从《金石录》的一则题跋推测甘肃泾川王母宫石窟的开凿者与开凿时代

A Conjecture of The Builder of Wangmugong Grotto in Jingchuan County Gansu and Its Date as Seen through A Colophon in The Book JINSHILU

本文通过《金石录》的一则题跋——《后魏化政寺石窟铭》中提到的泾州刺史杞嶷(抱嶷)开凿石窟的记录,推测今天甘肃泾川的王母宫石窟很可能就是抱嶷所开凿者。并进一步根据《魏书.抱嶷传》推测王母宫石窟的开凿年代为太和十九年(495)前后,从而认为王母宫石窟是今天陇东地区时代最早的石窟。

By study a colophon in JINSHILU(The Records of Inscriptions of Metal Instruments and Stone Tablets):Inscription of Huazheng Temple-caves of The Late Wei Dynasty,in which had mentioned Qiyi 杞嶷(also known as Baoyi 抱嶷),then the district magistrate of Jingzhou,who had constructive activities in opening grottoes,this article supposing that the builder of Wangmugong Grotto might be Baoyi.Further on,this article had offered more supporting materials from the Biography of Baoyi in The History of The Wei Dynasty to proposing an idea that the date of Wangmugong Grotto should be 495A.D.(the 19 year of Taihe).Thus,Wangmugong Grotto would be the earliest Grotto exiting in Longdong Area today.