Small discoveries about the epitaph of YANG Wan as a wise prime minister in the middle Tang Dynasty(PDF)
《长安大学学报（社科版）》[ISSN:1671-6248/CN:61-1391/C]
- Issue:
- 2017年05期
- Page:
- 16-22
- Research Field:
- 长安学
- Publishing date:
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- Title:
- Small discoveries about the epitaph of YANG Wan as a wise prime minister in the middle Tang Dynasty
- Author(s):
- TIAN Wei-li
- Department of Display and Exhibition，Shaanxi History Museum Xi’an 710061，Shaanxi，China
- Keywords:
- Chang’anology; epitaphs of YANG Wan; literature mutual witness; imperial examination; Shao Lingyuan
- PACS:
- I206.2
- DOI:
- -
- Abstract:
- In order to study YANG Wan, starting with the epitaphs of YANG Wan, this paper studied the official experience, conduct, accomplishment of YANG Wan, cemetery Shao Lingyuan, and the dispute on the existence or abolition of Imperial Examination in Tang Dynasty by using the method of literature analysis to research the epitaphs and literature. The result show that the Epitaph of YANG Wan records in more detail the circumstances of the prime minister’s family lineages, life histories, marriages, death funerals and conduct of selfcultivation. YANG Wan and JIA Zhi proposed the malpractice of Gong Ju text and advocated Xiaolian Subject and Litian Subject, leading to the trend of the ideology that talent tend to be applied by the science of the doctrine, which indicates that Imperial Examination system appeared to change closer to Confucianism. The ideological value of YANG Wan’s honest, frugal and indifferent to fame and fortune play an exemplary and guiding role in courtiers. There are some contents in the epitaphs that are consistent with the related historical records such as the old and the new Tang books, and many contents can complement the deficiencies documented in the traditional literature, for example, the birth time of YANG Wan was the sixth year of Emperor Xuanzong (718 years). The proposition of advocating Lianxiao also provided a clue for solving the dispute over the Imperial Examination during this period. The epitaphs can mutually authenticate with the literature, which is of great benefit to the study of the history of the middle Tang Dynasty.
Last Update: 2018-01-04