The epitaph of Yuande in Tang Quan

[The Epitaph of Quan Yuande in the Tang Dynasty]

The Epitaph of Quan Yuande, written by Wang Dezhen and written by Ouyang Tong. The official script has 46 lines and 47 characters, with a square border. The title of the seal seal seal script is “The Tomb of the Great Tang Dynasty Emperor Quanjun”, with three lines and nine characters, and the calligraphy is refined. Carved in the first year of the Tang Dynasty (679), it was unearthed in Luoyang, Henan Province, in the eleventh year of the Republic of China (1922). It was once owned by Tao Beiming and then resold to the Japanese. It was intercepted by Zhang Fengtai for a thousand yuan and is now stored in the Henan Provincial Library
This is the original rubbings of the Forbidden City collection, with good craftsmanship and clear lettering. The rubbings are 194 centimeters vertically and 98 centimeters horizontally
Ouyang Tong wrote the “Monument to the Dharma Master Daoyin” in the third year of Longshuo (663), and wrote this epitaph 16 years later. At that time, his official position was as a court doctor. The calligraphy of this epitaph is tightly knit, with a calm and stubborn brush strokes
He has been recorded in Luo Zhenyu’s “Supplement to Four Parts of the Remains of the Mangluo Tomb” and “Three Parts of the Remains of the Mangluo Tomb”.