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Analysis of the tombstone of Su Chengyue of the Tang Dynasty unearthed in Datong

Analysis of the tombstone of Su Chengyue of the Tang Dynasty unearthed in Datong

Journal of Shanxi Datong University (Natural Science Edition), No. 04, 2011 Hu Xuezhong

Abstract: The epitaph of Su Chengyue in the Tang Dynasty, involving the military positions of the Tang Dynasty, the rebellion of An Shi, the contravention of servants, the Yunzhong City of the Tang Dynasty and the Pingcheng City of northern Wei, are important historical materials. What is particularly important is to prove that the Tang Dynasty Yunzhong City is the Northern Wei Pingcheng City, with clear location and correct information.

The Tang Dynasty Su Chengyue epitaph records the biographical resume of the tomb owner, involving the military position of the Tang Dynasty, the Anshi Rebellion, the Servant-Solid Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty Yunzhong City and the Northern Wei Pingcheng City. What is particularly important is to prove that the Tang Dynasty Yunzhong City is the Northern Wei Pingcheng City, with clear location and correct information. This is an important supplement to historical documents and provides new clues for the study of historical events related to the Tang Dynasty. This article provides a preliminary study of this.

Analysis of the tombstone of Su Chengyue of the Tang Dynasty unearthed in Datong

1 Tang Dynasty Su Chengyue epitaph and its interpretation

In the spring of 2006, a friend gave a copy of a tombstone rubbing he had collected unearthed on Zhenhua South Street in Datong City. The epitaph rubbings are two pieces, one central seal engraved "Su Cemetery" four seal characters, the surrounding four directions to carve the Yin Zodiac, 3 on each side, the head of the beast, all as a human Han style dress, wide sleeves, wat arch standing, above the rat center, arranged clockwise; the other is the main text of the epitaph. The text of the main text of the epitaph is arranged from left to right in a total of 18 lines and 299 words. The first line is "Tejinsu Cemetery Chronicle and Sequence" 8 characters, and the second line to the eighteenth line of the Chronicle, with 291 words. The full text of the transcript:

Tejin Su Cemetery Chronicle and Sequence

Gong Zhen Chengyue, the Hanoi people, after his ancestor Zhou Si Kou, Shi Qianyi. Young and knowledgeable, he has grown up to be enlightened, his heart does not forget his wishes, and his words and deeds are not left behind. He once knelt before his ancestors and said: "Erqi is also strong in nature, and its strength is also strong, and it will eventually have the beauty of the flag, but it is nonsense." "Gong Also abandoned Wen and took up arms, moved to Lieutenant General Yun, and rejected Lin Hu's pastor." Since the beginning of the New Century, the officials of the prefecture have been relocated to Tianbao, and the last folding guard has been awarded. In the chaos of karma, in the realm of the jackal, the gonggong ge was disarmed, and the resignation was not done. and one man arched, nine dings to stop boiling, swinging up, bearded sword and warrior. Later, Gu Gu succeeded the rebels against the Ling, and Taiyuan Jiedu pursued gong as the general of the front. Gong Shou was loyal and homeless, was ordered to be invincible, carried out seven conspiracies and seven captures, returned to the land of three years and three norths, and sealed five hundred households.

Gong Chunqiu thirty-nine, Yongtai first year of the age of Yi himself, Xue in Taiyuan, returned to the coffin in the clouds. In the first month of the second year, he was buried in the wilderness of the late Wei Dynasty. alack! The soul of the people is gone, the spring is buried in the jade tree, the sky will be extinguished, the stars will be destroyed, how to remember the merits, and the stone is an ode. ZuSi Kou Xi Yi has been sealed, and he has been specially promoted and praised, and he has driven the warrior Xi Hu sheng feng, helping Wu Jun Xi Yun from the dragon. Loneliness is first fixed in Hanoi and should be followed by the clouds.

