四易其主:《刘辟恶墓志》所见唐初政局

"Change His Master Four Times" :The Political Situation in the Early Tang Dynasty Reflected in "The Epigraph of Liu Pi’e"

《刘辟恶墓志》所记刘氏生平历官颇能与唐初政治局势诸如李渊定鼎关中、受禅称帝；武德时期兄弟相争、北门之变；贞观易储、李治即位；唐初对西南地区经略等重大事件相联系。由于刘辟恶长期任职东宫，从隋入唐，再历陪奉李建成、李世民、李承乾、李治，其所经历唐初政局的变动似可用“四易其主”来概括。刘辟恶“四易其主”而累迁升官，最终由武入文、客死洛阳，似乎也正与唐初“关中本位”政策仍沿惯性前行并暴露衰败端倪之景况相照应。

Liu Pi’e’s life experience recorded in "The Epigraph of Liu Pi’e" was closely associated? with the political situation and important events in the early Tang Dynasty. These events included: Li Yuan’s occupation of Guanzhong and his claim to be the emperor, the Li brothers’ fight and the coup of Xuanwumen in the Wude period, Li Zhi’s position as the Heir to the throne in the Zhenguan period, and the management and planning for the southwest region by the government. Liu Pi’e lived from the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty. The fact that he was subordinate to Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Chengqian,and Li Zhi could be concluded as he "Changed His Master Four Times". Although Liu Pi’e changed his master four times, he got constant promotions. He moved upward from a military officer to civil official,and finally passed away in Luoyang, a place away from his hometown. His experience reflected the policy of "Guanzhong Departmentalism" which was still going on but gradually in decline at the time.