徙居洛阳求发展,家族盛衰岂由人——洛阳龙门新村出土隋卫侗墓志考释

Migration to Luoyang to Seek Development and Being Difficult to Determine the Rise and Fall of Family: Interpretation on Unearthed Weitong Epitaphs of the Sui Dynasty at Xincun Longmen of Luoyang

卫侗墓志记述了河东卫氏中卫侗所属族支自卫进至卫文珩四代的仕宦与家族情况,反映了河东次等门第家族族支在南迁洛阳之后,随着北齐、北周、隋的朝代嬗替,在政治、社会地位等方面变迁,以及族支代表人物在北魏、北齐、北周、隋数朝的仕宦经历。卫侗所属族支是河东卫氏的分支,无法与中央核心阶层发生密切联系。因此,在进入北周、隋之后,家族地位急剧下降,家族成员的仕宦日益艰难。卫侗所属族支的变化反映了北朝末期至隋唐,旧有门阀家族势力的衰落,以及依附中央政权的新家族崛起的社会特点。

Weitong epitaphs describes the official career and family situation of the group that Hedong Weitong belongs to from Weijin to Wei Wenheng, altogether four generations. It reflects the evolution of Hedong inferior family＇s political and social position with the replacement of the Northern Qi dynasty, the Northern Zhou dynasty and the Sui dynasty after moving south to Luoyang. As a branch of Hedong Wei clan, Weitong cannot be connected with the core class of the central authorities. Therefore, Weitong＇s family status sharply declined and the family members went into difficult official career. The change of the group that Weitong belongs to re- flects the decline of the old powerful family from the late Northern dynasty to Sui and Tang dynasties, and the social characteristics that new families depending on the central authorities rise.