威楚城铭:明清时期云南楚雄府铭文城砖

Ming and Qing Brick Inscriptions of Chuxiong

20世纪50年代以来,随着楚雄城市建设步伐的逐渐加快,有大批老旧建筑被拆迁、改造,使不少铭文城砖散佚民间。就笔者近年来收藏的楚雄铭文城砖二十五品进行分析,其烧造时间从明洪武十八年(1385)至清道光十六年(1836),时间跨度长达451年。这批铭文城砖是楚雄府建城及其发展的重要物证。为了便于广大读者了解楚雄古城的兴衰更替历史,便于楚雄地方文化学者研究相关问题,兹将这批古城砖拓片及其规格等信息藉此公开,以便借鉴、引用,推动"威楚城铭"的进一步征集、探讨。

Since the 1950 s when urban construction accelerated in Chuxiong,a lot of old buildings have been dismantled and renovated,causing a large number of bricks with ancient inscriptions to fall into individual hands. This paper presents an analysis of 25 bricks of Chuxiong with ancient inscriptions collected by the author in recent years. Spanning 451 years,from 1385 in the Ming Dynasty to 1836 in the Qing Dynasty,these inscribed bricks bear valuable witness to the urban development of Chuxiong.To facilitate study of historical evolution of the town of Chuxiong and related cultural subjects by all interested parties and even to promote further collection and study of such bricks,rubbings of these bricks are displayed in this paper so that information regarding their specifications etc. is available for scholarly reference and quotation.