邑子六十人造像碑意蕴探析

A study on the stele of 60 people in the second year of Xiping

发现于陕西富平县,现藏于西安碑林博物馆的北魏熙平二年(公元517年)邑子六十人造像碑自发现以来长时间被认定为佛道内容平衡的造像碑的代表。与之相关的研究内容也大多集中在对碑身图像内容与主龛雕像的考证研究上。根据对本通造像碑的实地考察与现有文献研究,旨在揭示造像时“佛道平衡”之下的宗教倾向,并借此佐证相关的文献与历史材料的可靠性。同时在考证碑身细节的基础上进一步来讨论碑身命名中的“六十人”的缘由以及碑身正龛邑主位置为何为邑师的原因。

Found in Fuping County,Shaanxi Province,now hidden in the Museum of Steles Forest in Xi’an,the Stele of the second year in Xiping(517 AD)of the Northern Wei Dynasty,located in Xi'an Forest of steles museum,has been identified as the representative of the balanced content of Buddhism and Taoism for a long time since its discovery.Most of the related research content still focuses on the image content of the Stele body and the statue of the main niche.Based on the author's investigation and existing literature research,this paper aims to reveal the religious tendency under the"balance between Buddha and Taoism"in this stele,and to prove the reliability of relevant documents and historical materials though this.At the same time,on the basis of textual research of the details of the statue,I will further discuss the reason of the"sixty people"in the name of the statue and why the main position of the stele is the imagine of YI SHI(邑师).