柞伯鼎铭补论

根据古代贵族取名字的原则、礼俗与其他青铜器铭文及相关文献综合考虑,柞伯鼎铭中的遣氏应为虢仲的部下。幽叔就是胙国的始封君,亦即周公第七子胙伯,幽为其谥,叔是其字,当以行字称。     

再论柞伯簋与大射礼

柞伯簋是考古发现的西周早期重要有铭青铜器,因铭文记录了西周早期柞伯参加周王举行的一次大射礼而受到学界的重视,但各家看法不一,意见分歧较大。本文在已有研究的基础上,对一些关键字句作了新的考释,并对铭文所反映的大射礼及其相关问题进行了探讨,同时对目前条件下可能存有多种解说者,也本着实事求是的态度一并论证,提出了自己的看法。     

Reporting by Letter: The 2nd Earl of Hardwicke and his Parliamentary Correspondents

For much of the 18th century, letter writing remained an important means of communicating news about proceedings at Westminster. Members of leading parliamentary families such as the Hardwickes were prolific letter writers and their correspondence has long been valued as a source for the period before the regular reporting of debates became established in the newspaper press. This article focuses on reporting by letter in the correspondence of the 2nd earl of Hardwicke and his circle. It reconstructs Hardwicke's network of informants and considers how the nature of their connection with the earl affected the way they conceived of their role as reporters. With reference to the epistolary conventions of the time, it asks how the circumstances in which letters were composed and read may have shaped the style and content of the reports. Finally, the article examines the impact made on the epistolary tradition by the emergence of newspaper reporting in the later 18th century and assesses the extent to which this development led letter writers to adjust their methods and goals.