《保卣》铭剩义新探

Recent studies on Baoyou

《保卣》铭是有关西周历史的重要材料。过去很多专家对其进行了考释,但争论仍然很大。本文在详细考证了铭中的几个字之后,认为其讲的是周成王让官员保到诸侯国收取贡品的事。《保卣》将成为研究西周贡纳制度的重要史料。《保卣》的作器者保不是召公奭,也不是明保,而是一个名叫保的负责收取贡品的普通官员。《保卣》带有商器的特点是文化的一种传承。

Scholars hold controversial opinions about Baoyou,an important document about history of the West Zhou Dynasty.Detailed textural researches on several written characters in Baoyou indicate the importance of it in studying tribute and taxes system in West Zhou Dynasty.Bao is an ordinary official who collects articles of tribute and Baoyou is about how Emperor Zhou Cheng sends officials to collect articles of tribute from dukes.The cultural inheritance of Baoyou is characterized by the bronze of the Shang Dyn...