匍盉铭文与西周宾礼

On the Puhe Inscription and the Western Zhou Bin Li

匍盉出土于河南平顶山应国墓地,作器者匍是应国贵族。铭文记录了王室大臣青公遣使慰问应国大臣匍之事。铭文内容与军事行动相关,说明在某些情况下,王朝大臣可以派使者直接与诸侯国的大臣接触。匍盉铭文是西周王室与诸侯交往的记录,反映了西周宾客之礼的内容,但还不能成为西周时期诸侯遣使互聘的证据。

Puhe was unearthed in Yingguo Cemetery of Pingdingshan in Henan Province. The maker of Pu was aristocracy in Yingguo. The inscriptions recorded the event that the royal minister Qinggong sent envoys to visit Minister Pu of Yingguo. The content of the inscription was about military action which indicated that in some cases, the dynasty minister might send a messenger directly to contact the vassal state of the minister. Puhe inscriptions re- corded the contacts between the Western Zhou Dynasty and vassal, reflecting the etiquette of the Western Zhou. But it can not be the evidence to prove that vassal sent envoys to visit each other in the Western Zhou Dynasty.