对中国古代块炼铁技术的思考

Some Thoughts on Wrought Iron of Ancient China

甘肃临潭陈旗磨沟遗址出土的14c.B.C.左右的铁条是目前国内发现的最早块炼铁的实证,中国古代块炼铁技术从出现到消失,延续了千余年。早期块炼铁制品主要集中于西北和中原地区,块炼铁和块炼渗碳钢是汉以前新疆铁器主要工艺方法,而中原地区,最晚春秋晚期已经有了白口铁产品。新疆和甘青地区早期冶铁制品尚缺乏独立起源的技术和社会基础,而西亚、中亚、东亚之间存在的西东文化交流的青铜之路为这些地区的块炼铁提供了交流的可能与途径。

The earliest example of wrought iron of ancient China is the iron bar found at the Mogou site at Mogou Village in Lintan County,Gansu Province,which dates to 14c.b.c..Wrought iron was in use for over one thousand years in ancient China.Most early examples of wrought iron are found in western and central China.In Xinjiang,before the Han dynasty,most iron objects were made of wrought iron or carburizing steel,while in central China,pig iron was used at least by the late Spring and Autumn Period.There’s no evidence shows that Iron smelting was developed locally in Xinjiang and Gansu regions.The"bronze road’’between East and west Asia provided possibility for the transmission of iron melting technology.