In the winter of 2019,the Xi'an Municipal Institute of Cultural Heritage Preservation and Archaeology excavated the early Tang dynasty epitaphs of Wei Yuanfang and Wei Chengqing from Shangtapuo Village in the southern suburbs of Xi'an.The epitaphs reveal that this branch of the Wei family originated from the Xiaoyao Duke's lineage and briefly document their official careers.From the late Northern Dynasties to the early Tang dynasty,their family was part of the Guanlong Group.The epitaphs record that Wei Yuanfang and Wei Chengqing were demoted to Baling County during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang and eventually died there.They were reburied in Chang'an in the third year of Shangyuan(676).A preliminary interpretation of the epitaphs of Wei Yuanfang and his son serves to supplement the genealogy of the Xiaoyao branch of the Wei family and contributes to the study of related historical events in the early years of Emperor Gaozong's reign.
Xiaoyao Duke's lineageJingzhao Wei familyDeposition of the Queen and Elevation of Wu ZetianConspiracy of Changsun Wuji
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