Where is the tomb of Li Yu, the "Emperor of Ancient Words"? Is Luoyang his final destination? Speaking of Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, I believe that everyone is more familiar with it. His desperate words "Yu Meiren" are still recited to everyone today, and have become the unique sound of the subjugated words of the country. So after Li Yu died, where was the cemetery buried? Let's take a look.
Li Yu (937-978), the sixth son of Li Jing of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was a resident of Zhongguang, Zhong Yin, and Lianfeng. In the second year of the Northern Song Dynasty (961), he succeeded to the throne, and after succeeding to the throne, he respected the Northern Song Dynasty as orthodox, and paid tribute every year to ensure peace. In the fourth year of the Northern Song Dynasty (971), Song Taizu destroyed the Southern Han Dynasty, and Li Yu removed the national name "Tang" and changed his name to "Lord of Jiangnan". In the eighth year of the Northern Song Dynasty (975), Li Yubing defeated the Song and was captured in the capital fenjing (present-day Kaifeng), where he was given the title of General of the Right Qianniu Wei and made a marquis of disobedience. On July 7, the third year of the Taiping Revival of the Northern Song Dynasty (978), Li Yu died in Beijing, posthumously awarded the title of Taishi and posthumously crowned King wu.
As for the cause of Li Yu's death, there are rumored to be two theories, one is that Li Yu angered Emperor Taizong on the seventh day of the first month of July in the third year of the Taiping Revival (Li Yu's birthday) for his composition "When is the Autumn Moon of Yu Meiren, Spring Flower and Autumn Moon", so he gave poison to poison him. Another theory says that Li Yu died of illness, Ma Ling's Southern Tang Shu Hou Main Book Yun: "Three years after the Taiping Revival, public illness." The medical officer of the Order Hanlin was sick, and the number of consolation personnel in the middle was four. The next day, Sis. ”
In Xu Xuan's "Great Song Dynasty Right Qianniu Wei General Posthumously Sealed the Tomb Inscription and Preface of Wu Wang Longxi Cemetery", there is also a description of Li Yu's cause of death: "Woohoo! On July 8, the third autumn of the Taiping Revival, the disease (encountering illness) died in the first place of the Jingshi Lidi, at the age of forty-two. "It shows that it is more credible that he died of illness."
So, where was the cemetery buried after Li Yu's death? Is Luoyang his final destination? Most of the records about Li Yu's burial in Luoyang come from the main history, and they are recorded in the "Mausoleum" entry of the Luoyang Local Chronicle of the past, and there is no doubt about the ancient and modern meanings, but the records have not been identified by scientific archaeological excavations.
Whenever we talk about the tomb of Li Yu in Luoyang Beiqiao, the epitaph written by Xu Xuan is a topic that everyone cannot avoid. Because the core evidence of Li Yu's tomb burial in Luoyang is the "Epitaph of Li Yu, King of Wu" written by Xu Xuan. The reason why it is the core evidence is to start from the relationship between Xu Xuan and Li Yu.
During the Southern Tang Dynasty, Xu Xuan was the head of the imperial court. When Li Yu surrendered to the Song Dynasty, Xu Xuan was an important vassal of Li Yu. Xu Xuan followed Li Yu until Li Yu was buried and remained an official in the Song court. It can be said that Xu Xuan is a witness to Li Yu's transformation from a lavish and unscrupulous generation of emperors to the desolate and helpless kings of the fallen country. Moreover, after Li Yu's death, Xu Xuan not only wrote an epitaph for him, but also personally sent Li Yu to the cemetery. Therefore, the epitaph written by Xu Xuan for Li Yu is the core evidence of Li Yu's tomb in Luoyang.
In addition to Xu Xuan's "Epitaph of Li Yu the King of Wu" written for him, there are many records about Li Yu's tomb in Luoyang. Jiang Shaoyu recorded the following historical facts in his "Fact-like Garden Volume 37", saying that Xu Xuan wrote an epitaph for Li Yu at the same time as the "Three Elegies of King Wu"... Jiang Shaoyu said in the book: Today's reporter's second poem: First, the end of a thousand years, the darkness of everything. Qingsong Luoyang Mo, barren grass Jiankang Palace. Moral relics are in, and the rise and fall have been the same since ancient times. There is no recompense for the grace, but the weeping is poor. 2. Tude Chengyu Lie, Jiangnan Guangjiu En. Once the personnel changed, letters and books survived throughout the ages. Mourning Zhou Yuandao, named Zheng Guomen. Although he is not dead in this life, his loneliness has been destroyed.
Lu You recorded this in the Southern Book of Tang and the Later Lord's Benji that after Li Yu's death, he "gave the title of Taishi, posthumously crowned King Wu, and buried Luoyang Beiqi Mountain". The "Henan Tongzhi Volume 49" written by Wang Shijun during the Qing Yongzheng period records that the tomb of the Later Lord is in the North Mountain, ten miles north of the fucheng, that is, Li Yuye, the Lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty. "Fu" means Henan Province, and Henan Province in the Song Dynasty is present-day Luoyang." Ten miles north of the city, "Beiqi Mountain" was the first choice for burying the emperor and generals in ancient times, so it is more credible to say that Li Yu was buried in Qiushan Mountain. (The image originates from the Internet, if there is infringement contact, delete it)