"Yuan Xianjun Epitaph", engraved in the second year of Yanchang (531) of Emperor Xuanwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, unearthed in Luoyang, Henan Province in 1917. Zhi height 75 cm, width 56.5 cm, 19 lines of Zhiwen, full line of 21 characters, a total of 357 words.
This Zhi is limestone, the top is the Zhi cover, with the Yin line engraved with the quadrilateral, pentagonal, hexagonal tortoise shell pattern, the tortoise shell center is engraved in the main book "Wei Former Shi Yuanjun Epitaph" eight words. Engraved underneath is the official inscription.
Zhigai and Zhiwen are in harmony with each other, which happens to be a vivid and complete stone turtle. The epitaph is made into the shape of a turtle symbolizing longevity, and the tomb owner is prayed for eternal life under the nine springs.
The calligraphy of "Yuan Xianjun's Epitaph" is a fine book in the epitaph calligraphy of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which belongs to the calligraphy style of strange knots and open postures. The calligraphy pen is all round, cool and clean, beautiful and strict, and the knot is dense and dense, elegant and colorful, and very charming.
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