南阳地区出土铭文所见两周时期重要贵族人物考述

An Investigation of Important Noblemen during the Times of the Zhou Dynasty from the Bronze Inscriptions Excavated in Nanyang

南阳地区出土许多两周时期的铭文铜器,涉及两周时期的一些贵族人物,对这些信息进行梳理可以发现,南阳地区出土铭文所见两周时期贵族人物在不同的历史时期反映出了不同的邦际关系秩序:从有限的铭文材料看,西周中晚期时,南阳地区作为西周王朝的南土,它的邦际关系秩序始终是围绕着周王朝展开的;春秋时期,南阳地区的邦际关系秩序则完全是围绕着楚国展开的,周王朝在这一带的影响力已经基本上可以忽略不计了;进入群雄混战的战国,邦际关系秩序的建立则已经开始更多地依据武力,而不再过多地凭借联姻、行政建制等手段展开。

Many bronze inscriptions from the times of the Zhou Dynasty excavated in Nanyang area involve some noblemen of the times of the Zhou Dynasty.After combing through relevant information,we can find that these noblemen of the times of the Zhou Dynasty seen in the bronze inscriptions unearthed in Nanyang area reflect different order of inter-vassal state relations in different historical periods.From the limited bronze inscriptions in the middle and late Western Zhou Dynasty,it is observed that the order of inter-vassal state relations in Nanyang area,the southern land of the Western Zhou Dynasty,always hinged upon affairs of the Zhou Dynasty.During the Spring and Autumn period,the order of inter-vassal state relations in Nanyang area was completely centered on the affairs of the State of Chu,and the influence of the Zhou Dynasty in this area had been basically negligible.In the Warring States period,the establishment of the order of inter-vassal state relations had begun to rely more on force than on marriage,administrative system and other means.