You May Not Have Seen This Regular Script Work By Yan Zhenqing

This "Epitaph of Guo Xuji" was unearthed in Shouyangshan Town, Yanshi City, Henan Province, China in 1997. It is now collected in the Yanshi Mall Museum. The epitaph is 160.5 cm high and 105 cm wide. It is made of bluestone and has an inscription on the top. , the epitaph of Guo Gong, the former minister of the Ministry of Industry and Industry of the Tang Dynasty, has 16 words.

Experts say that the epitaph on this epitaph was written in 749 AD by Yan Zhenqing, a famous calligrapher from the Tang Dynasty in China. It is in regular script, with a total of 35 lines and 1,150 words. The font is dignified and elegant. This epitaph is intact because it was buried deep underground. As new, most of the inscriptions written by Yan Zhenqing are incomplete and damaged, so the "Epitaph of Guo Xuji" is even more precious.

The epitaph on this epitaph was written in 749 AD by Yan Zhenqing, a famous calligrapher from the Tang Dynasty in China. It is in regular script, with a total of 35 lines and 1150 words. The font is dignified and elegant. This epitaph is as intact as new because it was buried deep underground. Most of the inscriptions written by Yan Zhenqing are incomplete and damaged, so the "Epitaph of Guo Xuji" is even more precious.

It records the life story of the owner of the tomb, Guo Xuji. Guo Xuji was a native of Taiyuan, Shanxi. He successively held the positions of Zhongcheng Envoy, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Minister of the Ministry of Industry. During the battle to guard the border of the Tang Dynasty, Guo Xuji Ji Qin led his soldiers to fight on the battlefield and made many military exploits. He was praised by the emperor. He also rectified the instability in the border areas. In the eighth year of Tang Tianbao, that is, 749 AD, Guo Xuji passed away. After his death at the age of fifty-nine, the emperor ordered a state funeral for him.

Judging from the Zhiwen, Yan Zhenqing admired Guo Xuji's talents and moral character very much. Yan Zhenqing admired the tomb owner's upright integrity and heartfelt righteousness. Therefore, having similar interests was the reason why Yan Zhenqing wrote an epitaph for Guo Xuji. Guo After Xuji's death, his wife asked Yan Zhenqing to write "Guo Xuji's Epitaph".