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Translation of Mr. Sun Mingfu's Epitaph
Yue Ming:

The sage burned more when he died, and only Biography survived.

Many people say it's original, and pedantry is strange.

Later generations draw lessons from the humble, and few people want to suffer.

I often get paid with cream and have the courage to be a cloud.

Scraping, grinding, masking and swallowing, the sun and the moon are dazzled by light.

Bo zai's utility is endless, and I'm not here.

Sun Fu (992- 1057), whose real name is Mingfu, was born in Pingyang, Jinzhou (now Linfen, Shanxi), a philosopher and educator in the Northern Song Dynasty. Sun Wu's 49th generation grandson.

When Sun Fu was young, his family was poor, and his father died young, but he never stopped studying and reading the Six Classics, which ran through righteousness. I went to Bianjing for the imperial examination four times, but I failed to be an official. After the age of 32, he retired to Mount Tai and devoted himself to teaching and being a believer for nearly 20 years. Although he is poor and has no right to receive financial support, Sun Fu is not interested in making a living. He is happy to live in poverty. He still collects books everywhere in the room and emphasizes Confucianism and Taoism with his disciples.

There are many moral men, such as Shi Jie, Wen Yanbo and Fan Chunren. , are all elites for a period of time and have made great achievements. Known as "Mr. Taishan", it is also known as "Mr. Song" with Hu Yuan and Shijie.

In the second year of Li Qing (1042), Fan Zhongyan promoted the New Deal in North Korea, recommended Sun Fu with Fu Bi and others, and ordered him to speak directly as a state supervisor. From then on, Sun Fu entered the official career, and Song Renzong also paid tribute to him. Later, he was demoted for some things. He Zhi was recommended to be reinstated for three years (1056) and then moved to the temple. Jiayou died at home in the second year (1057). Song Renzong paid for the funeral, and Ouyang Xiu wrote an epitaph for the funeral.

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The function of epitaph

When epitaphs are used to bury the dead, they are carved on stones and buried in graves. Generally, it consists of two parts: chronology and inscription. Most of the records are essays, which describe the name, birthplace and life story of the deceased; Ming summed up the whole article in verse, praising the achievements of the deceased and expressing condolences and comfort.

But there are also people who have only ambitions or only inscriptions. You can write it yourself (occasionally) or others (mostly). Mainly the evaluation of the deceased's life.

The writing requirement of epitaph is narrative summary, gentle language and concise text. Writing epitaphs has two characteristics that cannot be ignored, one is generality, and the other is originality. Due to the limitation of tombstone length, the length of epitaph can not be lengthy. In addition, concise and clear words are also convenient for readers to read and remember. Therefore, no matter what style of writing epitaph is used, the author is required to have a strong generalization.

Han Xin's Tomb, the link is as follows: "Life and death are known; Two women survived. " Only ten words, highly summarized the great experience of Han Xin's life.

Epitaph is a brief introduction written in or on the grave according to the life story of the deceased. Especially for great or memorable people, they often have epitaphs in their graves. This custom exists in both China and the West, but writing epitaphs is out of fashion in modern China.

The epitaph is written for the dead. In ancient times, epitaphs mainly carved the short life of the deceased on stone tablets and put them in tombs. People in China pay attention to morality, stand up and stand firm, and write it into the epitaph after death to clear the name of the deceased. In modern times, it is mainly to describe the important events in a person's life, and then make a comprehensive evaluation of people.