曾侯與编钟铭文读释

Interpretation on the Inscription of Bian Zhong of Marquis Yu of Zeng State

本文对2009年湖北随州文峰塔春秋曾国墓地M1所出几件曾侯與编钟铭文试作考释,并就编钟的年代、性质及铭文所涉及的历史、地理问题进行讨论。认为据文献及考古资料来看,叶家山新发现的西周早期的曾,和铜器铭文中西周晚期至战国时期的姬姓曾国应系同一族属,此曾应系周成王时期,因南土地区的政治地理形势而受封于今随州一带,其地望在以今随州为中心的淮水、汉水及江水汇合处,约今南阳南部、随枣走廊一带的狭长地带。钟铭所记曾国的有关史实与文献记载的随国几无二致,是曾、随合一的铁证。以往学界关于曾、随关系的争论,应可作出结论。

The paper makes a textual research on the inscriptions of several BianZhong of Marquis Yu of Zeng State unearthed in 2009 from the cemetery M1 of the Spring and Autumn Period in Wenfeng Pagoda of Suizhou in Hubei Province, especially on the period and nature of the BianZhong as well as some historical and geographic problems. According to the literature and archaeological data, it＇s believed that the Zeng State of the early Western Zhou Dynasty newly discovered in Yejiashan should belong to the same clan as the Zeng State surnamed Ji in the period from late Western Zhou to Warring States involved in the inscription. The Suizhou region was conferred on the latter in the period of King Cheng of Zhou because of the political and geographic situation in the south area and the location of the territory should be located at about south Nanyang and Suizao Corridor today where the Huai He River, Han River and Yangtse River meets together. The historical facts about Zeng State recorded in the inscription are consistent with Sui State in the literature, which irrefutably prove that Zeng and Sui are identical. So it is possible to draw a conclusion on the relationship between Zeng and Sui.