Epitaph for Empress Xuanyi

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Epitaph for Empress Xuanyi
by Yelü Gu

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Epitaph for Empress Xuanyi 宣懿皇后 (1026–1092), consort to Emeror Daozong of Liao. Liao dynasty epitaph text (called 宣懿皇后哀冊 "Elegy for Empress Xuanyi" in Chinese) in Khitan small script composed by Yelü Gu 耶律固＝ 𘬜𘭪𘲚𘱪 𘱚𘲚𘯟, and engraved in the 1st year of the Qiantong 乾統 era (1101), with 30 cols. of Khitan text on the top surface of the base stone. There is a title inscription in sixteen seal script Khitan characters on the top surface of the cover stone. Epitaph stones held at the Liaoning Provincial Museum in Shenyang. Transcription based on Kane 2009 pp. 214–223, corrected against the original rubbing, and with some normalizations of glyph forms. Photograph of the base stone and cover stone.

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𘰷𘭨𘯐 𘱤𘱤 𘱗𘱮 𘬝𘰭 𘱚𘲦𘲫 𘲽𘰄 𘭘𘳕

𘲽𘱚𘲦 𘲚𘰥 　 𘱊𘮡 𘭨𘭛 𘰺𘱫 𘱁𘬚 𘱊𘬚 𘰷𘮰 𘬞𘱶 𘱄𘯟 𘯞𘲐 𘰩 𘱚𘱑 𘱚𘱹 𘱚𘱆 𘱁𘱳 𘱁𘱤 𘱁𘬛 　 𘮜𘭱 𘲺𘱤 𘱆 𘱥𘲖𘬜𘭢 𘭖𘱚 𘬓𘰫𘳕 𘱆 𘲩𘱤 𘭘𘲚 𘱚𘱲 𘱇𘱤 𘮪𘲚 𘯥 𘬜𘭪𘲚𘱪 𘱚𘲚𘯟

𘮛𘱀 𘬘𘰽 𘮵𘯺𘲑

𘲇 𘰺𘬛𘲢 𘭴𘮒 𘲐 𘲐𘲦 𘰷𘱄𘮽 𘰷𘱹𘮄 𘬦𘰎𘯺 𘰯 𘬣 𘭧 𘮝 𘱑𘯺 𘭞𘱄𘮠 𘯙 𘲺 𘬈 𘰺𘯛𘯺

𘰷𘭨𘯐 𘱤𘱤 𘱗𘱮 𘬝 𘭕𘬷𘲫 𘲲𘭞𘲦 𘰭𘮇𘰂𘰴𘱤 𘱄𘬛𘲢𘱸 𘬝𘭕𘲳 𘬁𖿤𘰴 𘰷𘲲𘱘 𘰝𘱤 𘰲 𘰺𘱆𘲚𘮒 𘬊𘰍 𘬥𘮒 𘰺𘰂𘮅𘰕 𘰲 𘲑𘭲𘯶𘭞 𘭴𘮒 𘲐 𘭬 𘭧 𘬂 𘯙 𘲺 𘭐 𘱛𘳑 𘲲𘯶𘮱 𘭅𘰂𘰱

𘲤𘯡𘭂𘯺𘮢 𘳈 𘮛𘭢𘲆𘲳 𘲚𘮒𘲆𘱸 𘰷𘱄𘮽 𘯌𘲫𘰍 𘲼𘱆𘱸 𘭸𘰣𘭲𘲀𘲲 𘳈 𘮧𘬗𘬜𘱸 𘭐 　 𘰕𘲑𘭂𘮅𘲲 𘬣𘰷𘱚 𘰷𘲑𘯺𘲑 𘭔𘱮 　 𘭳𘲀𘲲 𘬣𘰷𘱚 𘰺𘯡𘭂𘯴 𘬊 𘲚𘭹 𘮽𘯛𘱤 𘮽𘯛 𘲜𘬚

