汉唐官刻碑文所见灾难叙事与国家应灾形象建构-《中国农史》

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Title:: The Disaster Narratives and the Construction of the National Disaster Response Image as Seen in the Official Inscriptions of the Han and Tang Dynasties

Author(s):: MIN Xiangpeng1 HE Yingying1; 2; （1.School of History and Culture，Henan University，Kaifeng 475001；2.School of History and Cculture，Minzu University of China，Beijing 100081）

Keywords:: Han and Tang Dynasty inscriptions ; disaster narrative; a wise ruler and good officials; the interaction between heaven and man; legitimacy of political power

摘要:: 官刻碑文是汉唐时期国家建构历史记忆与政治符号的重要标识。因此，学界多将该类碑刻视为矫补正史的重要史料，但汉唐碑文中的灾难叙述却较少涉及灾损灾情等灾难史实，而主要通过碑文中明君良吏修德弭灾的特定书写范式、君臣祷神弭灾以及酬神消灾应验的叙事结构，展现君臣协力应灾的政治姿态与君圣臣贤爱民护民的道义形象，以此为建构君权神授的政治地位以及敷佑下民的权力合理性提供法理基础。

Abstract:: Official inscriptions served as crucial symbols of historical memory and political representation in state-building during the Han and Tang dynasties. Consequently, scholars have predominantly regarded such steles as vital historical sources for supplementing and correcting official histories. However, the disaster narratives within Han and Tang inscriptions seldom detail specific calamities or damages. Instead, they primarily employ specific narrative paradigms: highlighting virtuous rulers and officials who averted disasters through moral cultivation, and recounting rituals where the sovereign and ministers prayed to deities for relief and subsequently rewarded them for efficacious responses. Through these structures, the inscriptions project an image of the ruler and his court cooperating to manage crises, embodying the ideal of a sagely emperor and virtuous ministers who cherished and protected the people. This narrative thereby provided a legal and rational foundation for constructing the political doctrine of the divine right of emperors （君权神授） and the legitimacy of his power to bestow providential care （敷佑下民） upon the populace.