北齐《张谟墓志》与北新城

2006年,大同地区民间发现了北齐《张谟墓志》拓本一帧。张谟系北齐武平五年(555)到任的北新城领民正,"武平六年十一月五日薨于新城治所,""七年三月十二日窆于新城之北岗。"循《张谟墓志》之迹,于大同市西南150公里的朔州市朔城区梵王寺村北500米发现了一处北魏、北齐古城,墙垣宛然。其西半为北魏城,又被里人指为皇城。皇城之西、之北多有古代墓葬,照壁山被称为皇陵者径40米,北岗复有称太子坟的新盗封土,二陵间尚有二较大坟冢,皆有盗洞。据《魏书》",立平齐郡于平城西北北新城……寻徙治京城西南二百余里旧阴馆之西。""后乃徙二城民望于下馆,朝廷置平齐郡,怀宁、归安二县以居之。"《北齐书.地形志》载:"朔州……延和二年置为镇,后改为怀朔,孝昌中改为州。后陷。"同书《高叡传》又载,天保"八年,征(高)叡赴邺,仍除北朔刺史,都督北燕、北蔚、北恒三州,及库推以西黄河以东长城诸镇诸军事"。于此可证,朔州市梵王寺村之古城,即北魏之平齐郡,北齐之北新城镇和北朔州。它还可能是代王拓跋猗卢南移的小平城。

The Epigraph for Zhangmo of the Northern Qi Dynasty and Beixin County

In 2006,the epigraph for Zhangmo was discovered among the people of Datong City.Zhangmo,according to the epigraph,was assigned as Lingminzheng,the magistrate of County Beixin in the year of 555.He died next year in his post and was buried on the north hill of the county.As stated in the epigraph,we found an ancient town belonging to the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty in Fanwangsi village,the north of Suozhou,and that town was located 150 kilometers southwest from Datong City.The remains of the city walls can be clearly recognized.The west city is the remains of the Northern Wei Dynasty and is referred to by the local people as the imperial city.Wei Shu has the record as follows: "County Pingqi was first built at County Beixin,which was later moved to southwest of the capital city Pingcheng——today’s Datong city……" Beiqi Shu also mentions,"County Suo was established in the second year of the Yanhe period,and was captured at last……" Through careful study of the historical documents concerned,we can come to the conclusion that the ancient town found in Fanwangsi Village,Suozhou,is the Northern Wei’s county Pingqi and the Northern Qi’s county Beixin and county Northsuo.It may also be the site of small Pingcheng,where king Dai Tuoba Qilu once moved to and settled down.