A Textual Research on the Epitaph of Liu Zongyuan's Great-grandfather Liu Congsu
In the handed-down documents,Liu Zongyuan's great-grandfather was Liu Congyu,but his name was Liu Congsu in The Epitaph of Liu Congsu,Chaosan Dafu Zhuguo Qingchi County Magistrate of Jingcheng Prefecture in the Tang Dynasty.The epitaph has supplemented Liu Zongyuan's family lineage with such more accurate and detailed information as his great-grand parents and grand parents.Based on this,his great-grandfather's name"Con-gyu"should have been mistakenly written and carved by later generations,and"Congsu"should be the correct name.