墓碑志文学性及其在唐代的嬗变论略——以陕西新出土墓碑志文为重点的考察

On the Literary Quality and Transmutation of Epitaphs in the Tang Dynasty——With the recently excavated epitaphs in Shaanxi as the key survey

墓碑志文是一种特殊的文体,作为应用性文体,它有着深刻的渊源;作为一种语言文字的表述形式,它有着一定的文学性。在历史的长河中,随着社会文化的发展,其文学性也有着变化。唐代碑志文也不例外,如果我们对陕西新出土的墓碑志文作一考察,就会发现:其文字表现形式由骈趋散,行文由夸饰德行到生动叙事,人物形象由模糊到清晰。

Epitaph writing is a kind of genre.As a genre of applied writing,its source can be traced to the earliest times.As a representative form of the writing system,it has its own literary quality.In the midst of history and with the development of social cultures,its literary quality is also transforming.There is no exception to the epitaphs in the Tang dynasty.If we make a survey of the recently excavated epitaphs in Shaanxi,we can find that their representative form in terms of the diction transmuted from the parallel prose to the essay,in terms of the content from extolling of virtues and morality to vivid narration,and in terms of character image from ambiguity to limpidity.