20世纪新出土的唐代文献材料尤其是碑刻和墓志极为丰富,如果用力于此以研究文学,必然会扩大文学史研究的视野。新出土文献的重要作用在于一、为作家研究提供新的材料;二、一些散佚作品的发现,也为文学史研究提供新的载体;三、唐代文学背景的理解,仅靠传世文献是不全面的,需要通过新出土文献来参证与补充。新出土文献,对于唐代文学史研究,有正本清源的作用。 In the 20th century, the newly unearthed documents of the Tang Dynasty, especially inscriptions and eunuchs, are extremely rich. If they are forced to study the literature, they will inevitably expand the field of study of the history of literature. The important function of the newly excavated documents lies in the following aspects: first, providing new materials for the writer’s study; second, discovering some scattered works and providing a new carrier for the study of the history of literature; thirdly, Incomplete, it needs to be confirmed and supplemented by newly excavated documents. New unearthed literature, for the study of the history of Tang literature, there is a clear source of the original role.