中唐是丧葬礼俗变革的关键时期，也是丧葬文创作数量众多、质量较高的关键时期。颜真卿、崔祐甫、独孤及、权德舆、韩愈、柳宗元、刘禹锡、元稹、白居易等中唐具有代表性的丧葬文作者群体，也是那一时期丧葬礼俗的践行群体，更在辞世后成为中唐丧葬礼俗活动与丧葬文重点书写的对象。本文以礼俗与文学关系视角，从作者、丧主、墓主三种聚合在丧葬礼俗中的关键身份出发，探究中唐丧葬礼俗与丧葬文之间的多重关联，以求阐述礼俗与文学的互动规律。

绪论部分概述选题的意义，已有的研究成果和基本的研究思路、方法。

第一章关注中唐时期丧葬礼俗在变迁过程中展示出的时代特征。作为丧葬文的应用场景和礼俗背景，在礼俗自上而下演进大背景下，丧葬操办权逐渐从朝廷向家族过渡，形成融合互动的鲜明趋势。中唐时期特殊的社会背景导致僭越盛行，厚葬风气与社会现实支撑不足的矛盾日趋凸显，广泛的书写实践作为厚葬之风的一部分更加得到重视。儒释道、民间信仰等思想资源在不断影响丧葬礼俗的同时，也更丰富了丧葬文的内涵。在丧葬礼俗思想内涵更加丰富多元的同时，书写体系也呈现出新的气象，行状、谥议、神道碑等礼制性文体与墓志、祭文等应用范围更广的礼俗性文体组成稳定的书写体系逐渐扩展到更广泛的社会层面，这在丧葬礼俗书写体系发展过程中具有重要的变革意义和定型价值。

第二章从作者身份探究随着丧葬礼俗民间化带来丧葬文抒情特质的强化，亲属、师友关系在丧葬文中大量增加，并且重要性体现的日趋明显等特点。中唐时期家族迁葬风尚为丧葬文新的拓展提供了可能：元稹在杜甫墓志中经典的文学史论、柳宗元通过家族墓志对河东柳氏家族历史和世家气象的努力塑造，都与礼俗变迁存在深层关联。韩愈的作者身份在中唐最为典型，他巧妙地通过对文字的打磨筛选，将礼俗关系化作丧葬文的有机表达，体现着韩愈“以文立制”的为文特点，对塑造上中下各层人物的形象具有促进意义。

第三章从丧主身份探究丧葬礼仪的承办者在丧葬礼俗变迁过程日益凸显的重要性。中唐承担丧葬操办职责的丧主不仅包括传统的嫡子，进一步还扩展到家族内部的亲属，以及家族外部的师友、上级官员等重要社会关系。以丧主身份写作的丧葬文，在情感表达广度和深度上都有了拓展。颜真卿、权德舆、独孤及、韩愈、元稹等多人都有早年丧父经历，因此在对家族亲友的书写中格外重视亲情、家族责任。作为丧主，他们还通过对下殇子女、孙辈的丧葬文丰富了长辈对晚辈的书写类型。博陵崔氏因其特殊的社会地位广受关注，崔祐甫是其中的重要代表。他与众多文学名家围绕丧葬礼俗的文学互动以及在家族内部组织的文章创作，共同塑造了中唐家族丧主的典型，成为家族丧葬文化的典范。

第四章侧重墓主身份，探究中唐丧葬文究竟如何塑造从社会上层到中下层不同逝者的形象。德宗初期，颜真卿对颜杲卿等颜氏家族代表人物的颂扬以及颜真卿去世后朝廷对其形象的塑造，都体现着鲜明的时代典范性。作为一代文宗的权德舆为朝廷重臣董晋、浑瑊、马燧、张孝忠等写作丧葬文，为他们塑造形象的过程中可以管窥央地关系等复杂的政治语境。柳宗元作为中唐时期远离京洛礼俗、文学中心的大家，他以丧葬文构建了新的礼俗中心。柳宗元所塑造的远州官员、下层小人物丰富了丧葬文形象并提升了此类文章的文学水平。

The mid-Tang Dynasty was a critical period of transformation in funeral customs, as well as a key period of high quality and quantity of funeral literature. Yan Zhenqing, Cui Youfu, Du Gu Jiji, Quan Deyu, Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Liu Yuxi, Yuan Zhen, Bai Juyi and other representative authors of funeral literature in the mid-Tang Dynasty were also an active group in practicing funeral customs during that era. They became the key subjects of funeral customs activities and funeral literature writing in the mid-Tang Dynasty after their passing. This article explores the multiple connections between funeral customs and funeral literature in the mid-Tang Dynasty, starting from three key identities that converge in funeral customs: the author, the mourners, and the tomb owner, in order to elucidate the interactive patterns between funeral customs and literature from the perspective of the relationship between customs and literature.

