On Identity of the Grave Master in Epigraph of SIMA Sheng of Eastern Wei Dynasty: A Probe into the Grandfather of SIMA Chu-zhi

Epigraph of SIMA Sheng of Eastern Wei has certain historical value. However, the identity of the grave master is yet to be verified. According to the epigraph and the relevant records in Book of Jin, Book of Wei and A History of Northern Dynasty, we can identify SIMA Sheng as the grave master whose grandfather was SIMA Chu-zhi. His father was SIMA Bao-ying who was the descendent of Pengcheng King. Through the verification of SIMA Chu-zhi as his grandfather, the author of this paper has finally managed to work out the family extraction from SIMA Kui to SIMA Chu-zhi and SIMA Sheng.