从高句丽·百济人墓志看高句丽末期的对外关系

Abstract

In recent years, a large amount of epigraphs of people from Korean Peninsula, who went toChina in the time of China’s Tang Dynasty after the subjugation of Koguryo and Paekche, werefound in some Chinese areas, such as Xi’an and Luoyang. Those epigraphs provide not only animportant clue for the international situation in ancient East Asia and population movementamong those nations, but also first-hand information for the study on the domestic and foreignaffairs in Korean Peninsula and motility of East Asian international situation. The observation of 12 epigraphs of Koguryo people in Tang Dynasty reveals some importanthistorical facts. When confronted with the deterrence from army forces in Tang Dynasty in thelate Koguryo, an internal strife erupted among the central nobles, such as Quan Nansheng; worsestill, in anticipation of the inevitable downfall of Koguryo, the local high-ranking officials, such asLi Taren and Gao Zhi, taking advantage of this opportunity, submited themselves to the rule ofTang Dynasty. All these played a critical role in the war of destruction of Koguryo by TangDynasty. Among them, the “Epigraph of Quan Nansheng” and “Epigraph of Quan Xiancheng” also shedlight on some important clues. After the death of Quan Gaisuwen, in 665, namely, the secondyear of Lin De(under the reign of Tang Gao Zong) saw the internal conflict between QuanNansheng, Quan Nanjian and Quan Nanchan and the special envoy for three times sent by QuanNansheng to appeal for help before his entering Tang Dynasty. In addition, before the downfallof Korean, he was appointed as officials for three times and conquered The City of Pyeongyangwith Shin-Chen’s collaboration from within with forces from outside. All these, not available fromthe document, should have its unique historical basis. The records of “Epigraph of Fuyu Long” and “Epigraph of Mi Jun” reveal that after theextinction of Paekche, a hundred of its survivors, such as Fuyu Feng, still maintained an alliance with Koguryo as well as Nippon. These epitaphs, without excessive polishing or correspondence with historical facts, can notonly correct some chaotic or discordant records, but provide us with some significant supplementmaterials, helping present the real historical facts before us. We hope that with the successive excavation of epitaphs in terms of Koguryo and PaekchePeople in Tang Dynasty, the domestic and foreign affairs in Koguryo (640~660) and itsrelationship with other nations will be further deepened, which is certainly the same case withthe information of the change and motility of the international situation in East Asia.