Silingyue Tomb Table

[Silingyue Tomb Table]

Silingyue Tomb Table, Gaochang, Northern and Southern Dynasties, 41 cm high and 39 cm wide
Gao Changzhang and the epitaph of the 18th year (548). It is made of pottery, engraved with vermilion, with 7 lines of 62 characters, and is in formal script. The tomb owner Si Lingyue was a military official of the Gaochang regime. Gao Changzhanghe is the year of Qujian, and the eighteenth year of Zhanghe is equivalent to the second year of Liang Taiqing, the fourteenth year of Datong in the Western Wei Dynasty, and the sixth year of Wuding in the Eastern Wei Dynasty. Gaochang was originally the name of the ancient city. In 460 AD, Kan Bozhou began to establish the Gaochang State. In the history of Gaochang State, the longest ruling period was the Qu family. From 499 AD, when Qu Jia became king, it passed down to the ninth and tenth kings in 141 years. At the end of 460 AD, it was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, and its place was Xizhou. In the early 1930s, under the auspices of Huang Wenbi, an archaeological excavation was carried out in Tulufanyar Lake in Xinjiang, and a number of Gaochang cultural relics were unearthed. Among them, there was a class of old Gaochang bricks, which were actually ceramic epitaphs, and the content of which ranged from the first half of the sixth century to the beginning of the eighth century. The content of Gaochang’s epitaph is simple. Most of the inscriptions are written directly in ink and ink, and some are engraved or colored after engraving. Due to the special geographical conditions and climate of the region, the text of the book is still legible. Gaochang epitaph is not only an important content of epitaph research, but also a precious calligraphy heritage
Recorded text: Zhang He, the 18th birthday of the year, died on the ninth day of the New Year’s Eve in June. The General Tiger Tooth of Tiandijun and the General Inner Gan handed over to the General Xuanwei of Hejun, the Zhonglang of the Temple and the General Lingyue of the Third Gate of Sanwang. There were seven soldiers in the Spring and Autumn Period. The tomb table of Si.

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