Selected Northern Wei Tombs Stele Excavated in Luoyang

Author: Wang Xia
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Publish Date: 2001-06-01
Features: After the Northern Wei moved its capital to Luoyang, the ruling class vigorously promoted Sinicization policies. Over forty years, the Northern Wei dynasty centered around Luoyang achieved unprecedented development in politics, economy, and culture. Among the many Sinicization policies, the most famous include adopting Han-style clothing, changing the surname Tuoba to Yuan, claiming to be from Luoyang, and considering burial in Beima Mountain as a proper. The Northern Wei epitaphs unearthed in Luoyang are precious historical materials that record the history of that time. This book collects nearly three hundred Northern Wei epitaphs unearthed in Luoyang. Additionally, to provide supplementary and reference materials, seventy-three forgeries that could be found were reverified. The epitaph texts included are meticulously annotated, corrected, and corrected for errors.