The zhi lord Su Chengyue was born in the army and garrisoned the place. In the chaotic "Anshi Rebellion", it is said that the disease resists the separatist regime. Later, taking the invincibility of the loyal king as his responsibility, with the merit of "keeping the loyal and homeless, receiving orders, carrying out the plot of seven verticals and seven captures, and returning to the land of the three norths", "Jia Tejin, Hongxu Qing, the founding duke, and sealing five hundred households", he was in a high position, and finally Taiyuan due to illness. He appeared as "a special jin, a hongxuqing, a founding duke, and sealed five hundred households". However, there is no record of the tomb owner, Su Chengyue, in the New Book of Tang and the Old Book of Tang. According to the general account of the epitaph, Su Chengyue is a native of Hanoi, whose ancestors are descendants of the Zhou Dynasty Sikou, and his account of origin is also a wide range of vague statements. Origin, three generations of ancestors and children and family situation, the language is unknown, and the sinuses are full of doubts. More Tang Dynasty epitaphs that have been found in Datong generally describe at least three generations in the epitaphs. Based on this analysis, Su Chengyue should be a micro-family, and he joined the army when he was very young, and he was born in the army.

Su Chengyue, "young and knowledgeable, growing up to become a master, not forgetting wishes, words and deeds." Under the guidance of others, "Erqi is also strong in nature, his strength is also strong, and he will eventually have the beauty of the flag, and the nonsense of the ancient industry" and abandon the literature and become a professional soldier. Later, as a junior officer, he traveled with the army to the clouds, and his task was to "resist the pastoral of lin and hu", that is, to guard against the invasion of nomadic peoples in the north. From his first promotion in the Kaiyuan period, he was promoted to an official position in the government for many times, and to Tianbao (742-756), he was awarded the title of "Last Fold Guard" and grew into a mid-level officer. In the 14th year of Tianbao (755), the "Anshi Rebellion" occurred, and he said that he was ill and did not cooperate with the rebels. After Emperor Suzong of Tang declared himself emperor, he rejoined the army. After a reversal in August of the first year of Guangde (763), Taiyuan Jiedushi made him a general. Su Chengyue was public and selfless, strategic and wise, mighty and brave, and completed the glorious road of professional soldiers with the merits of "keeping loyalty and no home, being ordered to be invincible, carrying out seven conspiracies and seven captures, and returning to the land of three years and three norths", "Gat jin, Hongxu Qing, founding duke, and sealing five hundred households". He died in Taiyuan and was buried in the clouds the following year.

Ancient Hanoi refers to a large area of land between the Yellow River and the Taihang Mountains in ancient China, that is, the county area with Qinyang in present-day Henan as the core. Sima Qian said: "The people of the Tang Dynasty were all in Hedong, the people of Yin were all in Hanoi, and the people of Zhou were all in Henan. The Three Rivers of Fu are in the midst of the world, and if they are full, the kings dwell in the kingdoms, and the founding of the country is hundreds of thousands of years old, the land is small and narrow, the people are many, and the princes of the capital are gathered, so they are thrifty and frugal." [1] During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hanoi was a county town and ruled in Huaizhou, which is now Qinyang. "Hanoi belt river is solid, hukou is solid, the north is connected to the party, and the south is forced to Luoyang" [2]. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there were ten provinces under the jurisdiction of Henan Province. "Wu De for four years, the governor of Luo Prefecture, Lingluo, Zheng and other nine states. In the ninth year of Wu De, he was the governor of Luo Prefecture, and the four prefectures of Luo, Huai, Zheng, and Ru were in power in Shangshu Province" [3]. According to the biographies of Wang Ju, Mu Ning, and Wang Youzhen[4], all of whom are analyzed as "Huaizhou Hanoi people also", Hanoi belongs to Huaizhou. We determine that the ancestral home of the tomb owner Su Chengyue should be today's Qinyang, Henan.

"Kaiyuan" is one of the three era names used by Li Longji of Tang Xuanzong, in order of "Xiantian", "Kaiyuan", and "Tianbao". Yongtai is one of the three era names used by Emperor Li Yu of the Tang Dynasty, dating from November 765 to November 766, the first year of Yongtai, that is, 765 AD. According to the epitaph, the owner of the tomb, Su Chengyue, died at the age of 49 at the age of 49 in the "first year of Yongtai", so he was born in the fifth year of Tang Kaiyuan, that is, 717 AD. According to this, the tomb owner Su Chengyue was born and died in 717-765.

