Reflections upon Related Questions to Qiao Mengsong's Epitaph
Both Qiao Mengsong,the protagonist of the epitaph,and some of his family members'epitaphs should be catergorized as the old Qiao family in the north of Luoyang.According to the research,by the time that is no later than the sinicization of the Northern Wei Dynasty,the Qiao family of the Northern Wei Dynasty,which was originally the old surname of the Southern Xiongnu,had been attached or changed to the Han surname"Qiao",and in the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty,it was changed from"Qiao"(桥)to"Qiao"(乔).The relevant deeds of the owner are of great benefit to a comprehensive understanding of the Tang Dynasty since the ninth year of the Kaiyuan age,under the petition of Yuwen Rong,to set up a persuasive agricultural judge and an imperial censor to inspect the affairs of the government.It also provides evidence to determine the time of book Tang Imperial Censors Inscription Tablet,and to provide new material for the envoy of the owner to the Western Regions in the sixteenth year of the Kaiyuan age to set up the two state affairs of Khotan and Shule and related issues.
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