梁桂阳王萧融墓志考证——兼以桂阳王妃亲族信息证史

Discussion on the Wrong Year of the Epitaph of Xiao Rong,King of Guiyang in Liang Dynasty:With the Information of the Kinship on the Epitaph of His Wife As a Proof

本文结合相关史事分析拓片图像和原石照片,对南京市博物馆藏梁桂阳王萧融墓志的死亡日期作考证,认为初刻萧融墓志时,萧融的具体死亡日期并未知晓,可能代替以其兄萧懿的死亡日期永元二年十月十三日。访得死期后在桂阳王妃附葬时重刻,根据刻写情况推测萧融死亡日期是“永元三年三月二日”,享年当为三十一。将墓志所载仕履信息和死亡时间放于齐末历史的时间线中,可详考萧融参与的历史事件。本文还根据桂阳王妃墓志末所附萧氏与张氏的亲族信息,发现梁末历史人物张缵与桂阳嗣王萧慥的舅甥关系,为《南史·梁宗室列传》一处误并的记载提供佐证。

This paper uses the topographic images and photographs of the original stone,combined with the historical records of the Book of Liang and the Southern History,to verify the ambiguous date of death on the epitaph of Xiao Rong,the king of Guiyang in Liang dynasty,which is from the collection of Nanjing Municipal Museum.It is believed that the specific date of Xiao Rong's death was unknown when the epitaph was first written and his brother Xiao Yi date of death might have been used instead,which is October 13 of the second year of Yongyuan period(501 AD).After Xiao Rong's true date of death was found,the correct date of death on his epitaph was rewritten when his wife was buried with him.The correct date may be March 2 of the third year of Yongyuan period(502 AD).By putting his death in the timeline between Qi dynasty and Liang dynasty,we can infer Xiao Rong's tragic experience as a hostage and then a victim.This paper also found the unclenephew relationship between Zhang Zuan and Xiao Zao,based on the kinship information of Xiao and Zhang recorded towards the end of the epitaph of Xiao Rong's wife,which can prove that the previous record in the Southern History is incorrect.