从峡江地区楚文化遗存看东周时期的巴楚关系

The Relationship between the Ba and Chu States of the Eastern Zhou Period Reflected from the Remains of Chu Culture in the Three Gorges Region

考古资料显示出"峡江地区"丰富的古文化面貌,特别是东周时期巴、楚文化因素的交互影响十分突出。将峡江地区的楚文化遗存与文献资料相结合,可以较深入地探讨东周时期的巴楚关系。新的资料显示,楚人在战国中期已到达云阳、忠县等地。巴楚关系的变化,是由政治目的和经济利益决定的。

The so-called Three Gorges Region refers to the area to the east of Sichuan Basin, which was the zone along the Yangtze River in Chongqing Municipality and the west of Hubei Province. The archaeological discoveries in recent years revealed the plentiful and diversified ancient cultures in this region, especially the mutual influences between the Ba and Chu Cultures during the Eastern Zhou Peri- od. With the reference of the historic literatures, the researches on the remains of Chu Culture could concretely explain the relationship between Ba and Chu States in the Eastern Zhou Period. The tradi- tional opinion was that the western border of Chu Culture was in Badong County and the Wushan Mountains were the boundary of the Ba and Chu States; however, the remains of Chu Culture recently found in the Three Gorges Region clearly showed that in the middle Warring-States Period, the Chu people had reached present-day Yunyang and Zhongxian Counties. The changes of the relationship between the Ba and Chu States were decided by political intentions and economic interests.