“宋孝武帝二十八子之死”诸说考辨

An Exploration to "the Death of the Twenty Children of Song Emperor Xiao Wu"

关于南朝宋孝武帝刘骏二十八子之死,历代史家有不同的说法,彼此互有出入,难以圆融,以致于影响到今天史学界对这个问题的认识。经过对记载这一历史事件的相关史料考辨祛疑,最终证实沈约《宋书》的记载属于历史事实,可以消除各种记载之间的相互歧异,纠正历代学者的某些错误结论。

As to the death of the twenty children of Song Emperor Xiao Wu in Nan Dynasty, historians have had different and even contradictory opinions over the time. It seems so hard to integrate these ideas that the historians nowadays still have doubts about the problem. On the basis of detailed exploration to the relevant historical materials, the records in The Book of Song by Sheng Yue are proved in time to be true to the facts, which can help to clear the ambiguity between kinds of records and correct some mistakes.