陕西西安唐韦旷夫妇墓发掘简报

Preliminary Report on the Excavation of the Wei Kuang Couple’s Tomb of the Tang Dynasty in Xi’an, Shaanxi

韦旷为京兆韦氏逍遥公房家族成员之一,其墓葬2014年发现于西安市南郊上塔坡村北。墓葬保存基本完好,出土器物丰富。据墓志可知,韦旷以门荫入仕,初授登州司仓参军事,未至任所,丁母忧而罢,服闕后,授豫州郾城县丞,以武则天万岁通天二年六月十五日卒于官舍,春秋四十九。韦旷夫人为河东柳氏,以开元六年七月二十日终于郾城县之别业,春秋六十五。夫妇二人于开元十八年十一月十六日迁葬于长安城南毕原之旧茔。韦旷夫妇墓是西安南郊新发现的又一座唐代京兆韦氏逍遥公房成员墓葬,具有证史补史之价值。

Wei Kuang was a member of the Xiaoyao Gongfang branch of the Wei family in the capital during the Tang Dynasty.His tomb was found in the northern part of the Shangtapo village in the southern suburb of Xi’an City in 2014.The tomb was almost intact when excavated and yielded abundant artefacts.According to the epitaph,Wei Kuang went into the government thanks to his distinguished family background.He first became the sicang canjun officer of Dengzhou but did not go into the office due to his mother’s death.After serving his mother funeral,Wei was awarded the governor of the Yancheng county in Yuzhou.He died at the age of 49 in his office on 15th July of the second year of the Tongtian era of Empress Wu Zetian’s reign.Wei Kuang’s wife came from the Liu family in the Hedong region.She died at the age of 65 in their vacation residence in the Yancheng county on 20th July of the sixth year of the Kaiyuan era.The couple was reburied together at the old cemetery in Biyuan in the southern suburb of Chang’an City on 16th November of the 18th year of the Kaiyuan era.The discovery of the Wei Kuang couple’s tomb in southern suburb of Xi’an City is another tomb belonging to the Xiaoyao Gongfang branch of the Wei family in the capital during the Tang Dynasty.It has great value to supplement related historic records.