一套亦或数套乎?——曾侯乙编钟编制问题之我见

My Opinion on the formation of Chime-Bells from the Tomb of Marquis Yi of the Zeng State

通过对与曾侯乙编钟编制相关的已有研究成果的解读,理清了各学说产生的来龙去脉;并以此为契机断想下葬编钟件数经历了48件至64件的变化,64件钟是有意选定而并非随意凑成;进而认为:西周建立并严格执行的等级森严之礼乐制度虽早已崩溃,但青铜礼乐器的组合却仍反映出清晰的等级序列;从乐器的角度来看,曾侯乙墓出土的64件编钟并非一套编钟,也即乙生前不可能以如此面貌的一套编钟演奏音乐;从下葬青铜编钟礼的属性来看,我们相信其确为一套编钟。

Based on the research result of the formation of the Chime-bells from the Tomb of Marquis Yi of the Zeng State, the author sort out the ins and outs of each viewpoints born, and held a new idea that the number of Chime-bells for burial experienced the change from 48 to 64, and selected 64 bells on the purpose not clap up in a random way. Further more, the author had the opinion that the system of Liyue （system of rite, morality and music）, which established in the Western Zhou Dynasty with layered hierarchies of order and being carried out strict, had broken down, but the assembled ritual bronzes still was indicative of the caste system clearly. From an instrument perspective, the 64 Chime-bells from the tomb of Marquis Yi of the Zeng State were not a suit of, which means that Yi could not used this number of bells to performance during his life; on the other hand, the writer had faith that is a suit of bells according to the attribute possessed by the bronze bells ritual for burial.