The Background of the South Side of Kül Tégin Inscription

Chen Hao Academic Monthly 2017（06）

Abstract: Bilge Kağan composed a text for his younger brother's memorial in the year of 732. His words were inscribed by Yolluğ Tégin onto the stone and then sculptured by Chinese craftsmen. Bilge Kağan's composition included the 40 lines on the east side, 13 lines on the north side, and two extra lines on the edges of Kül Tegin's memorial. When Kül Tégin's memorial vas built up, its south side was left blank. Two years later, Bilge Kağan was poisoned by Buyruk çor.but he survived,He killed the poisoner and executed all his followers. Before dying, Bilge Kağan composed new text for himself, _He made use of his earlier composition and replaced the part concerning Kül Tégin with his own biography. When he died, his personal composition was handed down to his son Tegri Yaratmış Kağan. In the year 735, with the assistance of Chinese craftsmen, the new kağan carved his father's words carefully onto his memorial without any change, only adding an introduction and an conclusion in the name of himself. Bilge Kağan Inscription consisted of the 41 lines on the east side, 1 line on the southeast edges; 15 lines on the south side and t line on the southwest edges. When Bilge Kağan’s memorial was built up, its north side was left blank too. In 740, Tcgri Yaratmış Kağan passed away and his younger brother Tegride Bolmış Kağan ascended the throne, At that time, Turk was on the eve of collapsing, In order to prevent Turkish officials and people from leaving Ötüken, Tegri Bolmış Kağan composed a talk. He let Chinese craftsmen carve talk onto the blank sides of both Kül Tégin's memorial and Bilge Kağan's memorial, so that his subjects could read and comprehend it. Compared with the text on the south side of Kül Tégin Inscription, there are several extra lines on the north side of Bilge Kağan Inscription. The extra part was a direct quotation of Bilge Kağan's words.

《阙特勤碑》南面铭文的作者与镌刻年代问题

《学术月刊》2017年第6期

摘要：《阙特勤碑》和《毗伽可汗碑》有大量雷同的文字,为什么同一段铭文会出现在两块不同的石碑上?它们又是在什么历史背景下镌刻的?这些问题,从未有学者提出来讨论过。通过对突厥文和汉文两种史料的对比研究,我们作了一些尝试性的探索,并得出了几点初步的结论。毗伽可汗在开元廿年作的《阙特勤碑》仅包括东面40行、北面13行和棱角处的纪年、落款。阙特勤碑建成之时,碑南面是空白,没有刻字。伊然可汗开元廿三年组织镌刻的《毗伽可汗碑》包括东面41行、东南棱角1行、南面15行和西南棱角落款。毗伽可汗碑建成之时,碑北面也是空白。直到开元廿八年登利可汗继位后,在唐朝李质的协助下,登利可汗在阙特勤碑南面和毗伽可汗碑北面的空白处,镌刻了同一篇铭文。文中突厥汗国人心涣散的境况,反映的正是登利可汗继位之时突厥汗国即将瓦解的局面。直到开元廿八年才刻成的阙特勤碑南面13行和毗伽可汗碑北面15行,都是出自登利可汗之口,后者比前者多出的几句是登利可汗引用其父亲临终前留下的原话。