试论西周青铜器演变的非均衡性问题

一在中国古代青铜器的分期断代研究中,西周青铜器最受人关注。原因在于西周青铜器的特殊性,即这一时期青铜器上多铸有铭文,而且长篇铭文不少,铭文中出现的国族名、人名、地名、官职名以及所叙事件的内容,往往可与传世文献相印证。文献中的国族名、人名、地名、官职名等有一定的时空范围,从而为西周青铜器年代的推定,提供了非常好的条件。有相当一批西周青铜器年代的划分,可以准确到某个王世。然而由于文献记录的简略,以及各位专家对传世文

ON THE UNBALANCE OF THE EVOLUTION OF WESTERN ZHOU BRONZES

The present paper analyzes Guo Moruo,Chen Mengjia,Tang Lan and Li Xueqin's dating versions of 160 inscribed Western Zhou bronzes.It points out that these scholars' failure to understand to the full the unbalance of the evolution of Western Zhou bronzes is an important factor responsible to the divergence of their opinions.This unbalance resulted from the differences between the object makers in ethnic attribution,between the Western Zhou phases and reigns in political,economic and cultural developmental lev...