新出《隋吴女英墓志铭》初探

A Preliminary Study of the Newly-Unearthed Epitaph for Wu Nüying of the Sui Dynasty

隋开皇九年(589年)所刻《隋吴女英墓志铭》,2003年由陕西华阴出土,转至河南洛阳,旋收藏入京。墓志铭为楷书小字,书写风格秀弱妩媚,乍看极似《隋董美人墓志铭》,而书写时间早于《隋董美人墓志铭》8年,字数多出64字,且保存完好,几近全新。在《隋董美人墓志铭》原碑已失的情况下,《隋吴女英墓志铭》不啻为珍稀的隋代楷书小字新增了一件重要文献。

The Epitaph for Wu Nüying of the Sui Dynasty carved in the ninth year of the Kaihuang Reign Period of the Sui Dynasty(589 A.D.)was unearthed in Shaanxi Province in 2003 and then transferred to Luoyang before it entered a collection in Beijing.The epitaph was written in elegant and graceful small formal standard script,similar to the Epitaph for Beauty Dong of the Sui Dynasty at first sight,but was written eight years before the latter and has 64 more Chinese characters.Furthermore,the Epitaph was very well-preserved to the point of being almost brand new.In the situation where the original tablet of Epitaph for Beauty Dong of the Sui Dynasty is lost,Epitaph for Wu Nüying of the Sui Dynasty becomes a rare and important document of the small formal standard script of the Sui Dynasty.