南京西善桥宫山“竹林七贤”壁画墓的时代

Date of a Tomb with a Mural Themed on Seven Worthy Men in Bamboo Groves near Nanjing

“竹林七贤”拼嵌壁画墓已发现4座,均在今江苏境内。其中丹阳的3座时代确定为南齐,唯南京西善的1座年代分歧较大,而次墓历来为美术史等多方面的研究者所重视。近年来运用对墓葬材料进行逐项考订、综合排比的方法,推定该墓的时代为南朝刘宋中后期。

By far four tombs with murals showing seven worthy men in bamboo groves have been reported,all within the territory of Jiangsu province.Of them the three at Danyang are believed to be survivals of the Southern Qi Dynasty.Scholars split upon the date of the forth tomb,one located at Gongshan near Nanjing.Basing on his research on archaeological data,the author of the present essay believes that the tomb belongs choronologically to the middle and late LiuˉSong Period of the Southern Dynasties.