ZhaoQuan’s epitaph primarily makes record of ZhaoQuan’s family history in Tianshui, his whole life and significant historical events of North Dynasty. It is an important historical resource for the study of North Dynasty History. Tianshui Local History and art of stone tablet in North Dynasty. ZhaoQuan was a famous person in North Dynasty but without any historical record about him. Fortunately, his family history fills the gap, enriches the research contents of local history. The epitaph provides evidence for the stalemate of East Wei and West Wei Dynasty, political reform by Yu-Wen Tai, establishment of North Zhou Dynasty and History of North Dynasty. The place of Shangguidiwang lies in present Qingcheng District, Tianshui City, instead of the southwest of Tianshui. The epitaph supplies archaeological resources to the location of Shanggui, in the meantime, the tomb stone is in itself the representative work of stone tablet art of North Dynasty.