𘰷𘰂𘯶𘭞 𘭅 𘯥𘲆𘰎 𘬜𘲼𘲀𘭂𘲐

𘲲𘰓𘭞𘱸 𘮛𘱀𘱦 𘰷𘰂𘬜 𘱥𘱆𘰣𘭽𘬜 𘰷𘭲𘲀𘯶 𘱆 　 𘭎𘱦 𘮫𘳇𘱦 𘯻 𘭕𘲀𘱚𘲦 　 𘬥𘳍𘰄 𘰷𘲫𘱚𘱄𘭽𘱄𘱚 𘲲𘯴𘱆 𘱥𘱆 𘰭𘱀𘱦 𘱘𘰍 𘲫𘱤 𘲱𘲐

𘮡𘭁 𘰺𘬛𘲢 𘭃𘱚𘲚𘲳 𘮧𘯶𘲰𘭂𘲐 𘰺𘲢𘳔𘲚 𘮾𘮒 𘮧𘱮 𘰺𘱀𘬜 𘲀 𘰭𘲐𘰣𘱸 𘲜𘰣𘭯 𘯶𘲰𘭂𘲐 𘯃𘰫 𘰺𘯗

𘰺𘬛𘲢 𘲅𘬜𘱮 𘰲 𘱗𘱮 𘱥𘭕𘲀𘲫 𘭐𘰕 𘲺 𘭧 𘭅 𘱙𘲦 𘰭𘲐𘲽𘱸 𘬝𘱦 𘱚𘮒 𘰭𘮇𘯣 𘮦𖿤𘭲𘲳 𘲐𘲫 𘲽𘭕𘳕 𘭴𘮒 𘰩𘬷𘲆𘲀𘱚 𘰷𘱄𘮽𘰍 𘰷𘱤 𘯥𘲆𘲀𘱄𘭽𘱸 𘲽𘱤𘬪𘲦 𘬝𘱦 𘭅𘬐𘲦 𘬜𘰹𘱆 𘰫𘰻𘭲𘲳 𘲺

𘭎𘱦 𘰺𘱑𘭆𘱄𘭂𘯺𘮢 𘱄𘯀𘬐 𘯆𖿤𘱦 　 𘲚𘰥 𘮛𘭢𘲆𘲳 𘲜𘯶 𘱿𘲫 𘲝 𘱥𘱄𘰷 𘭢𘲆𘱦 𘬣 𘰺𘭸 𘬥𘲜𘱤𘲦 𘬝𘰴 𘮧𘲵 𘭛 𘮘𘱛𘬐 𘯌𘲫 𘯂 𘰷𘯹𘰼𘭸𘱮𘲽 𘱏 𘲳𘰴𘰕 𘯣𘰴 𘬥𘳍𘰄 𘮊𘰥𘭽𘬜 𘱛𘳑𘱦 𘯺𘲐

𘮀 𘱙𘰴 𘲐𘲦 𘳃𘲰 　 𘬍 𘰗𘲚𘲳𘰴 𘬝𘰭 𘰷𘯺𘲐 𘯥𘲆𘰎 𘬥𘭋𘰕

𘰗𘲚𘲳 𘰬 𘰷𘭴 𘰺𘰭𘯺𘯡 𘮧𘭛𘯛 𘲼𘱆𘱸 　 𘭎𘬪 𘲅𘯺𘱘𘱤 𘰺𘬛𘲢 𘭕𘮒𘭽𘬜 　 𘲚𘰥𘰕 𘭊𘰼𘰕𘰺 𘬝𘱦 𘲌𘱆𘱸 　 𘲽𘮬 𘬥𘮅𘰷 𘱥𘭱𘭽𘬜 𘰠𘲫 𘯌𘲫 𘭖𘱚 𘯡𘯌𘭲𘱆 𘲌𘯶𘯎

