宜侯吴簋与宜地地望

On the Lord-Wu gui Vessel and the Location of Yi

从宜侯吴簋铭文本身提供的线索可知,周初宜国之封地,应该坐落在西周"东域"范围内。周代成康以后的"东域",其西界在河南安阳、洛阳一线以东,南界不可能越过淮水,所以宜地似应在以汶、淄流域为中心的"东土"区域范围内寻找。结合卜辞"義"地地望可知,宜侯的封地应该在今山东莱芜市境内,也即晚商戍甬鼎铭中的宜子之地。宜侯吴簋实乃东土礼器,与西周吴国开国史无涉。

Based on the bronze inscriptions on the gui vessel of Lord Wu of the Yi state, the Yi state during the early Zhou dynasty should be located within the eastern zone. As for the eastern zone after Kings Cheng and Kang, its western border should be around Anyang and Luoyang, while its southern border should be by no means beyond the Huai River valley. Therefore,it is probable that the location of the Yi state should be centering the Wen and Zi River valleys in the eastern zone. Moreover, taking into consideration the location of the oracle-bone inscription yi,the Yi state should be located around today＇s Laiwu in Shandong,which is the ＂place of Lord Yi＂according to bronze inscriptions on the shuyong tripod of late Shang dynasty. The Lord-Wu gui bronze ware of the Yi state was indeed a ritual vessel of the eastern zone,which was irrelevant to the founding of the Wu state in the Western Zhou dynasty.