北宋《石熙载墓志铭》考释

An Interpretation of Shi Xizai's Epitaph in the Northern Song Dynasty

作为宋太宗朝唯一一位以文臣充任枢密使之职的官员,石熙载在北宋初年政治上发挥着重要作用,《宋史》有其传记,其他史料亦有记载,但内容颇少。《石熙载墓志铭》详细记载了石熙载的个人情况、家族世系、仕宦经历以及文学成就,可补正史之缺。在结合正史记载的基础上,考证志文内容,梳理石熙载家族世系及其迁徙情况,可以填补北宋时期石氏家族研究的空白。此外,在宋太宗崇尚文治、"以文抑武"的背景下,探析石熙载充任枢密使的条件,为北宋初期文臣充任武职的研究提供了第一手资料。

As the only civilian official in the Song Taizong Dynasty who served as the Privy Council Chief Executive, Shi Xizai played an important role in the early Northern Song Dynasty politics. But records about him are seldom seen except his biography found in The History of Song Dynasty, and other historical documents among which Shi Xizai’s epitaph details his personal affairs, his family lineage, his official experience and literary achievements. Hence the epitaph can be a supplement for the insufficient historical document. Based on the records of official history, textual research on the epitaph, combing Shi Xizai’s family lineage and migration, can fill in the blank of Shi’s family research in the Northern Song Dynasty. This article, which explores the conditions for Shi Xizai to serve as a Privy Council Chief Executive under the background of emperor Taizong’s avocations of civil rule and “restraining military affairs by means of literature”, provides first-hand information for the study of civil service on the military posts in the early Northern Song Dynasty.