The epitaph says that "gong chunqiu has nine, Yongtai first year of yi self-age, xue in Taiyuan, coffin in the clouds." In the first month of the second year, he was buried in the wilderness of the old Wei Dynasty." Two important issues are revealed. The "cloud" in the epitaph is the cloud in the Tang Dynasty, that is, in present-day Datong City, Shanxi Province. Judging from the origin of the epitaph, it shows that the owner of the tomb, Su Chengyue, was "buried in the wilderness of the old Wei" for the truth. There are many Tang Dynasty tombs in the area around datong ancient city, which is a complete historical chain. The epitaph directly records that Yunzhong is the Northern Wei Pingcheng, which proves the inheritance relationship between the Northern Wei Pingcheng and the Tang Dynasty Yunzhong from another side.

2 Military titles and knighthoods mentioned in the epitaph

The military positions and titles of the tomb masters mentioned in the epitaph are in the order of appearance: "Fu Guan", "Last Fold Guard", "Special Jin", "Hongxu Qing", "Founding Duke", of which the last three names are completely consistent with the literature. At the same time, the official title of "Taiyuan Jiedu" also appeared.

First of all, according to the "Old Book of Tang Zhi 22 Officials", combined with the epitaph records to judge the grade of the tomb owner Su Chengyue's "special jin, Hongxuqing, founding duke, sealing five hundred households".

Special jin, "special jin" is an honorary level, and there are several cases of grade: First, "from the first product, the Kaifu Yi and the three divisions and the special jin without a ministry official, the dpron is also subordinate to the ministry." The second is "special entry", zheng erpin (the old practice, the opening of the house and the special jin, although not in ministry, are given to Feng Lu, pre-court meeting, line standing in the second place of this product). The third is "special advancement, civil and scattered officials." Positive second product".

"HongxuQing" is the main person in charge of Hongxu Temple, and his official title is Congsan Pin. "Zhou Yue Da Xing, Qin Yue Dian Ke, Han Jing Emperor Yue Da Xing, Wu Wu Yue Da Hongxu." Liang placed the twelve secretaries, Hongxu was Dongqing, went to the word "big", and signed it as a temple. Later Zhou Yue Binbu, Sui Yue Hongxu Temple. Long Shuo was renamed Tongwen Temple, Guangzhai Sibin Temple, and Shenlong Fuya"[5]. His main duty is to "take charge of the affairs of guests and ceremonies, and to lead the guests and the celebrant of the second department, so as to lead their officials and subordinates to serve their duties." Whoever sees the Emperor of the Four Directions shall distinguish his position and treat him as a guest. Whoever attacks the second queen and the son of Yi Dijun chang is to distinguish his concubine and elaborate on whether he can do so or not. If the chieftains of the Jurchens have been ordained, they will be ordained and sent to their kingdoms. The Three Principles of the Temple of The Ten Heavens, as well as the Great Virtues of Kyoto, are complemented by those who are morally superior and recommended by the public, and the Shinsho Shōshū Shrine. The crown prince mourned for the relatives and ministers of the five services, and praised each other. Whoever buries the minister, the first pin is qing to protect his funeral, the second pin is shaoqing, and the third pin is one person. All are ordained to be ceremonial"[5].

"Founding Father" is a very high meritorious title, and there are several grades. The first one: from the first product of the "heir king, county king, duke." Sir". The second type: the "Founding County" of the second product. The "Wu De Ling" only has gong, hou, uncle, son, male, zhenguan eleven years plus the title of the founding of the country. The third kind: "From the second product, the kaiguo county gong".

According to the analysis of Su Chengyue's resume, at that time, the central government of the Tang Dynasty and the rebels were in a tense military struggle and political disintegration, and it was impossible to transfer a senior officer with rich experience in the war for many years to the court as the main person in charge of the Hongxu Temple, to "control the guests and the matter of the murderous ceremony". This post should be a fictitious post pending its merits.

"Taiyuan Jiedu", actually "Hedong Jiedushi Envoy", stationed in Taiyuan Province, that is, in present-day Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, according to the time recorded in the epitaph, the Jiedushi envoy at this time should be Xin Yunjing. For example, the Old Book of Tang records: "Xin Yunjing, the great clan of Hexi." He was in charge of the brigade, several brothers, and was known as a general. Li Jianxun Lao, the official to Beijing to know the soldiers and horses, Dai Zhou assassin history. Deng Jingshan was killed by the sergeant, and asked Yunjing to be the envoy of Jiedushi, because he was given the title of Taiyuan Yin, and entrusted him with the northern gate. Yun Jing was qualitatively resolute, and those who violated the orders under his subordinates did not lend the slightest, and their reward effect was the same, so the three armies were purged... For several years, Taiyuan Dali, there was no risk of police. Cumulative inspection of the left servant shooting, Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi".

