摘要
The‘Chuju’(楚居),one of the bamboo-slip manuscripts from the Warring States Period kept in the Tsinghua University Library,provides extensive information about the Chu royal dynasty.The‘Chuju’(楚居)acknowledges Jilian(季連),who adopted the surname of Mi(羋),as the founder of the Chu state.However,Jilian is not included among the‘Three Ancestors of Chu’(san Chu xian,三楚先),i.e.Laotong(老童)Zhurong(祝融),and Yuxiong(鬻熊)—also known as Xuexiong(穴熊)—who were jointly invoked and offered sacrifices during the Warring State Period.This article address this question and suggests,based on the records from the‘Chuju’,that Jilian and Yuxiong were brothers,and that the descendants of Yuxiong were those who succeeded to the throne instead of those of Jilian.Since the Chu royal dynasty was related to Yuxiong and not to Jilian,Jilian was not included,because sacrificial rites during the Warring State Period used to emphasize direct bounds with their ancestors.
The ＇Chuju＇ （ 楚居 ）, one of the bamboo-slip manuscripts from the Warring States Period kept in the Tsinghua University Library, provides extensive information about the Chu royal dynasty.
基金
a key program in research on philosophy and social science
‘Recently Discovered Bamboo-slip and Silk Manuscripts and the Reconstruction of Ancient History(09JZD0042)’
supported by the Ministry of Education of China
as well as the research project in the National Science&Technology Pillar Program
‘The Research for the Conservation and Compilation of the Ancient Bamboo and Wooden Slips(2010BAK67B14)’