The introduction section outlines the significance of the topic, existing research results, basic research ideas, and methods.

Chapter One focuses on the characteristics of the period of time that revealed during the transformation process of funeral customs in the mid-Tang Dynasty. As an application scenario of funeral literature and a background of customs, the trend of convergence and interaction gradually formed as the funeral arrangements gradually transitioned from the court to the family in the context of the evolution of customs from top to bottom. The prevailing practice of lavish funerals and the contradiction with inadequate social support became increasingly prominent against the special social background of the mid-Tang Dynasty. Widely written practices, as part of the lavish funeral customs, gained more attention. While Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and folk beliefs continued to influence funeral customs, they also enriched the connotation of funeral literature. While the connotations of funerary rites and customs became richer and more diverse, the writing system also took on a new dimension, with ritualistic texts such as the lineage, the posthumous, and the Shinto monument, along with more widely used ritualistic texts such as the tomb record and the ritualistic text, forming a stable writing system that gradually expanded to a wider social level, which was of great transformative significance and definitive value in the development of the funerary ritual writing system.

Chapter Two explores the strengthening of lyrical characteristics in funeral literature brought about by the folkification of funeral customs, and the increasing importance of kinship and mentorship relationships reflected in funeral literature. The trend of relocating tombs within the family in the mid-Tang Dynasty provided new possibilities for the expansion of funeral literature. Yuan Zhen's classic literary-historical treatise in Du Fu's tombstone, and Liu Zongyuan's efforts to shape the history of the Liu family in Hedong and the atmosphere of the family through his family's tombstone, are all deeply connected to the change in ritual. Han Yu's authorship is most typical of the Mid-Tang, and his skillful sifting of texts to turn ritual and customary relationships into organic expressions of funerary texts reflects Han Yu's literary characteristic of 'establishing a system by writing', which contributes to the portrayal of characters at all levels of the hierarchy.

Chapter Three explores the increasing importance of the mourners of funeral customs during the evolution of funeral customs, focusing on the identity of the mourners. In the mid-Tang Dynasty, mourners responsible for funeral arrangements not only included traditional eldest sons, but also extended to relatives within the family, as well as important social relationships outside the family, such as mentors, superiors, and officials. Funeral literature written from the perspective of mourners expanded both in the breadth and depth of emotional expression. Many people, such as Yan Zhenqing, Quan Deyu, Du Guji, Han Yu, and Yuan Zhen, experienced the loss of a father in their early years, thus giving special attention to family responsibilities and relationships in their writing about family and friends. As mourners, they also enriched the writing styles of elders regarding their younger counterparts through funeral literature written for deceased children and grandchildren. Cui Yufu, an important representative of the Cui family of Boling, received much attention due to his unique social status. He and many literary figures engaged in literary interactions related to funeral customs and collaborative writing within the family to collectively shape the typical image of a mid-Tang Dynasty family mourner and became models for family funeral culture.

Chapter Four focuses on the identity of the tomb owner, exploring how funeral literature in the mid-Tang Dynasty shaped the image of the deceased from various social levels, ranging from the upper echelons to the lower levels of society. In the early reign of Dezong period, Yan Zhenqing's praise for Yan Gaoqing and other representatives of the Yan family, as well as the way in which the court shaped Yan Zhenqing's image after his death, both reflect a distinct era. As a major figure in the Mid-Tang who was far from the ritual and literary centres of Chang-an and Luoyang, Liu Zongyuan constructed new centres of ritual and custom with his funerary texts. Liu Zongyuan's portrayal of officials from distant states and minor characters from the lower classes enriches the image of funerary texts and raises the literary level of such texts.