3 Tang Dynasty Yunzhong Fucheng and Northern Wei Pingcheng

The "cloud" in the epitaph is the Tang Dynasty's Yunzhong, that is, the ancient city of Datong in the area of present-day Datong city center in Shanxi Province. According to the Hedong Article of the New Book of Tang Zhi 29 Geography III: "Yunzhong County, Yunzhou, the governor's mansion under the capital." Zhenguan moved from Shuozhou Toningxiang City in the north of Shuo Prefecture to rule Dingxiang County. In the first year of Yongchun, he was broken by Mo Si and moved his people to Shuozhou. Kaiyuan eighteen years of restoration. Households 3,169 and mouths 7,930. County one. There are clouds in the clouds, and the building is annoying and catching. There is a cowhide pass in the east of the city. In the cloud (county). The town of Heng'an in Benmae County. Wu De was placed in Northern Hengzhou for six years and abolished in seven years. Zhenguan was restored in the fourteenth year, and it was known as Dingxiang County. Yongchun was abolished in the first year. Kaiyuan 18 years of restoration, renamed. There are YinShan Road and Qingpo Road, all of which are out of the army road."

"Xiangcheng, Qianyunzhou and Dingxiangcheng are here."

The Book of later Han, Volume 1, "The Chronicle of Emperor Guangwu", has a note by Li Xian, the crown prince of Tang Zhanghuai: "Pingcheng, belongs to Yanmen County, and is also in present-day Dingxiang County, Yunzhou. ”

Zhang Song's "Ancient City in the Clouds": "In the winter month of the tenth year of the New Century, Zhang Zi came out of the jade plug, bingjin qi, caressed the side of the heart, and peeped at the poor hair. The vast desert of sweat and sweat, the high que of ZhengRong. Look at the mourning of the wind and horses, the bitter sound of frost and the bitterness; the dust and the day, and the clouds around Danjing. Obstacles are thousands of miles, and the sand is flat. Take advantage of the ancient building of Mengtian and get the remains of Tuoba. "It shows that the author visited the ancient city of Yunzhong in the Tang Dynasty in the winter of the fourteenth year of the New Century, that is, in the winter of 726. Lü Lingwen, who was also accompanying Zhang Song, the Governor of Taiyuan, also toured the border, and together with the "Ancient City in the Clouds", which contains the sentence "Sue the Ancient City of What is the Meaning, And Pass on the Wei Family's Building".

These two fu are recorded in Qing Shunzhi Hu Wenye's "Chronicle of Yunzhong County", Qianlong Wu Fuhong's "Chronicle of Datong Province", and Daoguang Li Zhongfu's "Chronicle of Datong County". Both fu depict the majesty of the Northern Wei Pingcheng, which is very credible. The ancient city of Yunzhong county or Yunzhong during the Zhenguan and Kaiyuan dynasties of the Tang Dynasty was built on the original site of the Northern Wei Pingcheng.

As a physical object, the epitaph has direct clues and descriptions of the inheritance relationship between Yunzhong and Pingcheng of Northern Wei, which is an important supplement to the documentary record, especially "Gongchunqiu Thirty-nine, Yongtai First Year Yiji's age, Xue in Taiyuan, returned to Yunzhong." In the first month of the second year, he was buried in the wilderness of the former Wei Dynasty", which confirmed that the Tang Dynasty Yunzhong City was the Northern Wei Pingcheng City, with a clear location, correct information, and high value. Two important issues are also revealed. First, the "Wei" of Wei Zhiye is the "Wei" of Northern Wei. The Northern Wei Dynasty was once the capital of Datong for nearly a hundred years, and people in the Tang Dynasty were familiar with and appreciated the history of the Northern Wei. The statement that the cloud is the Northern Wei Pingcheng affirms the regional concept that the cloud is the former Wei Zhiye, and proves the inheritance relationship between the Northern Wei Pingcheng and the Tang Dynasty Yunzhong from another side. Second, the "wild" of Wei Zhiye is the "wild" in the clouds, indicating that the cemetery is not a large family cemetery. If it is a family cemetery, it should be clearly recorded like the "Liang Xiu Epitaph".

