唐代礼官服色考——兼论《步辇图》的服色问题

传阎立本《步辇图》是一幅写实风格的艺术作品,描述了唐太宗接见迎娶文成公主的吐蕃赞普使者历史场面。该作品中包涵的有关隋唐时期服饰方面的图文信息,对于中国服装史研究有着重要的意义。笔者通过对唐代服色制度历史文献资料的整理与考证,结合前人的研究成果,试就图中引班使者的礼官所着官服之色名、品级以及该图中所绘场面的具体时间展开研究与探讨。

A Study of the Colour of the Garments of Tang Dynasty Ritual Officials:The Case of Bunian Tu in the Collection of the Gugong

Yah Liben's painting Bunian tu is a realist work which depicts Emperor Tang Taizong receiving as an emissary the Tubo king Songtsan Gampo who married Princess Wencheng.The painting contains visual information on clothing in the Sui-Tang period,and is of great value in the study of the history of Chinese costume.On the basis of their study of historical documents on the ritual significance of the use of colour in costume conventions of the Tang dynasty and drawing on earlier scholarship,the authors attempt to study the conventions governing the colour of ritual and protocol officials' garments as seen in this painting,and then use this a tool to help pinpoint the date of the painting.