为撰写《大唐兴亡史》书稿,我搜集了不少关于唐代帝王及其陵墓的研究著作、论文、考古简报及有关文物图册。近日,又得到三秦出版社2003年9月出版的由乾陵博物馆刘向阳同志撰写的《唐代帝王陵墓》(周秦汉唐文化工程·文物考古文库)一书,这本青年学子的著作,由德高望重的原陕西省考古研究所所长、著名考古学家石兴邦研究员作序,给与了全面肯定和评价。笔者仔细研读后,亦颇有感悟: In order to write a manuscript of the history of the rise and fall of the Great Tang, I collected a number of research books, essays, archaeological briefings and atlases of related relics on the emperors and tombs of the Tang Dynasty. Recently, it was also published by Sanqin Publishing House in September 2003 by Comrade Liu Xiangyang of Qianling Museum, a book entitled “Imperial Tombs of the Tang Dynasty” (Zhou Qin, Han and Tang Dynasties Cultural Relics and Cultural Relics and Archeology Library), a book by this young student from The highly respected former Shaanxi Institute of Archeology, a well-known archaeologist Shi Xingbang researcher preface, to give a comprehensive affirmation and evaluation. After I carefully study, but also quite sentiment: