西周青铜礼器演变与宗教政治观之变革

Evolution of The Bronze Ritual Vessel,Ethicization and Royalization of Religion During Western Zhou Dynasty

西周青铜礼器较前朝发生了显著变化:器物组合出现了新内容,长篇铭文大量出现,纹饰图案化发展。礼器是思想观念的载体,所谓"器以藏礼"。西周青铜礼器演变表象的内在根源是宗教政治观的变革。与商代相比,西周宗教王权化、人文化、伦理化。反复举行的宗教仪式使这种价值观不断地被延伸,形成人们的行为规范和社会规则,"周礼"在这些规则中孕育而出。礼乐制度是西周政治的核心内容,其思想渊源是宗教价值观。

During Western Zhou Dynasty, the bronze ritual vessel has undergone significant changes ： Yong bells and chime bells are introduced and become popular, long inscriptions appear, ornamentations trend to be patterned. Ritual vessel is the carrier of ideology, which is called ＂qiyicangli＂ （the object of which ceremony being concealed）. The internal sources of evolving representation of Bronze Ritual vessel during Western Zhou Dynasty is the change of religious ideology. Compared with Shang Dynasty, the development of religion trends to ethicization, humanization and royalization during Western Zhou Dynasty. Religious ceremonies held repeatedly make religious value constantly expand into people＇s behavior norms and social rules, Zhouli comes into being from these rules. The core of the politics of Western Zhou Dynasty is the system of rites and music, whose ideological origin is religious value.