唐刘渭墓志考释

Textual Research on Tang Dynasty Epitaph of Liu Wei

唐代以雅州刺史致仕的刘渭,郡望为河间乐成,其仕宦生涯历经代宗、德宗、顺宗、宪宗、穆宗、敬宗、文宗,共计七朝,终其一生,未尝跻身中枢,长期任职地方,生平履历,正史阙如。洛阳新出土刘渭墓志的行世,有望弥补传统史料之不足与缺憾,墓志以其丰富翔实的内容再现了刘渭的生平境况,于后世治学颇多裨益。由墓志记载可知,刘渭其人乃是东汉章帝子孝王刘开之十九代孙。少年时代的刘渭在志向、学识方面远逾时人,后以门荫入仕,初补太原府寿阳尉。其在河中府解县任上,困扰前任的刑狱诉讼、田赋征收等棘手之事,均迎刃而解,由此政声远播,受到上峰赏识。刘渭为官地方,造福黎民,功勋彰于朝堂。后以七十二岁高龄卒于雅州刺史任上,归葬洛阳北邙之先茔。墓志的记载,勘正了传世文献在志主刘渭家世、生平、宦历等方面记载的多处疏误。

Liu Wei, native to Lecheng, was a local government official in the Tang dynasty who served during the reign of seven emperors （Daizong, Dezong, Shunzong, Xianzong, Muzong, Jingzong and Wenzong）. His biography is not recorded in official history books. However, the recently unearthed epitaph of Liu Wei in Luoyang, Henan province records in details his life experience. According to the epitaph, Liu Wei was the 19th-generation descendant of Liu Kai, son of Emperor Zhangdi in the Eastern Han dynasty. As a boy, he was far more talented than his peers. He entered the political stratum through the Menyin system and obtained his first position as an officer in Shouyang. While governing Jiexian, he won widespread political reputation for solving problems that had troubled his predecessors such as imprisonment, litigation, taxation, etc. Liu was acknowledged by the central government as a capable local official. He died when serving as prefectural governor of Yazhou, at age seventy-two. He was buried at the ancestral cemetery in Beimang, Luoyang. By reading this epitaph, the current author corrects mistakes in historical documents about Liu Wei＇s family background, life experience and political career.