新出韦元方、韦承庆父子墓志与唐高宗初期政事探微

Newly Discovered Epitaphs of Wei Yuanfang and Wei Chengqing and An Exploration of POlitical Affairs in the Early Reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang

2019年冬,西安市文物保护考古研究院在西安市南郊上塔坡村东发掘出土了唐代初期《韦元方墓志》《韦承庆墓志》。墓志记载这支韦氏出自逍遥公房,并简要记载其宦历。从北朝后期到唐代前期,其家族属关陇集团的一分子。墓志记载韦元方、韦承庆在唐高宗时期被贬巴陵县,最终去世于此,上元三年(676)迁葬长安。通过对韦元方父子墓志的初步解读,一方面起到增补韦氏家族逍遥房一支世系的作用,另一方面对于研究唐高宗初年的相关史事也起到一定的作用。

In the winter of 2019,the Xi'an Municipal Institute of Cultural Heritage Preservation and Archaeology excavated the early Tang dynasty epitaphs of Wei Yuanfang and Wei Chengqing from Shangtapuo Village in the southern suburbs of Xi'an.The epitaphs reveal that this branch of the Wei family originated from the Xiaoyao Duke's lineage and briefly document their official careers.From the late Northern Dynasties to the early Tang dynasty,their family was part of the Guanlong Group.The epitaphs record that Wei Yuanfang and Wei Chengqing were demoted to Baling County during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang and eventually died there.They were reburied in Chang'an in the third year of Shangyuan(676).A preliminary interpretation of the epitaphs of Wei Yuanfang and his son serves to supplement the genealogy of the Xiaoyao branch of the Wei family and contributes to the study of related historical events in the early years of Emperor Gaozong's reign.