从王绾墓志看唐代私家奴婢生涯

洛阳新出土的墓志记述了中唐时期王绾李如愿藏夫妇在官吏杨彤家数十年的奴婢生涯,他们伺服三代主子,关系融洽。无论是主人得意于京城官场还是流放于岭南蛮荒,是平反回归于长安还是投靠亲戚于洛阳,私家奴婢的生活遭际随处体现着主仆之间尊贵卑贱的阶级差异。在良贱制度强制压迫下,奴婢的社会地位不因主人的荣辱浮沉而有任何改变。但是个别官宦人家为纪念值得褒扬的奴婢撰志刻石随葬,使之获得良人才能享用的丧葬物品,是极为特殊的个例。

Research on Servant's Career According to Wang Wan's Epitaph

Newly unearthed epitaph In Luoyang recorded Wang Wan and his wife's servant career at Yang Tong's home in the Tang Dynasty.They served three generations of lord for many years and had harmonious relation with them.No matter how the lord's social position changed the relation between the lord and servant existed unchanged.Under the pressure of feudal system the servants social position didn't changed with the lord's honor or disgrace and sink and rise.But some government officials buried epitaph in the servants' tombs in memory of them.And this was very special.