本文旨在探討唐人如何看待各姓氏之所出，觀察唐人在撰寫墓誌銘時之族源認同。由唐代武德至天寶近150年間之2,458方墓誌中取樣，發現此段時期唐人以黃帝為祖者多達115例；黃帝之後裔顓頊、帝嚳、少昊、堯、舜合計更有141例。且自敍為黃帝子孫者之姓氏甚多，分布極廣，並涵蓋內外文武官僚體系及社會各階層；四裔諸族亦受此情結所染，每多比附華夏，足以充分說明唐代墓誌銘中所顯現之黃帝意象。

This article discusses the acknowledgement of the Yellow Emperor or his descendants from each level of the people in the Tang Dynasty through studying the context of the Epitaphs which also brought the Tang's neighboring countries to acknowledge this imagery.