墓志铭(epitaph)包括志和铭两部分。志即墓志,是放在墓中刻有死者生平事迹的石刻,多用散文记,叙死者姓氏、籍贯、生平等;铭是对全篇的概括,以韵文表示对死者的赞扬、悼念或安慰。现知标明为墓志铭的方形墓志,以刘宋大明八年(公元464年)刘怀民墓志为最早。英语中也有墓志铭,而且相当精彩。如理查德·洛顿的墓 Epitaph (epitaph), including Chi and Ming two parts. The inscription is the epitaph, is placed in the tomb engraved with the lives of the deceased stone carving, multi-purpose essay, the deceased surname, native place, life, etc .; Ming is a summary of the whole article, expressed in verse of the deceased’s tribute, mourn or comfort. Now known as the epitaph of the epitaph epitaph to Ming dynasty Liu Ming (464 AD) Liu Huimin’s epitaph as the earliest. There are also epitaphs in English, which are quite brilliant. Such as Richard Longton’s tomb