龙门石窟所见北海王元详石刻题记再研究

Restudying the Inscriptions Regarding King Beihai in the Longmen Grottoes

古阳洞是龙门石窟开凿最早的石窟,内存北海王元详题记具有重要的史料价值:可补充孝文帝南伐诸多细节,可丰富龙门石窟早期造像史内容,可展示北魏皇室贵族与僧侣阶层交往细节,可勾勒元详一家荣辱盛衰过程。将元详相关题记放在历史背景中考量研究,可充分发掘其独特的史料价值,为历史研究提供新史料。

Guyang cave is the earliest cave constructed at the Longmen Grottoes in which a large number of stone inscriptions from the Northern Wei dynasty have survived to the present today. Among these inscriptions, the most important is that left by Yuan Xiang, King of Beihai and younger brother of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei dynasty. The text of these inscriptions is relevant to a number of historical and cultural topics, including: the events surrounding Emperor Xiaowen’s expedition to the south, the history of the early cave images created at Longmen, details of the communication between royal families and monasteries in the Northern Wei dynasty, and the rise and fall of the family of Yuan Xiang. By analyzing the information revealed by these inscriptions against the historical background of the time, researchers can fully explore this unique historical document and provide new understandings that will be useful for further historical research.