再论淅川下寺楚墓——读《淅川下寺楚墓》

Some More Notes on The Chu Tombs at Xiasi, Xichuan

《淅川下寺楚墓》(以下简称《下寺》)一书面世之后,引起国内外学者广泛关注,除国内学者的评论,美国加州大学洛杉矶分校罗泰(Lothar von Falkenhausen)教授撰写了有关书评,并赐手稿征求意见,使我学到很多东西。1991年他曾汇集了我的若干旧作,编译了《论楚国铜器形态》(以下简称《形态》)一文,刊登在德国的一家考古杂志上。这一书评大量引用拙作与《下寺》比较,对我的观点是很好的检验。这里仅就罗文未及或讨论不够之处,拾遗补阙,略陈己见,以供罗泰教授及学界同仁参考。

The book has caused much interest among scholars inside and outside China since its publication. This essay presents itself as a response to the interesting review written by prof. Lothar of UCLA.In the opinion of the author of this essay, decipherment of the bronze inscription can help to make a slight correction on the date of the tombs which are periodizde into three phases in the book. The resulted date is roughly about 600—500 B. C.. It also assists in finding out the surnames of five generations of the tomb owners. However, some unearthed vessels bearing no names of tomb owners need careful analysis, as they may not belong to one and the same family.Excavation of the cemetery indeed sheds much new light on the culture of the Chu state, or even the whole pre-Qin history. Firstly, the socalled 'feng ge' from M2 reveals the name of Emperor Kang of the Chu State. Secondly, the bell inscribed '楚王领钟' belongs to Emperor Jin (?) of the Chu State. Thirdly, funeral objects found here may be conducive to classification of the Spring and Autumn bronzes in morphological terms. Beside these, tripods unearthed can help us to know the ritual and functional aspects of tripods, Finally, the uncovered ge and ji are of much value to the typology and chronology of weapons of the Chu State.