试论曾国铜器铭文的纪年法

On the Methodology of Chronology Reconstructed from Inscriptions on Bronzes of the Zeng State

本文梳理曾国青铜器铭文资料,指出曾国的纪年法始终尊奉周正,春秋晚期出现少量以曾国纪年的历法,战国早期受楚文化的影响,偶尔采用大事纪年法。

The present paper reviews inscriptions reported thus far on bronzes of the Zeng state and proposes that the Zeng state use a calendar consistent with the Zhou’s calendrical system.It was only until the late Spring and Autumn period that the Zeng state used its own chronology.By the early Warring States,influenced by the Chu culture,the Zeng state also adopted the chronological records of events occasionally.