戎生编钟铭文补论

Complimentary Ideas of Inscriptions on Rongsheng Chime Bells

北京保利艺术博物馆收藏的戎生编钟,全套共8件,每件均铸有铭文,8件钟的铭文连读成一篇完整的铭文,共153字,其中重文9字,合文1字。这是目前发现的两周成套编钟中仅次于晋侯苏编钟的长铭,其所记史实为史书所缺载,且铭文中有几个新出现的字形,对古文字学、晋国史以及两周历史文化的研究都具有非常重要的价值。到目前为止,已有李学勤、裘锡圭、马承源、王世民等学者在文字考释。

The author is trying to open new perspectives on the understandings of inscriptions on the Rongsheng bell chimes,its dates,and its owner.The inscriptions ＇carrying salt and food＇（遣鹵積） and ＇conquering Fantang＇（征繁湯） are referred to the same event of ＇conquering Fantang＇（征繁湯） mentioned on the Jinjiang ding.Inscriptions on the Rongsheng bell chimes record a historical event that the Jin state dispatched a large number of vehicles loaded with salt to Fantang to exchange copper resources.This vessel should be made close to the year when the Jinjiang ding was cast,which was the sixth year of the Marquis of Zhao of the the Jin state.Inscriptions also mention his ancestor Xiangong established his own state to manage barbarians in the age of King Mu of Zhou.But this state was annexed by the Jin state more than one generation ago from Rongsheng（the generation of Rongsheng＇s father,Zhaobo）.Both Zhaobo and Rongsheng served as courtiers at the Jin state.