In the eleventh year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty (AD 637), Li Shimin wrote: "I am a close relative. In the past, I honored my parents and handed over the quality to the court first, so I took special care of them." From now on, when you die, you should smell it. ..... Give it a graveyard and give it to the East Garden. Things are generous, and you are eager to pursue righteousness from afar, so that you can apply.
Among the tombs buried with Emperor Taizong's Zhaoling, there are two Xue clansmen, one is the grandson of Xue Shou, the ancestral home of the Xue family in Hedong, and the other is a Taoist named, who is not only a famous figure in the history of Taoism in the Tang Dynasty, but also a famous figure in the history of religion in China, The Biography of Ji Fang in the New Tang Dynasty.
1April, 974, in Liquan County, Shaanxi Province, where Tang Zhaoling is located, an epitaph was unearthed in a cemetery about 500 meters southwest of Xiyegou Village, Beitun Township of this county. The epitaph contained the Preface to the Epitaph of Mr. Xue, a famous doctor in the late Tang Dynasty and a Taoist priest in Zifu Temple, which has important research value for understanding Xue's life and clarifying relevant historical and academic disputes.
According to this unearthed epitaph, Xue Ruo was buried in Zhaoling after his death. Wang Ren's guardianship, things are added to the week. "Obviously, Guo Xue was buried with Zhaoling as a hero, and his funeral was presided over by the state, which was extremely sad at that time.
Mr. Liang Rengong (Liang Qichao), a modern reformer and historian, once said that historical materials are the organizational cells of history. Without historical materials or inaccurate historical materials, there is no history. This sentence expresses the importance of historical materials in historical research. Although the Epitaph of Mr. Xue, a Taoist priest and doctor in the Late Tang Dynasty, is only an epitaph unearthed in the last century, it comprehensively combs Xue's life and gives people an intuitive effect. According to statistics, there are 8 kinds of genealogical data cited in the yearbook, 20 kinds of records, files, notes and notes, 20 kinds of political books and 40 kinds of notes and collections. Although the epitaph is mainly based on Taoism, it pays more attention to the politics in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties. At present, the epitaph has been published by Fan Guangchun, a researcher at the Institute of Religion of Shaanxi Academy of Social Sciences, director of the Taoist Research Center of the Institute, professor of the Religious Research Center of Shaanxi Normal University, executive editor of Sanqin Taoism magazine and director of the Chinese Religious Society, and was later included in the Zhaoling Monument by Professor Zhang Pei, a doctoral supervisor of xi University of Architecture and Technology.
Looking up the records in Xue Ruo's Unearthed Epitaph, we can see that it is not consistent with the records in the Book of New and Old Tang Dynasty, and there are many discrepancies. "Epitaph" is recorded as Guo Xue, and its words are far-reaching, while the two biographies of "Book of the Tang Dynasty" are Yi Xue, whose words are not recorded. The same is true in other documents, such as the collection of immortals in Tang Dynasty. And Yi Xue in Ming Pao Ji, Tai Ping Guang Ji, Xuan Pin Lu and All Tang Wen. The word "one" and "autumn sound" are similar in shape and are easily confused in the process of copying. Look up the book "Distinguishing Confusion" in Volume 7 of Hong Guangming Ji, which reads: "Snow mounds help to resist the rebellion". Look up the book "The Sound and Meaning of Various Classics" in Volume 97 as the book "Hong Guangming Ji", which reads: "Xiao Yu, in the anti-engraving; Xue Wei, the official responsibility is reversed. There is also a name. " It can be seen that his name should be Guo Xue, not Yi Xue. It also means "abstruse". "Historical Records of the Han Dynasty" says: "Explore the hidden, hook it deep and far, and don't be vague." Therefore, Xue Ruozhi's choice of words is far-reaching, which is just close to the meaning of words. Therefore, the records in the epitaph should be correct, while the records in the Book of the New Tang Dynasty and the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty are probably wrong.
The epitaph records that Xue Huang was born in Huanggang, Huangzhou, and now he is from Xinzhou, Hubei, while the biographies of the new and old Tang books record that he was from hua county, Henan, which is inconsistent with the local records. On this point, Professor Zhang, the editor of Zhaoling Monument, also pointed out in the annotation of the epitaph, but he didn't know who it was. According to textual research, the article Xue Juan, Volume III of Immortal Collection, records that Xue Juan was born in the east of Hedong, and then lived in Weizhou. Later Taoist books, such as Three Cave Immortals Record and Xuanpin Record, were also recorded in this way. In this way, there are three opinions about Xue Huang's native place: Huangzhou in Hubei (Huanggang), Huazhou in Henan (hua county) and Fenyin in Hedong (Baoding Township in Wanrong, Shanxi).
Let's look at Hedong's theory of dividing yin first. Compared with the first two statements, this statement appeared at the latest. The Xue family in Fenyin, Hedong was a famous family in the Middle Ages, especially in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Hedong is divided into Yin and Xue family, which originated from the ancient Xue country in Shandong and moved from Bashu County. It flourished in the Northern Wei Dynasty and in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The decline of the Five Dynasties and the reappearance of the Northern Song Dynasty; In the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, officials came forth in large numbers, and Xue, the world's largest family, was one of them. After entering Hedong County in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Xue was included in Guanzhong County in the early Tang Dynasty. He was one of the eight giants in the Tang Dynasty. In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, there were four prime ministers, namely Xue, Xue Ji, Xue Pan. 42 Duke; Twenty-eight articles of Ren Shangshu and Gift Shangshu; Awarded to 29 assistant ministers; 2 18 general, governor, satrap, secretariat, satrap; 609 local officials, including Ren and county heads; There were 159 Jinshi in the Tang and Song Dynasties. There are 47 examiners in the ancient sound, and Xue Lingzhi, a descendant of Xue's ancestral home in the southern Tang Dynasty, is the first scholar in Fujian in the Tang Dynasty, which is the first in Fujian culture. Scholars of Xue, Tang and Song Dynasties who moved to Wenzhou 1 12. Three Phoenix Neo-Confucianism in Hedong, Yongjia School, Yangming's Mind, and even some branches of Shaanxi, Zhongyuan Luoxue, were once the cultural glories created by Xue Mingshi. In the early years of Tang and Song Dynasties, there were 16 scholars admitted to the Xue family in Fenyin: Xue Bo, Xue Ji, Xue Cuncheng, Xue Yanlao, Chu Xue, Xue Yanfu, Xue Yanguo, Xue, Xue Shu, Meng Xue, Xue Fang, Xue Baoxun and Meng Xue. There were two in the early Song Dynasty: Xue Ying and Xue Nan. Among those who passed the exam, there are seven brothers and three grandchildren. Historically, Xue Jiajiang was even more famous all over the world. In the Tang Dynasty alone, there were Xue Ju, Xue, Xue and Xue Song. Attachment to aristocratic families was a very popular social atmosphere in the Middle Ages. When Du Guangting, a Taoist priest at the end of the Tang Dynasty, compiled Addendum to Fairy Tales, it was probably that he attached Xue Hu to Hedong to divide the yin. Later Taoist books followed his theory regardless of whether it was true or not, so there was the theory of Hedong dividing the yin.
In the Sui Dynasty, there was Huang Ma, a Yin man in Hedong, who was not good at metaphysics, learned from vulgarity and understood astronomical laws and calendars. Yang Di in the Sui Dynasty introduced the concept of Jade Qing, and every time he added a gift, he was called zhangyan. His name, like Sheryl, is also a yin person and easy to be confused. Xuanpinlu confused their deeds.
Huangzhou (Huanggang) in Hubei Province and Huazhou (Huaxian) in Henan Province are not counties of Xue's family, so where Xue's native place belongs still needs to be further determined according to historical materials and cultural relics. Although the old and new editions of Tang Shu did not record Xue's family background, according to the clues provided by the epitaph, his great-grandfather and grandson were assistant ministers of Qi Zhongshu. The founder Jing and Liang Wudi praised the secretariat of Beidingzhou; Father's pet and Chen Sisi county magistrate are all political events in the Southern Dynasties. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Liang Wudi reigned from 502 to 549, which was basically consistent with Xue Luo's family background. Therefore, Huanggang, Hubei Province is the most likely.
According to this, it can be inferred that Xue Juan should be an official family born in the Southern Dynasties, and his lineage is: Ming-Sun-Official-Zun-Petty-Hu. This can make up for the shortcomings of the old and new editions of Tang Shu. This record also proves that during the Southern Dynasties, there were Xue clan people living in Huanggang, Hubei Province, and there were already officials in the Southern Dynasties.