又,本因徵役勛級以為榮寵;而比年出征,皆使勛官挽引,勞苦與白丁無殊,百姓不願從*,率皆由此。
其中秦王不是官職乃是爵位,唐初秦王為諸王之首;上柱國乃是勛位,唐代勛級分十二等,上柱國為最頂級。
又,本因徵役勛級以為榮寵;而比年出征,皆使勛官挽引,勞苦與白丁無殊,百姓不願從*,率皆由此。
When his mother died, he buried her (cynically, I suppose) at the "Road of the Five Fathers, " and only after he had found out the location of his father's grave from an old woman, did he provide for the burial of his parents together at another place.