| The New Epitaphs Collection of Qin Jin Yu is a set of book which collected the epitaph rubbings.It has been published in 2012,and is compiled by two professors named Zhao Junping and Zhao Wencheng.The set of book includes more than 900 newly discovered Epitaph Rubbings,which mostly came from three places,and one of these is Luoyang in Henan Province,which was the old east capital of the Tang Dynasty,the second is Shaanxi Province where the Tang Dynasty capital is located in,the last is Shanxi Province which was the place where the Tang Dynasty’s industry rose.This article selects 109 kinds of epitaph materials that predecessors have not studied and and continues cataloguing and studying them.These epitaphs were made between Tianbao years and Yuanhe years(742-819).They are of great value in language,history,geography,family studies and other aspects.Some epitaphs are written by famous calligraphers,for example,the epitaph of Hou Zhishen is made by the famous calligrapher Wu Tong,and it is forceful and imposing.There are also those which do not written by famous calligrapher,but its calligraphy is also wonderful,for example,the running script calligraphy of the epitaph of Miao Liangqiong is beautiful,natural and unrestrained and the Regular script calligraphy of the epitaph of Cuiyang is powerful and strong.The outbreak of Anshi Rebellion during this period is the beginning of the Li Tang Dynasty’s decline.We can combinate those materials with historical records,and they can not only confirm but also supplement each other.What’s more,those epitaphs record a lot of ancient place names of Qin Jin Yu,especially the preserved village names which are not recorded in history books,can provide the first-hand materials for the Tang Dynasty geography research of Qin Jin Yu;and we can use those materials to research the origin of surnames and clan pedigree.The thesis constitutes of three parts: the introduction,the annotation and the historical research.In the part of introduction,mostly introduce the summary of the research materials,the significance,status,method and the like.The annotation is the main part of the thesis,and it accounts for the vast majority of the article.Organize and comb the interpretation which have been verified many times,then choose the words and allusions which are obscure,hard to understand,uncommon or the meaning have changed to check,prove and annotate.We introduce the character variants from the aspect of the evolution of them,and try to find the trajectory of evolution.Through studying the history persons and events,we can supply and revise the history books,and research the ancient name of the geographical location,the naming reasons of them and the evolution from earliest times to the present day.The historical research includes: use those materials to revise the book Research to all secretariats of Tang Dynasty and the book Research to commissioners of the Tang Dynasty which both written by Yu Xianhao and the book Research to the officers on the column of Council of Decision Making by Imperial Order of Tang Dynasty written by Zhao Yue and Lao Ge in Qing dynasty,which later revised and supplied by Cen Zhongmian.There are three methods used in this paper.The first is multiple evidence method,information provided by memorial tablets of the Tang tombs is limited,we should combinate them with ancient literature,other unearthed documents,modern archaeological achievements,folk legends,myths and stories to look for more clues and materials for the research of the Tang Dynasty tombs.The second is the combination of language and culture,the study of language should be combined with the cultural background,such as the study of epitaphs of Peihaogu and Peijiong,they should be combined with their family culture.The third is material collection and investigation.We should not only collect written documents,but also need to survey visits,such as understanding local customs,collecting the folk legends and the field investigation in order to have a deeper understanding of the subject. |
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