4 The names of Lin Hu and Karma Hu and "The Rebellion of Karma Hu" and "Servant Gu Huai'en Reversal"

Lin Hu is an ancient ethnic group in northern China, also known as Lin people and Danlin. Mainly based on animal husbandry economy, hunting, good at living immediately, especially good at riding and shooting. During the Spring and Autumn Period of the Jin Dynasty, Lin Hu was active in the northern part of the Jin Dynasty (present-day northern Shanxi Province), and was adjacent to Lou Fu to the west. As a nomadic people, they live in impermanence, chasing water and grass, and migrating again and again. By the time of the Warring States period, Lin Hu had moved from the north of the Jin state to the north of the Yan state (present-day northern Hebei Province). Later, it moved to the north of the Zhao Kingdom. During the reign of Marquis Su of Zhao (349-325 BC), he opened up territory to the north, destroyed the Dynasty, and "defeated the Lin people in Yu", seizing the "Land of Lin Hu". King Wuling of Zhao succeeded to the throne, "Breaking the Forest Hu and Lou Fu in the North, from the Dai and Yin Mountains down to the High Que as a plug, and placing Yunzhong, Yanmen, and Dai" [7]. That is, he defeated Lin Hu and Lou Fu and rushed to the west of the Zhao Kingdom. In the twentieth year of king Wuling of Zhao, that is, in 306 BC, he continued to use troops against Lin Hu, "Xiluo Hudi to Yuzhong"[7], that is, in the area of the present-day Jungar Banner of the Yi League, king Lin Hu offered horses, followed by the order of King Wuling to "act on behalf of Zhao Gu lord Hu and send his soldiers".[7] Lin Hu moved from east to west in the territory of the present-day Yikezhao League, mainly in the area east of the Yellow River (around present-day Qingshuihe County and Hohhot City) south of Daqingshan. King Wuling of Zhao introduced the "Hu costume riding archery" in 307 BC, which was to learn the art of riding and shooting from Lin Hu, Lou Fu and other northern horseback riding peoples and change their clothing. Established cavalry, and recruited Lin Hu, Lou Fu and other ethnic groups in the north to join the Zhao cavalry. In the twenty-first year of King Xiaocheng of Zhao, in 245 BC, the Zhao general "Li Muda" killed more than 100,000 Xiongnu riders. Destroy the Eastern Hu, descend the Forest Hu, and run alone" [8]. Since then, Lin Hu has no longer appeared in historical records as a nation.

In the Tang Dynasty, the nomads in the north of China were mainly "Turks" rather than the "Lin Hu" that had disappeared, but the nomadic people recorded in this epitaph were not called "Turks" but "Lin Hu", so "rejecting the pastoral of Lin Hu" was actually "rejecting the Turkic pastoral". Other epitaphs also have this metaphor. On page 1516 of the Compilation of Tang Dynasty Epitaphs (Part 2), it is recorded that the epitaph of Lady Zheng of The Tang Dynasty contains "Lady Went to Kaiyuan Eighteen Years, Belonged to Lin Hu And Ning, and the Chieftain's Back Companion". The "Liang Xiu Epitaph" in the collection of the Datong City Museum also has "The people of this state, the real Wei Royal Insult." The realm □□□, and the potential swallows the forest hu". From this, we can speculate that the term "Lin Hu" was used at that time to refer to a general term from a foreign tribe in the north.

Karma Hu is also the name of an ancient ethnic group in northern China, and the ancient karma drum in China is said to have originated from the Karma people. Before the Xiongnu entered the country, they were attached to the Xiongnu, that is, "the Xiongnu do not fall". It has the characteristics of deep eyes, high nose and many whiskers. There are several theories of its ethnic origin. Gai yanzhi came from a foreign tribe and was taken into Sai around the Han Dynasty by the Xiongnu. After entering the cyprus, the People retained tribal organizations, with large and small chiefs. The people are mainly engaged in agriculture and live in poverty. During the Wei and Jin dynasties, they scattered around Wuxiang and Qimu in Shangdang County (上 Dang County, in present-day Lucheng, Shanxi), and lived with the Han Chinese. They originally believed in "Hu Tian" (Zoroastrianism), and later believed in Buddhism. After death, cremation is practiced. During the Jin Dynasty, people referred to ZaoHu as Karma Hu, and Shi Le established the Later Zhao regime as one of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms. "Karma Hu Shi Le, Zi Shi Long, Small Character Zi Li Le." His predecessors, the Xiongnu, were scattered in the Shangdang Wuxiang Qi room, because of the name of Karma Hu"[9].

