宋人谥号初探

古人谥号蕴涵着丰富的文化信息，通过对宋人谥号的统计与分析，可见如下几点：二字复谥至宋代已成主流，且“文”多“武”少；神宗、哲宗提倡事功，而南宋更注重倡导忠、节；文化重心南移及南文北武得到印证。另外，宗室谥号多用“孝”字，且近支美谥少；而私谥“节”字最常见；“肃”、“庄”、“壮”等字也有其特殊的用法及含义。以上现象反映了宋代的某些时代特点。

Preliminary Research on Posthumous Titles in Song Dynasty

Cultural information in posthumous titles of Song Dynasty is discussed in this article. From the statistics of posthumous titles used in Song officials, some conclusions were drawn:1. Posthumous titles with two words of Wen (literary) and Wu (military) became predominant; 2. Emperor Shen and Zhe encouraged achievements, and loyalty was promoted more in Southern Song Dynasty; 3. Ancient Chinese cultural center moved to Southern China; 4. For members of the royal clan, filial obedience was the chief moral standard. In addition, preliminary explanations were given to all those phenomena.