赵州桥建造年代考

An Investigation on the Time of Construction of the Zhaozhou Bridge

世界闻名的赵州桥建于１３００多年前的隋代，但其确切年代现尚无定论。文章认为，现在广为流传的“开皇年间（公元 ５９１～５９９年）说”所依据的古代文献及考古材料，都不是可靠的史料，故其观点难以令人相信。文章对隋代石碑上的一些刻字进行了考析，首次提出，赵州桥建成于隋代大业二年七月十五日（公历 ６０６年 ８月 ２３日）。

The world-famous Zhaozhou Bridge was constructed in the Sui Dynasty, more than 1300 years ago, but no final conclusion has yet been reached on the exact time of its construction. This paper deems that 'the theory of its being constructed in the middle period of Kaihuang(591 - 599 A. D)' of wide circulation is based on unreliable ancient documents and archaeological materials and hence hard to believe. With its basis on the study on some words inscribed on a Sui stone tablet, the paper proposes for the first time that the Zhaozhou Bridge was constructed on the 15th day of the 7th month of the second year of Daye period of the Sui Dynasty(Angust 23rd, 606A. D. ).