《护国司南抄》中保存的武则天原名考析

Textual Research on EmpressWu Zetian’s Original Name Preserved in Copy of Guidebook for Protecting Homeland

武则天原名史书失载,武媚和武曌均非其原名,不少学者使用各种方法探寻武则天原名,均未得其实。武则天当政时避讳“华”字,原因一是避武则天祖父武华讳,二是避武则天本人名讳,表明武则天的名字中含有一个“华”字。在南诏大理国时期的写经《护国司南抄》中,保存有唐代《帝王目录》的部分内容,其中载明武则天原名武华命,对于研究武则天生平具有重要参考价值。

Wu Zetian(624-705)was the only female monarch in the history of China.Her original name is not recorded in history,as neither Wu Mei or Wu Zhao was her original name.Many scholars have tried and various methods have been used to explore her original name,but none has been success‐ful.During her reign Hua was a character mandated to be avoided as it was her grandfather’s given name on the one hand and one of the characters of her own given name on the other.The handwritten sutra Copy of Guidebook for Protecting Homeland dating back to the periods of Nanzhao(738-902)and Dali(937-1254)kingdoms preserves a part of the Imperial Pedigree of the Tang Dynasty(618-907),accord‐ing to which Wu Zetian’s original given name was Hua Ming.This discovery is of great reference value for the study of Wu Zetian’slife.