唐判发微——略论几则涉林判词的史料价值

Finding Hiden Value of Written Judgment of Tang Dynasty:Brief Discussion on Historical Value of Five Pieces of Written Judgment Relating to Forest

判是盛行唐代官场,用四六骈文书写的司法文书,也是应试考生科举及第之后、授官之前“覆其吏事”的重要科目。判有官场堂判、应试之判的区分,而“文理优长”、短小精干,乃所有判词必具的特征。不少官场堂判、应试之判都有值得重视的史料价值。笔者在概述唐判的一般情况之后,侧重考察五则涉及林业的应试唐判,以期弥补史乘记述之不足,深化当代人对唐代林业的认识。

Written judgment was a kind of judicial document that was written in rhythmical prose with four or six words characterized by parallelism and ornateness, and it was very popular in Tang Dynasty. Also it was an important subject for an examinee who had passed the examination and was going to be conferred an official position. Written judgment was divided into court written judgment and examination written judgment, both of which had the same characteristics of short, beautiful and pithy. Most of the court and examination written judgment had valuable historical worth and needed to be paid more attention to. This paper maked a general introduction to written judgment of Tang Dynasty and then explored five pieces of examination written judgment relating to forest in Tang Dynasty, aiming to make up the deficiency of historical materials and try to deepen the understanding of forest in Tang Dynasty.