前言本稿是笔者近年来参与辑注由向南先生主持的《辽代石刻文续编》一书的副产品。在搜集、整理出土的辽代碑志过程中,发现碑志所记叙的涉及辽国与北宋、西夏、高丽的外交使臣的史料极为丰富,其中大都可与文献记载互为印证。有的则可补史之阙,证史之误。我很赞同景爱先生在其近作《辽代石刻概述》一文中所阐述的观点~1,即目前学 Preface This manuscript is a by-product of the author’s book “Liao Dynasty Stone Engraving”, chaired by Mr. Xiang Nan in recent years. During the process of collecting and sorting out the unearthed inscriptions of the Liao Dynasty, it was found that there are abundant historical materials about the diplomatic envoys in the Liao Kingdom, the Northern Song Dynasty, the Xixia and the Koryo recorded by the inscriptions, most of which can be confirmed with the records of the literature. Some can fill the history of the Que, history of the card error. I very much agree with Mr. King love in his recent book “Overview of Liao dynasty stone,” a paper described in the view ~ 1, the current study