四川剑阁明代赵炳然墓志补释

Complementary Interpretations of Zhao Bingran's Epitaph from the Ming Dynasty, Jiange County, Sichuan

四川广元市剑阁县明代嘉靖朝兵部尚书赵炳然夫妇合葬墓出土的墓志记载了赵炳然生平和改葬、附葬的经过。在前人研究基础上对赵炳然及其家谱世系、任官经历等进行校正和补充,钩沉史志文献,运用史志材料弥补志文记载之不足。志文中部分内容存在不实和夸大之处,如其追溯的先祖和巡按云南时平叛等事件。综合出土的赵松、赵炳然父子墓志铭文和多种史料文献绘制赵炳然生平及为官年表,以对其人和其所处“南倭北虏”的复杂历史背景提供更清晰的认知,为探讨明代嘉靖朝中晚期浙江等东南地区海防建设与抗倭斗争,以及针对蒙古鞑靼的北线边镇营务等研究提供帮助。

The epitaph unearthed from the joint burial tomb of Zhao Bingran and his wives records his life and the process of relocation and joint-burying of his tomb in the Jiange County of Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province. Zhao Bingran served as the Minister of War during the reign of Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty. On the basis of previous studies, the author corrects and supplements Zhao Bingran's family lineage and official career, and makes up for the insufficiency in the epitaph with historical materials. There are some inaccuracy and exaggerations in the epitaph content, such as his ancestral line and counter-insurgency when he served as the Provincial Censor in Yunnan. Finally, the epitaphs of Zhao Bingran and his father Zhao Song, as well as various historical literature are comprehensively used to portray the life and career chronology of Zhao Bingran, in order to provide a clear insight of his time and the complex historical background, which contributes to the study of the costal defense construction and the war against Japanese pirates in the southeastern region during the mid-late Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the research of frontier defense against the Mongols and Tatars in the north.