嬭加编钟铭文补释并试论金文所见曾楚交往的政治辞令

An Annotated Reading of the Inscription of Mi Jia Chime-bells and Study of the Political Discourses of Zeng-Chu Interaction

本文对嬭加编钟若干文字的隶定和释读提出新的意见。并在此基础上根据金文和传世文献记载探讨曾、楚的交往,从政治修辞的角度讨论了曾、楚的政治互动。指出嬭加编钟铭文追溯文王,彰显其姬周身份是为了强化诸夏的认同,并以其作为与楚匹敌的政治手段。

Based on the excavators’reading of the inscription of Mi Jia chime-bells,this article presents different thoughts on the transcription,punctuation,and reading of the inscription.One of the key historical questions raised by the inscription of Mi Jia chime-bells is the relationship between Zeng and Chu,and this article discusses the interaction between the two states from the perspective of political discourses based on the analysis of transmitted and excavated texts.This article argues that tracing the lineage of Zeng to King Wen in the inscription is to emphasize Zeng’s connection to the Zhou world,which is a political discourse manipulated to counterbalance the power of Chu.