试释■字

On the Character■

两周金文习见"■"字,卫盉、匍盉铭文有"麀■"一词。本文根据"■"字的形音义,从旧释读为贲。文献记载的"虎贲"与"麀贲"原本为古车上皮革类门帘等装饰物;不同等级的车配备有不同的实用或装饰物品,金文与文献称为服或车服;它标志着贵族身份地位的高低,有时也被用作蔽膝的名称。

The character 卉（夲） was common in the inscription on bronze objects of Zhou Dynasty and 麀 卉（夲）was inscribed on the Pu He and Wei He wine vessels. According to the form, pronunciation, meaning of the character , this article considers this character should be explain the character Ben （贲） Hu Ben and You Ben recorded by document primarily mean the leather ornamentation on carriage like curtain etc, and different grade carriage has different ornamentation which is called clothes or clothes of carriage in the inscription on bronze and document. Those ornamentations on carriage indicate the different grade of status and position.