Epitaph is a contemporary data in the research of linguistics, the epitaphs in Five Dynasties have great value in the research of language and character. In this paper, we analyze the types and causes of the folk characters in Five Dynasties, we hope our research will be helpful to the Chinese character education, the compilation of great dictionary and the research of Chinese character history.

墓誌是語言研究的同時資料，五代墓誌在語言文字研究方面價值巨大。文章具體分析了五代墓誌俗字的10種類型及其成因，以期有助於漢字教育、大型辭書編纂和漢字史研究。

• 周阿根(阜陽師範學院文學院)