𘬥𘲀𘱚𘰷 𘲜𘬷𘱤 𘰗𘱄𘱚𘲦 𘮧𘱮𘱪𘭽𘬜 𘬥𘭇𘬜𘱸 𘭴𘮒𘰱 𘰭𘲐𘲽𘱸𘱦 𘬜𘲼𘯶𘯎 　 𘲂 𘰺𘬛𘬼 𘮽𘮘𘲲𘲐 𘮅𘯺𘮢 𘬦 𘰭𘲐𘰴𘱄𘲲𘮇 𘰷𘲫𘱚𘱸 𘲽𘭕 　 𘬥𘳍𘰄 𘮵𘯺𘮢 𘲜𘱚 𘲜𘱚 𘯺𘮅 𘱥𘱆𘰣𘭽𘱸 𘯽 𘯽

𘲱𘮅𘭂𘯺𘮢 𘲅𘬜𘱄𘰕 𘲽𘭪𘱄 𘬼𘱛𘬠 　 𘰷𘱄𘮽 𘰺𘰂𘬜𘱸 𘰩𘬷𘲆𘲳 𘮗 　 𘰷𘲵𘱄𘭂𘲐 𘯺𘮢 𘮒𘭲𘱆𘱸 𘮒𘲚 　 𘲚𘮒𘱄𘭽𘬜 𘮧𘯶𘮱𘱄𘰕 𘬜𘮅𘭂𘮅 𘰭𘯶 　 𘰝𘲚𘲦 𘰺𘱀𘬜𘱸 𘰭𘮡𘮚 𘱚𘬛𘱫𘯨

𘲽𘭪𘱄𘰍 𘯺𘮢 𘮝 𘯆𘰺 　 𘰺𘬛𘲢 𘬝𘱆 𘰺𘱄𘯌 𘰺𘱄𘯌 　 𘱫𘬷 𘬊𘱛 𘮧𘰺 𘮧𘰺 　 𘲚𘳕 𘳈𘰴𘮽𘰕 𘲜𘭂𘯡 𘲫𘮽𘰱𘱦 𘭎𘲦 𘰺𘰴𘭢 𘮠𘲫 𘮠𘲫 𘬘𘭞

𘬘𘰽𘱄𘭂𘯺𘮢 𘮜𘭱 𘰺𘬗𘭂𘲐 𘲇 𘰳𘮄 𘬥𘰣𘲫 𘬥𘰣𘲫 𘮧𘲆𘮒 　 𘭁𘲚𘲀𘲫 𘭴𘮒 𘭁𘲚𘲀𘮽𘰕 𘲳𘲦 𘰝𘭂𘮇𘲦 　 𘭱𘭽𘱄𘭽𘲫 𘲽𘲐 𘭱𘭽𘱄𘭽𘱸 𘰭𘱀

𘰷𘮒𘳔𘲚𘳕 𘲼𘱆𘱄𘭂𘯺𘮢 𘰫𘳕 𘲲𘮘𘮽 　 𘲲𘲀𘳔𘲚𘳕 𘯥𘲆𘲀𘮽𘰕 𘰺𘰗𘳔 𘲜𘱀 　 𘭊𘭞 𘬰𘬪𘭲𘯶𘯎 𘬫 𘭁𘲚𘲀𘮽𘲽 　 𘭎𘱦 𘰕𘬐𘬜𘱸 𘬕 𘲜𘬚 𘲽𘰗𘮠𘲦 　 𘳁𘭂𘮅𘲲𘱘 𘰺𘰗𘰴𘭢 𘮽𘬠𘭪 𘭃𘭽𘲦

𘯹𘱄𘭂𘲐 𘲭 𘱥𘬚 𘮴𘬜 　 𘰷𘭕𘮒𘲫 𘳈 𘮶𘱄𘮽𘰕 𘰺𘯡𘮽𘰴 　 𘬝𘰭 𘬝𘱦 𘰫𘰻𘱄𘭂𘯺𘮢 𘲇 𘬥𘭋𘲚𘲳 𘬛 𘲲𘯡𘮅 𘰔𘬜𘱸 𘬘𘲰𘱄𘭲𘲳 𘮀 𘬜𘱓𘭪𘲚 𘬥𘱛 𘮧𘯺𘬐 𘯩𘲦 𘭠𘯴𘯹 𘬝𘭽 𘯽 𘬥𘭋𘱮 𘬥𘳍𘰄

