碑志书写与南宋朝政关系初探

A Preliminary Study on the Relationship between the Engraving of Steles and the Government in Southern Song Dynasty

在南宋官员的神道碑、墓志铭撰写历史中,最引人注目的是众多政治人物在死后数年、十几年或数十年之后才有亲属为其求写碑文。通过对这一现象的分析,揭示了政治人物的墓志铭、神道碑等碑刻,无论是其撰写时间还是内容,均与当时政局走向紧密相关,反映了朝政的变动带来评价标准的变化,导致政治人物死后地位的升沉,从一个侧面揭示出碑刻撰写与朝政的紧密关系。

In the stories of engraving tomb tablets and epitaphs of officials in the Southern Song Dynasty,the most striking thing is that many politicians’epitaphs or tomb tablet inscriptions were engraved years or even decades after their death.Through the analysis of this phenomenon,this paper reveals that the time of engraving and the content of epitaph are closely related to the political situation at the time.Epitaphs reflect the up and down of social status of the political figures after death,as well as the change of appraisal standard by governments at different levels.Tight connection exists between the engraving and government’s appraisal.