唐墓志亲属撰文增多及其文学意义

Literary Significance of Epitaphs Written by Relatives in Tang Dynasty

请托他人以征信、以避嫌等观念的深入人心,很大程度上抑制了初唐墓志亲属撰文数量的增加,但在情势所逼、观念转变等因素的共同作用下,亲属撰文不多的局面逐渐被打破,最终成为唐代墓志撰写的一种重要形式。亲属撰文的增多客观上增强了墓志的抒情功能,同时也促进了墓志人物书写的个性化。略述梗概,是史学书写的特点,注重抒情和细节,却是文学表达的特长。在墓志文由史学书写向文学表达的发展过程中,亲属撰文客观上起到了推波助澜的作用。

For the consideration of faithfulness and avoiding suspicions,more epitaphs were written by a- gents. This became a common practice for a time. And consequently,the numbers of epitaphs written by relatives increased slowly. However, with the changes in situation, notions, it finally became a social trend for relatives to write epitaphs for the deceased. Objectively, epitaphs written by relatives strengthened the function of expressions of feeling and meanwhile encouraged the individuation of epitaph writing. Briefness is the soul of historical works while expression of emotions and description in details is the strongpoint of literary writing. Relative--written epitaphs for the deceased objectively promoted the changes in style from historical writing to literary expression.