守成之难——洛阳富弼家族兴衰试论

A Study on the Vicissitude of Fu Bi Family in Luoyang

通过阅读2008年在洛阳出土的14方富弼家族成员墓志,可以发现这一家族因富弼个人通过科举取得的巨大代间流动骤然兴盛,又因子孙科举不力、无法维持荫补循环而逐代衰落,体现了宋代科举制下社会流动向上开放、向下缓慢的特点。此外,通过文献资料的钩沉,可以找到富榯、富榯生父及富琯等未见于本批墓志的富弼家族成员,他们的人生经历是对墓志所见富弼家族兴衰的补充。

Reading the epigraphs found in Luoyang in the year 2008 , we can see that Fu Bi family promoted their social class by Fu Bi ’ s success in imperial examination .But soon after Fu Bi ’ s death, this family couldn ’ t maintain their prosperity for they were unable to copy that success .It is a great sample to talk about social mobility under imperial examination system and the keeping of big families in Song Dynasty .And we can find other people who belonged to this family like Fu Shi and his father , their life experience are supplement for this subject .