商周时期金属称量货币的自名名称及其嬗变

Coin Names Inscribed on Shang and Zhou Period Metal Coins with the Value Corresponding to the Weight and the Evolution of these Names

商周时期,我国流行金属称量货币,是大家所熟知的。但是称量货币这个名称是后起的,当时叫什么,还是一个谜。本文从楚币铸记出发,上推商周金文,结合传世文献,指出商周称量货币先后用(■)、徵、爯((钅爯))等字来表示,它们虽然写法不同,但读音相同相近,表示的都是称量货币的含义,应是同一个词在不同时期的书写符号。

Metal metage coins prevailed in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, but the name of metage coin was called later. What was named at that time is still unknown. This paper examines the casting mark of Chu coins, the inscription on Shang and Zhou bronzes, and the historical document, and points out that the metage coins of Shang and Zhou were expressed using, ●●, zheng, cheng Although their writing methods are different, pronunciations are homology or similar, indicating all the meanings of metage coins. They should be the writing symbols for the same word in different periods.