盖棺论未定:唐代官员身后的形象制作

Undecided Evaluation—The Shaped Images after the Death of the Tang Dynasty Officials

本文通过行状这一唐代官员身后最早形成的记述其一生功过事迹的文体在谥议、神道碑、国史本传中的层层演变,展现了国家出于政治目的对于官员死后形象的刻意塑造。而这一君臣之间的互动过程,造成了流传至今的史料丰富的层次性,而在这些多层次的史料的罅隙间散落着更为真实的历史细节。

The paper analyzed how the ＂xing zhuang＂ --the first biography account of the formation of the merits and demerits of their lives written after the death of officials in the Tang Dynasty --evolved step by step into the document form posthumous title, the memorial article engraved on the monument and the biography in the national history. It shows how the imperial court of the Tang Dynasty shaped the images of the officials for political purposes after their death. The interaction between the monarch and his subjects resulted in the levels of today＇s historical materials, while the historical data of these multi-level gaps between the true history littered with more details.