南京甘家巷“梁鄱阳王萧恢墓神道石刻”墓主身份辨正

The Owner of Two Liang Dynasty Stone Animals at Ganjiaxiang

南京甘家巷西梁始兴郡王萧憺神道石刻之东约60米的一对南朝石兽,自晚清张璜推定属墓主梁鄱阳郡王萧恢以来,学界少有异议。通过对文献资料的梳理发现,萧恢墓虽在南京,但并无具体葬地的信息;而从石刻的位置关系及造型看,这对石兽与萧恢的身份与年代均不吻合。它们距萧憺石刻仅咫尺之遥,其地应在梁始兴王国陵园内,墓主无疑与萧憺家族相关。萧憺家族成员中,其世子始兴嗣王萧亮约卒于梁大同二年(536年)。这对石兽地处萧憺石刻东侧的下方,和萧憺、萧亮父子身份的尊卑关系相符。其造型、装饰风格与梁南康简王萧绩石兽极为接近,萧绩大通三年(529年)疾薨,与萧亮仅相隔7年。综此分析,这对石兽极可能是萧憺世子始兴嗣王萧亮墓前列置。

The pair of Southern Dynasties stone animals, located at Ganjiaxiang, Nanjing, Jiangsu province and about sixty metres east of the mausoleum of Xiao Dan, Prince of Shixing in the Liang dynasty, has been believed by Zhang Huang （late Qing dynasty） and later scholars to be built for Xiao Hui, Prince of Boyang in the Liang dynasty. However, the current author finds out that although Xiao Hui＇s mausoleum must be located in Nanjing, its exact location is not recorded in historical documents. In addition, the location and style of the stone animals under discussion, if attributed to Xiao Hui, are not consistent with funeral rituals of his time. As they are close to the mausoleum of Xiao Dan, it is no doubt that they belong to the cemetery of the Shixing kingdom and their owner should come from Xiao Dan＇s clan. In fact, one of Xiao Dan＇ sons, Xiao Liang, died in 536 AD. If these stone animals were built for Xiao Liang, then their location is consistent with the father-son hierarchical relation. Moreover, their style and decoration are similar to another pair of stone animals belonging to prince Xiao Ji, who died in 529 AD, i.e. only seven years before Xiao Liang＇s death. Based on the above analysis, this pair of stone animals is probably part of the mausoleum of Xiao Liang.