The epitaph of Zhou Yu in Chushifang

[The epitaph of Chushifang Zhou 陁]

The epitaph of Chushifang Zhou 陁 is 43.5 cm high and 54.5 cm wide in the Northern Qi Dynasty
Inscription of the epitaph in the first year of Tiantong in the Northern Qi Dynasty (565). There are 18 lines of 345 characters in the official script. The owner of the tomb, Zhou Yu, was a benevolent teacher, and was buried in his hometown the next year after his death. The style of the epitaph of Fang Zhouyu is special, and the inscription is engraved at the end of the history. There are not many epitaphs in the Northern Qi Dynasty. This is a material object for studying the writing format, shape and geography of the epitaph at that time. Unearthed in Yidu, Shandong Province at the beginning of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty. It was once collected by Guo Shi in Weixian County and Ding Shuzhen in Huangxian County
Recorded text: Chushifang Zhou, Zi Renshi, a native of Yingqiu, Duxiang, Yidu County, Qi County. Jun Dong is also a famous scholar of the Qin Dynasty. The vessels are covered with water, and the palace walls are deep. The township party has not measured its breadth, and friends cannot measure its depth; Yiyi Mountain is like the trunk of the Sword Pavilion, and the Wangwang Mountain is like a flood in the souse. But the mind is free of right and wrong, and the mind is free of the other person. It is the person who sees the person with friends, who can solve the poverty and worry, and dispel the despicability. If the person is good, it is appropriate to take a holiday of □ □ □ years. It is the time to record the sky and the sky. What is the time for the cloud and electricity to be free from constant wind and speed. It is five in the spring and autumn, and it died in the camp on September 13, the third year of the Qing Dynasty of the Great Qi River. On October 24, the first year of Tiantong, Guiyou could be in the sun of Dingzu Mountain. Sorry! Xinlanxia was annihilated, and Fangrou was destroyed in autumn. I once said it because of the second speech of the banquet: Shikuang used to listen to the voice and look at the color, and he regretted the early death of the prince. Now I look at the bone and look at the text, and I’m afraid that I will not be able to live long. At that time, such banter, such as the play of Zhong Bamboo Shoot, was not expected to die in one or two years. So he took the pen and held the title of mourning, and told the king that he was prosperous and virtuous, hoping that the ghost could understand, and know whether to speak freely. The inscription said: “Covering Zichuan, Fengliu Jixia.”. The way surpasses Bing Zheng, and the name surpasses the end Jia. The town preaches filial piety, and the township is called refined. A bird on a phoenix, a square steed on a horse. The man with the golden arrow is waiting for Lan Sun. Love is high, ambition is clean, heart is straight, appearance is warm. A friend is a friend for a long time. The Jianghu faces each other. The wind is wet and the dust is weak. One hundred years old. No team, no team. Deyin is the treasure. Inscribe the sound of Shiquan and deal with Shen. Fang Ren’s epitaph is inscribed.

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