大小盂鼎制作年代康王说质疑

Doubts on View for Production Date of Big and Small Yu Dings

关于西周重器大盂鼎和小盂鼎两件器物的铭文时代问题,当今学术界普遍认为是西周早期康王时器物,但它们的篇幅、内容及语法、书法等,处处显示着与早期器物的相异,二十二条证据可证明其绝非学界流行观点所言,表现在:在前人据以判断时代的小盂鼎铭文"成王"二字之后,尚有四五个字的空间是泐损汗漫的,不能据"成王"来断代;两件器铭无论从字体、书法以及篇幅长度看,还是从一些用语如"王若曰"、"勿废朕命"及对册命仪式描述等方面看,或者从其出现的人物和战事规模看,都不应该是康王时期的制品,而是西周中期偏早的穆王时期器物。

This article puts forward twenty-two relevant evidences to prove that the current opinion that the big Yuding and the small Yuding appeared in the age of Kangwang is erroneous.The authors hold that it is more likely these two bronze wares are both in the age of Muwang in the earlier middle stage of West Zhou Dynasty.