唐宦官刘弘规及夫人李氏墓发掘简报

On the survey and excavation at the Gucheng site of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty,Huiji District,Zhengzhou Shaanxi Provincial Academy of Archaeolog

2021—2022年,陕西省考古研究院于西安市浐灞生态区白杨寨村南发掘了一组中晚唐时期刘氏宦官家族墓,其中M5、M6为并排分布的两座砖室墓,根据M5墓志记载可确定墓主身份为刘弘规夫人陇西李氏。根据两座墓葬位置关系、墓葬形制及墓志内容进一步推断M6墓主为刘弘规。刘弘规为唐宪宗时期“权宦”,拥立新君、蓄养假子,家族成员深刻影响了晚唐时期政治变迁。本次考古发现是首次全面揭露、科学发掘的唐代宦官家族墓地,为研究中晚唐时期唐代家族墓地布局等提供了重要资料。

IFrom 2021 to 2022,the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology excavated a group of family tombs of LIU Honggui of the Middle and Late Tang Dynasty.The tombs are located in the south of Baiyangzhai Village,Chanba Ecological Zone,Xi'an.M5 and M6 are two brick chamber tombs,which were located side by side.According to the M5 epitaph,the tomb occupant is LIU Honggui's wife of the Li lineage from Longxi.Therefore,the owner of M6 tomb should be LIU Honggui,according to the layout of the two tombs.LIU Honggui was a powerful eunuch during the Emperor Xian period,who supported a new monarch and adopted sons.His family members also profoundly influenced the political changes of the late Tang Dynasty.This archaeological discovery is the first comprehensive and scientific excavation of the eunuch family cemetery of the Tang Dynasty,which provides important data for the study of the changes in the mortuary system in the late Tang Dynasty.