The epitaph of Xu Maogong's descendants appears in the Guangrao Museum of Dongying City History
Author Bo Wenjun
The Dongying City History Museum, located in Guangrao County, Shandong Province, houses the epitaph of Li Qi, an official of the Northern Song Dynasty. The epitaph is bluestone, square, 98 cm long on the sides and 27 cm thick in total. Zhi gaiyin carved seal character "Song Dynasty Fenglang Zhishi Li Cemetery Inscription", surrounded by four elephant patterns of green dragon, white tiger, suzaku and Xuanwu. Zhiwen italic inscription, a total of 36 lines, full line 41 words, a total of 1285 words. The first line is titled "Song Dynasty Fenglang Zhishi Li Cemetery Inscription and Sequence", the second line is titled "Grandson Former Dezhou Plain County Master Book Lu Qiu Tianyong Writing", the three-line title is "Chao Feng Lang Zhi Shi Riding Du Wei Gave the Book of the King of the Fish Bag", and the four line title "Chao Feng Dafu Zhi Shi Shangzhu Guo Gave Purple Gold Fish Bag Zhao Kejiu Seal Cover".
According to reports, the epitaph was excavated in 2009 in Li Village, the capital of Guangrao Town, Guangrao County (now part of Guangrao Subdistrict). The owner of the epitaph, Li Qi, was an official during the Northern Song Dynasty and was the tenth grandson of Li Ji, the British Duke of the Tang Dynasty. Li Ji He Xuren is xu maogong, one of the founding ministers of the Tang Dynasty and one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyange. Xu Maogong (594-669), whose original name was Li Shixun (李世勣), was originally from Caozhou (曹州離狐, in modern Dongming, Shandong), and moved to Weinan (present-day southeast of Present-day Xun County, Henan) at the end of the Sui Dynasty. In the second year of Emperor Wude of Tang Gaozu (619), Li Yuan made him the governor of Liyang, the state of Shangzhu, and the duke of Lai. He was also awarded the title of Grand General of the Right Wu Hou (右武侯大將軍), changed his title to duke of Cao Guo, and was given the surname of Li (李氏). Li Shixun followed Emperor Taizong of Tang and Li Shimin on his southern expedition to the north, pacified the four sides, broke the Eastern Turks, and made an expedition to Goryeo, with outstanding merits, and successively served as Shangshu of the Bingbu, Sanpin of Tongzhongshu Menxia, Sikong, and Prince Taishi, and was renamed the Duke of England. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, in order to avoid Emperor Taizong's secrets, the provincial "Shi" character was called Li Ji.
After Wu Zetian became emperor, Li Ji's grandson Li Jingye (徐敬敬) rebelled against Wu Zetian, and Luo Binwang, one of the "Four Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty", wrote "Seeking Wu Shuo for Xu Jingye". As a result, the Li Family was once deprived of their surnames and knighthoods.
King Luo Bin was also associated with this land, and in his youth, his father served as the county magistrate of Bochang in Qingzhou (青州博昌, in present-day Boxing, Shandong, adjacent to Guangrao) until his death. Later, Luo Binwang passed through this place, and had no time to hang on to his second hometown, and he wrote "The Old Book with Bo Chang's Father" to dispel his nostalgia. King Luo Bin wrote to Father Bochang: "There is no harm in the inheritance, but it is fortunate to be very fortunate." Clouds and rain are parted, and the wind and soil are foreign. Chunzhu Qingshan, ZaiLaoyan thought. Autumn dew, a few changes in time. Ancients Cloud: Don't be easy, it's not easy, it's not! Self-untiing with sleeves, fifteen years. Arm-to-arm survival, slightly half-there..."
According to some sources, Li Village, the capital of the capital, was not a village built by Ming and Qing immigrants, but an ancient village during the Tang Dynasty. Some sources say that the Licun people were the tang dynasty clan and were descendants of Tang Xuanzong Li Longji.
Li Ji, Li Longji, Li Jingye, Luo Binwang, what is the connection between these characters? We look forward to further examination through the full text of the epitaph, folk genealogy, national history, fangzhi, etc.
Regarding some of the characters mentioned in the epitaph, the author has carefully studied them. As Li Qi's grandson Lu Qiu (compound surname) Tianyong, the Yongzheng edition of the Shandong Tongzhi records a spiritual story and mentions him. The story says: "Huang Dan, a villager in Wenden County, Dengzhou, also." He has not tried to learn yi, but he has been able to do it since childhood. Long, art travel, so there is no enemy. Lü Fei was in the plains, and when he went to Yitou, he stayed in the outer pavilion. The main book Lu Qiu Tian used a good yi and was quite good. Every day to win or lose the game and the horn, did not try to give up. Huisizhou summoned the heavenly examination, because he traveled with Huang Dan, stayed overnight at the caravan, and almost forgot to sleep. One day, Dan died. Tianyong bought a coffin and buried it with a book. Lu lost his voice and sighed. For a few more days, the guest came from the Beijing Division, holding Dan and Lü Shu. When the day is examined, it is after the death. Heaven has not yet opened the hospital, and out, it is repaid, and it is absolutely astonishing. If a person is sent to his funeral, the coffin is empty.
Wang Peizhi (1031-?) ), zi sheng tu, a native of Linzi District, Qi Prefecture (present-day Linzi District, Zibo, Shandong), was a jinshi of the fourth year (1067) of the reign of Emperor Yingzong of Song and an official during the Northern Song Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Zhezong (1086-1094), Hedong County (present-day Yongji County, Shanxi Province) Zhi County, once "abolished the house of the obscene temple, made the Boyi Shuqi Temple", famous for "Guide Shangxian", and moved to Chungju ToeiShi. In the fourth year of Shaosheng (1097), he returned to his hometown and wrote a book saying that he had visited the areas of Guangrao and Boxing during this period.
Zhao Kejiu was an official during the Northern Song Dynasty, or a member of the Song Dynasty.
(The author is a member of the Shandong Writers Association, a member of the Shandong Literary and Art Critics Association, a standing director of the Shandong Yellow River Cultural and Economic Development Promotion Association, a vice chairman of the Dongying Journalists Association, a member of the Advisory Committee of the Dongying Fine Tourism Promotion Association, an expert of the Expert Database of the Dongying Geographical Names Committee, an advisor of the Dongying City Spectrum Cultural Research Association, a scholar of regional culture research in the Yellow River Estuary, and a senior media person.) ）