曾随非一辨惑

Discussions on Two Ancient States Zeng and Sui

近年随州叶家山、文峰塔墓地一批曾国铜器的发现,证明这个姬姓曾国在西周早期即立国汉东。然新出曾侯與编钟和随大司马戈铭文非但不能起到验证曾即随说的作用,反而提供了曾随非一国二名的重要信息。曾随都邑同在随州,地相邻近,是商周古国常见的历史现象,并不影响曾随别为二国。江汉之曾在两周之际西迁枣阳郭家庙一带,在文献中显示为拥嫡叛周的南阳申缯之缯。后来缯(曾)国迁回老家随州一带,仍未寻得发展空间,终于在战国中期楚国北进中原的号角声中走向灭亡。

A batch of bronzes of Zeng state have been discovered in graveyards at Yejiashan and Wenfengta in recent years. It is proved that Zeng state with surname Ji has established at the east of han river in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. Instead of verifying the view Zeng and Sui are the same state, inscriptions engraved in bronzes including the minister＇ s ge of Sui state and Yu＇ s chime of Zeng state provide important informations about the material fact they are two different states. Both of them located in Suizhou are very close, which is a common phenomenon in ancient Shang and Zhou Dynasties and cannot affect the fact. Zeng located in the area by the Yangtze River and Han River westwardly moves to Guojiamiao Zaoyang and its nearby regions in the Zhou dynasties. It is the Zeng state recorded in the literature in Nanyang area. Afterwards,the state moves back to the original place Suizhou and its nearby regions. But the Zeng state cannot develop and dies out in the mid period of the Warring states when Chu state conquers the Central Plain.