The tomb of Princess Linhe lies near Cixian, in the south of Hebei, not far from Ye, the capital of the Eastern Wei.[1] It was excavated in 1978 and 1979. The report was published in 1984 under the name of the tomb of the Ruru princess.[1]
The epitaph names her Lü Chidilian and calls her a granddaughter of the Rouran ruler and the wife of Gao Zhan. It gives her death in 550, at thirteen by Chinese reckoning.[1] The walls of the passage were painted with a procession of guards. The chamber carried further paintings.[1]
The Bei Shi tells how she came to the Eastern Wei. In 542 Anagui asked that his granddaughter, styled Princess Linhe, be married to Gao Zhan, ninth son of Gao Huan. She was brought to Jinyang.[2]
References
Sources
- Bei Shi (History of the Northern Dynasties), juan 98 (after Wei Shu, Zhou Shu and Sui Shu)
Literature
- 磁縣文化館, 河北磁縣東魏茹茹公主墓發掘簡報 (1984)
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Yavuz, Emre-E. “Tomb of Princess Linhe.” Turkic Atlas, revised 28 October 2026. https://turkicatlas.org/sources/tomb-of-princess-linhe/
Last revised: 28 October 2026