𘲑𘭲𘯶𘯎 𘲜𘯺 𘰬𘳕 𘰷𘭴 𘰷𘮒𘳔𘲚 𘱛𘭪 𘯥𘲆𘲀𘱮 𘭎𘱦 𘬕𘲀𘭂𘯺𘮢

𘱗𘱮 𘬝 𘱥𘰕 𘭢𘲆𘱆 𘬥𘲀𘱸 𘭔𘭢 𘬛𘰗𘱓 𘰺𘱮𘮽 𘯍𘰱𘱸 𘮀𘰍 𘲌𘲀𘭂𘯺𘮢 𘰦𘯟 𘱚𘲚 𘰷𘱆𘰍 𘲚𘮒𘱄𘭽𘬜 𘲱𘰣𘲲𘯡 𘲽𘬼𘭽𘲫 𘯺𘮅 𘭗𘱸 𘲱𘰆 𘰷𘳕 𘰝𘰆𘮡 𘰺𘰂𘬜𘱤 𘬥𘬷𘱄𘭂𘯺𘮢 𘰺𘰂𘮅𘭂𘯺𘮢 𘰭𘲐𘰣𘱸 𘮵𘯺𘮢

𘱗𘱮 𘬝 𘲧 𘭁𘲚𘱪𘱄𘱚 𘱆𘰍 𘰺𘯡𘭂𘯴 𘲽𘰗𘱸 𘳈𘲦 𘬝𘰺𘱤 𘱝 𘰺𘱴𘯺𘮢 　 𘬝𘰴𘱦 𘰷𘰂𘯶𘯎 𘰳𘮄𘱦 𘰺𘱑𘬪

𘰗𘲚𘲳𘰍 𘱩𘰷𘱄𘱥𘲳 𘬜𘲚 𘰭𘭐 𘱛𘭪 𘭞𘬜𘱮𘲽 𘱛𘳑 𘰫𘰻𘭲𘲀𘲲𘬐 𘲭 𘮛𘲽 𘲽𘲦𘮽𘱮 𘮣 𘬹𘯺𘮢 　 𘬥𘭕𘱪𘱄𘱚 𘱥𘭱𘭽𘱸 𘰺𘲆𘯺𘮡 𘰥𘰴𘮠 𘯟 𘯺𘮅𘲲 𘬥𘮒 𘱕𘱄𘮽𘲫 𘰷𘲦𘲦 𘬼𘱄𘲲𘬐 𘬓𘰫 𘱒𘱄𘭂𘯺𘮢 𘱤𘰣𘰍 𘭎𘲫

𘱩𘮽 𘱥𘭚𘲢𘱸 𘭕𘰕 𘰺𘯟𘭢 𘱥𘱆𘰣𘮽𘰕 𘰝𘰣𘱄𘭽𘬜 𘬕𘲳 𘱚𘲦𘲫𘱮 𘲲𘭦𘯺 𘱥𘮡𘯴𘲫 𘰺𘭽𘱸 𘮗𘳇 𘮽𘯡𘲲𘬐 𘳈 𘲲𘰓𘭞𘱦 𘭞𘯺𘬐 𘬜𘲼𘲳 𘲇 𘱚𘲦𘲫 𘱄𘯁𘲚 𘮛𘭢𘲆𘲳 　 𘬥𘲦 𘮧𘬗𘯺𘮢 𘰲 𘱥𘰷𘰍

