新见吴王馀昧剑铭考证

More Review of The Inscription of Wu King Yumei's Sword

本文讨论了苏州博物馆新入藏的74字吴王剑铭文,认为器主为吴王馀昧,剑铭所记事件都发生在吴王馀祭之世,同时也讨论了绍兴鲁迅路出土的吴王馀昧剑,指出两柄剑铭所记五次战争并无重合之处。本文认为,《春秋》经传所记载的吴王馀祭在位四年,吴王馀昧在位十七年,是正确的记载。同时,也根据过去学者的研究,再次反驳了《史记·吴世家》对这两位吴王在位时间的误记。最后指出,在出土文献与传世文献的对比研究工作中,应该注意裘锡圭先生的提醒,防止不恰当的趋同或立异。

This paper makes an analysis of King Wu's sword bearing 74-charater inscription which has just been collected by Suzhou Museum, followed by the conclusion that Wu King Yumei was the owner of the object, the events mentioned in the message took place during the period of Wu King Yuji who was Yumei's elder brother, and that the five battles respectively cast in both Wu King Yumei's sword and the one unearthed from Luxun Road of Shaoxing Town mean differently. Besides it holds the same opinion that Wu King Yuji was on the throne for four years while Wu King Yumei for 17 years as is printed in Chūn Qiū, or called The Spring and Autumn Annals in English, but points out the mistakes about the regime periods of them each included in the historical record of Shǐjì · Wú Shìjiā which is the biography of the Wu aristocratic family. It finally introduces Mr Qiu Xigui's view that it should be strictly avoided to place the records on unearthed bamboo and silk that are actually different from those of handed-down archives in the same category or otherwise.