"Wan Yan Ming Chen Chuan Monument Set" Epitaph Research

Ming Chen Bei Zhuan Wan Yan Ji,which is written by Du Dagui,a scholar of Southern Song Dynasty.He collected epitaph, Shen Dao Bei, Biography, Xing zhuang, Sui Ji, Xu Ba, Shi Yi exchange for a series. Bibliographic Chi Chuan of the many famous minister of the Song Dynasty, the research activities of the life of the Song Dynasty Ming Chen, lineage, deeds and other excellent historian. But so far, no book monograph on the book are sporadic rather than system. This article aims to previous studies on the basis of the book, Ming Chen Bei Zhuan Wan Yan Ji system combing, and focuses on the value of its historians. Hope to provide help for the future research. This paper is divided into three parts:Introduction part of the First Stone Inscriptions Unlike historians writings, but often high historiography start stele and epitaph leads the rock carvings literature most of its historical value, I would like to study precisely collect epitaphs compiled from scholars a collection, it undoubtedly has considerable value of historians. Followed by a brief introduction "the famous officials monument Chuan Wan Yan set" roughly the preparation of the case, the content included, and then a brief domestic from Song so far is the book, the Ming and Qing Dynasties many private collections catalog bibliographic the book In this case study starting from the version circulated, while the Modern and Contemporary History of the Song of the scholars of many studies as a reference to "the famous officials monument Chuan Wan Yan set" rank and file, have funded research. Unfortunately, the book study, also unpublished monograph, I prefer to give better ideas of the believers.The first chapter, a brief introduction of the writer Du Dagui which is written Ming Chen Bei Zhuan Wan Yan Ji,and the contents of the book. The Song dynasty the historian Weiweitaiguan, reaching its peak the two Song Wen ban not dense, relatively relaxed cultural policy official set many repair history institutions, scholars free creative environment, the private repair history become the order of the day, the famous minister monument Chuan Wan Yan set "is in such a hotbed of the birth. Section III I collected Chronicles evaluation, the commentators multi praise for the book is a book of historical value, to and criticism Xiuzhuan style.Chapter2, I selected thirty epitaph from the Ming Chen Bei Zhuan Wan Yan Ji,study of the owner of the Mu Bei from six part,such as birth and death, biographical, descent, Country, writings and anyother, the most important vaule is the study of its historical value. Written epitaphs mostly his family or old friends, who have a better understanding of the life of the tomb of the history, descent, Country, writings, and epitaphs written more for the owner of the tomb of the year of the death, both in recent times, its misuse Mi less, the epitaphs or can the the correction history of Que, or official history of misuse, of course, epitaphs wrong place.Chapter3,I want to study the characteristics of the epitaphs collectted from Ming Chen Bei Zhuan Wan Yan Ji. First, the essays mostly written by friends or family members, I cited the book contained epitaph the tomb with Xiuzhuan of those details relationship. Second, the writing in the form of epitaphs are not uniform, there are two basic models, a Yun-jun taboo opening a word, a certain manner of people, and then write the resume of the life of the owner of the tomb until the soldier; their pawn opening cloud age of how many gifts officer how, Guizang the then Another example is contained in the first record where. I collected from the chapter representative for the purpose of appreciation.In conclusion, outlining the conditions and limitations of this study, and to keep in mind, Epitaph Historical Value can not be too elevated, in some ways, the epitaph can only study the official history of the parameters, rather than the main body.