Jing, the emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the general of Peking University in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the king of Laoling.
4. "Mu Liang's Epitaph": According to historical records, it is the epitaph of the Northern Wei General Mu Liang who led his troops to ride a horse.
5. Si Yuan is a royal family, and the epitaph of the Northern Wei Dynasty is dominated by the royal aristocrats of the Yuan and Wei Dynasties. Calligraphers at that time were mostly famous artists, and seal engravers were not ordinary people, so calligraphy was characterized by exquisiteness and rigor. The rich financial, human and material resources of the royal epitaph are the guarantee of a high-level epitaph. His epitaph and calligraphy have certain historical and artistic value, and they are the best epitaph in the Northern Wei Dynasty.
6. Mu Liang's epitaph belongs to the early works of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
7. The biggest difference between the royal epitaph and the ordinary epitaph: In the production process, the sculptor pays great attention to every detail and strives to carve exquisite and accurate glyphs. The royal epitaph is more sophisticated in engraving and writing content, and there are almost no mistakes. As a royal epitaph, his calligraphy and seal cutting are excellent.
8. Wei Bei is a kind of regular script, which is called the three regular script fonts together with Wei Kai, Jin Dynasty regular script and Tang Dynasty regular script. Wei Bei's calligraphy is a transitional calligraphy system. Zhong Zhishuai said that Wei Bei "can see the old norms of Han and Qin from above, and can observe the habits of Sui and Tang Dynasties from below.