西安唐代奚族质子热瓌墓志解读

The Interpretation of the Epitaph of Regui,the Late Prince of the Xi Ethnic Group in Hostage to the Tang Dynasty found in Xi'an

2005年8～9月，西安市西三环北石桥村一座唐墓出土了一批陶俑等遗物，还有一方墓志，刻有“大唐故奚质子右威卫将军热壤墓志铭”，提供了古代北亚细亚奚族活动的新线索，这是考古发掘中首次发现盛唐墓志中署名奚质子的刻石。西安文物保护考古研究院主持该墓发掘的张小丽邀笔者观察了这方墓志，并赐赠拓片，提供了第一手解读资料。

The Epitaph of Regui, the Late Prince of the Xi Ethnic Group in Hostage and the Right Weiwei Jiangjun （Awesome Guard General） of the Tang Dynasty unearthed at Xi＇an in 2005 filled up the blank in the historic literatures about the princes of the Xi ethnic group in hostage to the Tang Dynasty, and has high historic values. The Xi ethnic group was living in the east of the Mongolian Plateau and had close relationships with Turks, Khitan and the Central Plains; in the historic literatures, the impacts and political and cultural communications between the Tang Dynasty and Xi ethnic group are frequently seen. Dispatching princes in hostage was an important method to maintain the relationship between the Tang court and the ethnic groups including Xi in the frontier zones.