鸠兹新证——兼论西周春秋时期吴国都城的性质

A New Study on Jiuzi:Also on the Characteristics of the Capital of the Wu State during the Period from the Western Zhou through the Spring and Autumn

鸠兹是见诸先秦文献的吴国最早的城。吴国地名是不同时期不同地域之人对吴人语言的文字记录,只可音训而不可义解,鸠兹古音与句吴相同;吴国没有完善的职官体系和行政建制,吴国的城只有都而没有邑;鸠兹扼西伐荆楚、东控於越的中江水道之要冲,周边的汤家山西周墓为吴国王陵,附近的大工山铜矿为吴国的经济命脉。通过与古代都城基本要素的比较研究,鸠兹应为西周晚期至春秋早期的吴国都城。

Jiuzi was the oldest city to be documented in pre-Qin literature. An analysis to compare the characteristics of Jiuzi with that of ancient capitals in general indicates that Jiuzi was the capital city of the Wu state from late Western Zhou to early Spring and Autumn: The place names of the Wu state contain no actual meanings but phonetic imitation by people of different regions and time periods towards the Wu language – The ancient pronunciation of Jiuzi sounded similar to Gouwu; The Wu state had no yi(simple settlement without an ancestry temple) but only du(state capital) as there were no complete schemes for officials or administration; Jiuzi neighbored with the Chu state to the west and held a strategic location in the waterway of the Yue state in the east; It is close to the Western Zhou Tangjiashan tombs belonging to the royal family of the Wu; The neighboring Dagongshan copper ore was the key economic engine of the Wu state.