Tomb of Li Dan

The Tomb of Li Dan (Chinese: 李诞墓; pinyin: Lǐ Dàn mù), is a Northern Zhou period (557-581 CE) funeral monument to a foreigner named "Lǐ Dàn" (李诞) in the Chinese epitaph.

The deceased was a honorable man, who traveled from Jibin to the Imperial court during the Zhengguang era (520–525 CE).

The Emperor gave him the title of "Prefect of the Province of Han", and he was buried in the leap month of that same year in Zhonxiangli.

His elder son Panti, fearing cataclisms, and afraid the name of his father might be forgotten, reverently wrote this inscription on a black stone, so that his story can be transmitted unblemished.

[1] The coffin is decorated with fine incised carvings representing traditional Chinese cosmology.

Decorations at the entrance of the tomb of Li Dan, line drawing. It represents two haloed guards in non-Chinese style, and a central fire altar, which could be Zoroastrian . [ 1 ]
Epitaph of Li Dan
Epitaph of Li Dan
Xi'an, location of the tomb of Lidan (red dot). [ 4 ]