Li Jingxun

Li Jingxun was a granddaughter of Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou on her maternal side, and was raised by her maternal grandmother, Empress Xuan, herself daughter of Yang Jian who later usurped the Northern Zhou throne to become the Emperor Wen of Sui. On her paternal side, she descended from a line of Northern Zhou generals. The tomb of her paternal great-grandfather, the Northern Zhou general Li Xian (北周李賢墓), has also been discovered, and the epitaph suggest that he was a Tuoba-Xianbei descendant. His tomb contained several Central Asian objects too, such as an ewer with Greco-Roman scenes. Li Jingxun was therefore of fairly mixed ethnic lineage, since the Northern Zhou were of Xianbei origin, as was her grandmother on her maternal side, and she can be considered as an "outsider princess" in the context of the Sui dynasty. ==Tomb==

The stone sarcophagus is in the shape of a Sui dynasty house. It is a rare design, but a carved stone coffin is also known from the tomb of another princess, Princess Yongtai (684–701). Epitaph The epitaph reads: Tomb objects Her lavish tomb contained around 350 objects, including many artifacts from the Silk Road, and foreign-style objects. The tomb included gold cups, jades, porcelains and toys, as well as a coin of the Sasanian Emperor Peroz I (459-483 CE). It is thought that the tomb artifacts reflect her northern ethnic background. In comparison, other known Sui dynasty tombs have relatively few exotic items in them. File:Tang Gold Bracelet (Li Jingxun tomb).jpg|Gold bracelet from the tomb, probably imported from India. National Museum of China File:Tang Gold Stemmed Cup (9834001143).jpg|Gold stemmed cup from the tomb, National Museum of China. File:Li Jingxun necklace.jpg|Necklace from the tomb, imported from South Asia. National Museum of China. File:Sui Jade Cup with Gold Rim (9833698065).jpg|Cup with gold rim, from the tomb, National Museum of China File:Tomb of Li Jingxun in Xian.jpg|Location of the tomb of Li Jingxun, just out of the ancient city of Xi'an File:Li Jingxun, epitaph plaque.jpg|Lid of the epitaph: "隋左光禄大夫女墓志" "Epitaph by the Sui Dynasty Glorious Grand Master of the Left, for his daughter" ==Ancestry==

Li Jingxun had an illustrious imperial and military lineage: ==External links==