《姜行本纪功碑》勒于巴里坤原因初探

On reasons why "Jiang Xing - ben Honors Monument" was built in Balikun

唐初远征军灭高昌,其纪功碑不立建功之址高昌,却勒于远离高昌250公里以外的巴里坤松树塘,这种反常之举,已成为历史之谜。为解开此谜,经初步探索发现,原因有三:一、远征军攻破高昌之后,统帅集团带头大行腐败、鱼肉遗民,惧怕激起民愤,无奈而为之;二、该碑行文中明显存有夸大统帅集团个人功绩,恐时人不服,故韬晦行之;三、唐柳宗元将灭高昌远征军主帅易为李靖之历史公案,可以反面鉴照“纪功碑”易地而勒之因。

The expeditionary forces in early Tang Dynasty conquered Gaochang,but the honors monument was not built in Gaochang. Instead, it was built in Songshutang, Palikun, a place 250 kilometers away from Gaochang. It is an abnormal phenomenon. A preliminary exploration to this phenomenon reveals that there are three reasons： One reason is that, after expeditionary forces conquered G-aochang, its leaders became corrupt and compressed the people, so they built the monument elsewhere to avoid being destroyed by furious people; another reason is that, the epigraph obviously over - praised the achievements of army leaders, and for fear it might not convince the people, it was buih elsewhere; the third reason is that, Liu Zong - yuan in Tang Dynasty changed the general commander of the expeditionary forces to Li Jing,and thus it was not built in Gaochang.