Title: Tang Dynasty Surpassed Six Dynasty of Han and Wei in Epitaph Style
Abstract: The style of epitaph started in the pre-Qin dynasty and came to its settings in the Six Dynasty of Han,Wei,etc.Then it has relatively taken a fixed pattern.If inscription is short,it mainly records tomb owner's place of birth,personal administrative experiences,virtues as well as conditions after death and so on.This stereotyped epitaph prevailed during that period.But the epitaph in the Tang Dynasty by such excellent representatives as Hanyu and Liu zhongyuan etc.was embodied in surpassing of it in the Six Dynasty as well as inheriting.It had broken the old fixed pattern.The characteristics are as follows:the inscription narrates different and peculiar aspects of the dead.It writes unusually,truly,emotionally,smoothly as well as vividly.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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