台北“故宫博物院”藏“唐月令镜”研究

A Study of the Tang Dynasty"Yueling"Mirror Housed at the Taibe“Palace Museum”

台北“故宫博物院”藏“唐月令镜”(以下简称“唐月令镜”)铭文主体内容因与月令文献有关而得名。隋末唐初,社会百废待兴,统治者急于恢复农业生产,稳定社会秩序,“唐月令镜”应运而生。铭文内容一方面以月令思想为内核,通过天象运转与节气、物候相对应,“观象授时”,指导农业生产不误农时,以便百姓按时高效进行农业生产活动;另一方面,夸赞铜镜质量来暗喻铜镜制造者(或拥有者)品德之高尚。它的存在对当时社会安定、恢复生产起着推动作用。从今天来看,研究它依旧有着重要意义,既弥补了隋唐之际史籍记载中关于“月令”部分的阙误,填补了这一时期月令思想发展的空白,又为更好地研究、认识月令思想的发展演变以及“月令体农书”的发展提供了真实直观的资料。

The yueling mirror,housed in the Taibei"Palace Museum",derived its name from its inscription which concerns about climate and phenology.At the turn of the Sui and Tang dynasties,the rulers were eager to restore agricultural production and stabilize the social order.In such a social context yueling mirrors were produced.On the one hand,the content of the inscription focus on aricultural pruduction guiding by climate and phenology;on the other hand,it praises the mirror owner's virtue by affirming the high quality of the mirror.In the Tang dynasty,the yueling mirrors played a helpful role in restoring agricultural production.Nowadays,these mirrors are valuable material for the study of ancient thoughts about climate and phenology,as well as the development of yueling-style farming books.They can also be used to supplement and correct historical records about climate and phenology.