唐长沙窑“大中三年”扑满考

Research on the Tang Dynasty Earthenware Money Box with the Inscription of“大中三年”from the Changsha Kilns

本文对吴跃坚先生2017年捐给湖南省博物馆的一件长沙窑“大中三年”扑满铭文进行考证,分析出其中隐含会昌灭佛、大中恢复佛教的重要历史事件,进而挖掘道林寺住僧疏言太原求经的史料,确定疏言太原求经的时间应为大中九年,而非现今流传的大中二年说,并通过对长沙窑会昌至大中年间扑满的对比,分析唐后期长沙窑扑满在造型上的演变。

This paper makes a textual study of the inscription on the earthenware money box inscribed with“大中三年”(3rd year of the Dazhong reign period[849])and produced by the Changsha kilns,which was donated to the Hunan Museum by Mr.Wu Yuejian in 2017.Analysis of the inscription reveals such hidden important historical events as the abolition of Buddhism in the Huichang reign period and the restoration of Buddhism in the Dazhong reign period and uncovers the historical material about Abbot Shuyan of Daolin Temple traveling to Taiyuan for Buddhist scriptures.This trip to Taiyuan is determined to have taken place in the 9th year of the Dazhong reign period(855)rather than the popular belief of the 2nd year of the Dazhong reign period(848).The paper also compares earthenware money boxes produced by the Changsha kilns from the Huichang reign period to the Dazhong reign period in an attempt to analyze the changes in the shapes of earthenware money boxes produced by Changsha kilns in the late Tang dynasty.