西周早中期册命礼仪演变窥探

Study on the Evolution of the Investiture Etiquette in the Early and Middle Western Zhou Dynasty

册命制度,在甲骨卜辞中已有雏形显现。西周建立以后开始发展起来,到西周中期,已有一套比较完整的册命礼仪流程。西周早中期的青铜铭文中,涉及册命的铭文不在少数。通过对册命铭文的梳理,可以厘清西周早中期册命礼仪的发展情况,从而进一步探讨西周早中期的礼制及社会状况。

The system of investiture has already appeared in the oracle bone inscription,and gradually developed after the establishment of the Western Zhou Dynasty.By the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty,there had been a set of relativelly complete investiture ritual procedure.In the bronze inscriptions in the early and middle period of the Western Zhou Dynasty,there are a great quantity of inscriptions concerning the system of investiture.By arranging the inscriptions of investiture,we can clarify the development of the system of the inscriptions in the early and middle periods of the Western Zhou Dynasty,so as to further explore the investiture etiquette and the social conditions of the early and middle Western Zhou Dynasty.