唐李元轨墓志所涉北门学士问题献疑

唐李元轨墓志记墓主为北门学士。此志为今见最早与北门学士相关的资料,但从墓志所记李元轨仕宦、职事及任职时间等因素来看,他不可能是真正的北门学士,只是北门一个下层文吏而已,墓志称其为北门学士实为谀墓风气下的攀附之举。

According to the epigraph, Li Yuangui was on attachment to Beimen scholars in the Tang Dynasty. The epigraph is the earliest data relevent to Beimen scholars. However, based on Li Yuangui＇ s official career, the occupation, the time of occupation and etc. , the conclusion can be drawn that Li was just a civil officer rather than a real Beimen scholar. The epigraph claiming him as a Beimen scholar is actually keeping up with Joneses in the ethos of flattery to the dead.