𘰷𘭲𘲀𘲫 𘮉𘮒𘮽𘰕 𘱥𘰷𘭽𘱄 𘮦 𘱥𘭕𘲀𘲫 𘯝𘮅𘰕 𘭧 𘱥𘰥𘰷 𘰷𘲼𘮒𘰷 𘰷𘲑𘰱𘱸 𘱗𘰭 𘯍 𘰬𘮒 𘬥𘭕𘬷 𘲺𘰍 𘰜𘭐𘬜𘮡 𘰭𘯴𘮒 𘲲𘮘𘰢 𘰷𘭸𘰍 𘭪 𘲂 𘮗𘱴 𘯽𘰍𘱄𘱚 𘲜𘲽𘱮 𘰺𘮒𘳔𘲚𘲳 𘮓 𘮀 𘲽𘱤𘬪

𘰭𘲐𘱄𘲲 𘰷𘱀𘭢 𘱝 𘮽𘭪 𘲇 𘱚𘲦𘲫 𘱄𘯁𘲚 𘮛𘭢𘲆𘲳 𘰷𘭴 𘰷𘭴 𘯍𘲚 𘰐 𘭞𘲽 　 𘰷𘭴𘰍𘲆𘱸 𘬥𘮅𘰷 𘬜𘲚 𘰷𘯀𘬐 𘭊𘮱 𘱤𘬪 𘱥𘯨𘲫𘱸 𘲲𘲀 𘱄𘲦 𘱔 𘲮 𘬘𘰓 𘬘𘰓 𘭕𘲀 𘰩𘬷𘲆𘱦 𘬥𘬐𘲽

𘲤𘯡𘱄𘲲 𘰨 𘮧𘲚 𘯌𘲫 𘲌𘰕 𘭸𘰣𘭲𘲀𘲲 𘲌 𘲫𘱮 𘬥𘭋𘰕 𘳈 𘰡 𘲇 𘱚𘲦𘲫 𘱄𘯁𘲚 𘮛𘭢𘲆𘲳 　 𘮝 𘰜𘭐 𘰺𘱓𘭪 𘯺𘯴𘰕 　 𘮟𘮅 𘰷𘲎𘰻 𘱫𘬷 𘬥𘭛 　 𘲜𘱀 𘰌𘮀𘭲𘯶𘭞 𘲽𘱓𘭹𘲦

𘱥𘭕𘲀𘲫 　 𘮵𘲐 𘲤𘯡𘮽𘰕 𘱚𘲚𘳕 𘭛 𘲌𘱆 𘯺𘲐𘭲𘰕 𘱕𘱸 𘳍𘰄 𘬥𘬷𘭲𘯶𘯎 𘲘𘯁 𘰕𘬐𘰂𘯡 𘯐 𘲜𘯺𘭦𘱸 𘰺𘱑𘬪 𘲽𘭕 𘮧𘰕𘲫 　 𘰗𘱸 𘬥𘮅𘰷 𘲽 𘲩 𘲇 𘱚𘲦𘲫 𘱄𘯁𘲚 𘮛𘭢𘲆𘲳 𘰁𘮽 𘰁𘮽

𘱗𘱮 𘯡𘲑 𘱚𘱮𘰱 𘱚𘱮𘰱 𘰲 𘭞 𘭞𘲽 𘲜𘬚𘬪 𘱚𘲚 𘬦𘰎𘯺 𘲭 𘳈𘱤 𘮞 𘲲𘭞 　 𘱥𘰷𘭽𘱄 𘬛𘰗𘱓 𘰺𘰗𘰴𘭢 𘮗 　 𘮾𘮒 𘲽𘱸 𘰷𘲫𘱚𘲚𘲳 𘳈 𘱛𘭪 𘲫𘱮 𘯲𘯺𘮡 𘭃𘱚𘱸

𘭖𘱚 𘲽𘰭 𘬐 𘰣𘮒 𘯸 𘰭𘯴𘮒 𘬜𘭞𘰷 𘬜𘭞𘰷 𘲌𘲀𘭲𘲳 𘲜𘭞 𘲇 𘱚𘲦𘲫 𘱄𘯁𘲚 𘮛𘭢𘲆𘲳

Sources

Kane, Daniel (2009). The Kitan Language and Script. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-16829-9