《周礼》的内容、行文特点及其史料价值

《周礼》前五篇的内容和职官结构各有其特点，也包含着许多矛盾、错综和不合理处，而导致这种情况的原因，主要因为《周礼》是一部未完成的著作。《考工记》的内容和体例则与前五篇不同，自成一家。《周礼》前五篇的行文有如下特点，一是各篇前皆有一《叙官》，二是以职官联系制度，三是兼记有关的经验、技术或人们对某些问题的认识，四是互文见义，故读《周礼》贵在会通。《周礼》虽出于战国人之手，但其中保留了大量有关西周的珍贵资料，只要善于择别，并参以先秦其他文献和出土资料，即可为我们研究古史、特别是研究西周史所用。

The Content,the Feature of Style and the Historical Materials' Value of Zhou Li

The content and the structure of the official position in the first five pieces of Zhou Li have their respective feature.At the same time,they havelots of antinomy, intricacy and irrationality. The main reason is that Zhou Li was a wor k that hadn't been completed.The content and the stylistic rules of Kao Gong Ji dif fer from that of the first five pieces.It has a style of its own.The style of th e first five pieces of Zhou Li has these feature:1. There is a Xu Guana brief in troduction on the setting of official position,in the fore part of each piece;2 . The system relates to the official position;3. It also records relational expe rience,technology and knowledge on some matters;4. Different parts express a meaning together.Therefore,it is very important for you to digest when reading.Although someone writes Zhou Li in the Warring States Period,it retains many preciou s materials.We can use it for our studying on ancient history especially on the history of the Former Zhou Dynasty if we can select and distinguish the materials prudently and refer to other unearthed materials and literatures of Pre-Qin period.