An Analysis to the Pictorial Line-Carved Epitaph-Cover and the Stone-Coffin of Xue Huaiji's Tomb of the Northern-Wei Dynasty
This thesis intensively reads to interpret the incomplete line-carved text remaining in the epitaph cover and sarcophagus of Xue Huaiji's tomb of Xiaochang 2nd Year of the Northern-Wei Dynasty(526)by consulting 14 groups of epitaphs and 1o sets of pictorial stone coffins in content and format which are dated to Luoyang times of the Northern-Wei dynasty,summing up the following:this style of themed-line-carving comes out earliest and most in the Luoyang period of the Northern-Wei dynasty with the typical characteristics of that times;they mainly have'Four Deities Ascending Immortal'as the motif with few'Filial Son Story';there is no limit in schema and design for the assisting patterns with groups of deities and creatures,with supporting decoration secondary in composition;there are models likely ready for users for reference.