According to the ethnic designation and time calculation analysis, the important event called "Karma Hu Rebellion" in the epitaph should be called "Anshi Rebellion" in history, on the one hand, it tells us people's political attitudes and positions towards the event at that time, on the other hand, it also shows that Tang Shi also continued to use the title of "Karma Hu" to refer to the northern nomads. "An Lushan, Yingzhou Liucheng Huye, originally surnamed Kang. Mother Ashid, for the sake of the Turks, prayed on the hill of Rolling..."[10]. "Shi Siming, a Turkic species of Ningyi Prefecture, was first named Yu Yu, and Emperor Xuanzong gave him his name. In the eleventh year of Tianbao, Lushan played pinglu jiedudu to know the soldiers and horses. For fourteen years, An Lushan rebelled, and Ordered Siming to seek Raoyang and other counties and trap them. On the sixth day of the first month of the fifteenth year, Siming and Cai Xide surrounded Yan Gaoqing at Changshan, and pulled it out on the ninth day..." [11]. As for the rebellion of the servant Gu Huai'en, who was also from the northern nomads, the epitaph said that "the post-servant Gu Gu ji rebelled against the mausoleum", which is obviously very different from the degree of "Karma Rebellion". "Servant Gu Huai'en, the great-grandson of the Tiele tribe servant bone song indiscriminately, the language is falsely called the servant gu. In the twentieth year of Zhenguan, the great chief of the Tiele nine surnames led his tribe to descend and divide the Han. Hai, Yanran, Jin Wei, Youling and other nine governors of The Capitals of Xia Prefecture were in Xia Prefecture, and yu bian was given the title of Grand General of the Right Wu Wei and Governor of Jin Wei. Ba Yan Sheng Yi Li Si Ba, Yi Li Si Bu Sheng Huai En, hereditary governor. In Tianbao, the leading general of the Left Army, Tong Zhengyuan and Tejin. Wang Zhongsi and An Sishun have all fought with good fighting, reached all kinds of affection, had the ability to control the royal materials, and had confidants. And An Lushan rebelled, from Guo Ziyi to gao Xiuyan in the clouds, broke it, and defeated Xue Zhongyi at the foot of the back of the mountain, resisted the thief seven thousand horses, captured The Loyal Man, and attacked Mayi County. In the past fifteen years, the march and Li Guangbi's combined forces, and Shi Siming's battles in Changshan, Zhao County, Shahe, and Jiashan, all of which were greatly destroyed, and Huai'en Gong was the majority."

There are also more detailed accounts of the rebellion of the servant Wynn. "It was Qiu who was the village guide, who lured Tubo 100,000 into Koujing and Yingzhou, sacrificed to the tomb of Yao, and 'exiled' from Xuyun. Kou Fengtian, Li Quan, and Guo Ziyi refused to retreat. In the first year of Yongtai, he conscripted the world's soldiers to prevent it. Huai'en also entangled zhu fan, the number of 200,000, the southern criminal division: the people of Tubo from the northern province of the first Kou Liquan, Fengtian, Ren Shi, Zheng Ting, Hao De from the eastern province of Kou Fengxian, Tongzhou, Qiang, Hun and Nu La from the western province of Kou Lu and Fengxiang. The imperial court was horrified, and sent Guo Ziyi Tun Jingyang... Shangqin led the sixth army, ordered the fish to go to entun Court, and ordered the emperor to march personally. Huai'en led the people of Hui and Shuofang to Mingsha County, where they were sick and returned. On September 9, he died in Lingwu and was buried in the form of a township fire. ”

This incident caused havoc to the society of the time. "Wynn rebelled against his orders for three years, and then he committed another transgression, and even the multitudes of the people, and the great trouble for the country, the soldiers did not disarm, and the grain was exhausted to feed the army...". It coincides with "Gong Shou is loyal to no home, is ordered to be invincible, carries out seven conspiracies and seven captures, and returns to the land of three years and three norths", so there is the title of "Jia Te Jin, Hongxu Qing, Founding Duke, and Sealing Five Hundred Households".

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