曾公求编钟铭文所见春秋周王赐命制度补论

Additional Interpretations to Gift Bestowing by Zhou King of the Spring and Autumn Period:Evidence from Chime Bell Inscriptions of Duke Qiu of the Zeng State

学界一般认为东周时期礼崩乐坏,周天子对诸侯的赐命制度已经名存实亡。本文从枣树林墓地所见曾公求编钟铭文出发,细致梳理相关文献,指出曾公求正是东周时期册命制度仍然延续的证据。将曾公爵位升级为"公"的周王乃是周襄王,时间约为公元前651年到公元前646年之间。

Researchers have mostly agreed that propriety disintegration had occurred by the Eastern Zhou period,an indication that the Zhou King had no longer been able to maintain his control over the vassal states through gift bestowing.The present paper bases its arguments on chime bell inscriptions of Duke Qiu of the Zeng state,which were unearthed from the Zaoshulin cemetery.Having reviewing relevant historic literature,the present paper proposes that Duke Qiu should be the right person who once witnessed the gift bestowing in the Eastern Zhou period.It was the Chu Xiang Wang who promoted Duke Qiu to have become Lord Qiu,sometime between 651 and 646 BCE.