随州叶家山西周早期编钟及相关问题研究

On the suspended bells from Yejiashan of the early Western Zhou Dynasty and its related question

考古发现与研究表明,西周中晚期编钟形式、编组已达到规范化、程序化的格局,但西周早期编钟的形制、编组却比较模糊,虽有学者就此提出新的认识,但并没有引起学界的重视。本文就湖北随州叶家山M111西周早期墓及该墓出土的4件一套编钟进行较为全面的研究,认为这座墓的年代当在成王到康王早期,这套编钟是目前发现最早的西周编钟。西周早期周人(广义)编钟已使用第二基音,其编钟的造型、纹样、结构、铸造已达到相当高的水准,从早到晚发展变化的脉络是清楚的。四件编钟很可能产于渭河流域。

According to archaeological discoveries and research,suspended bells had become systematic by the middle and late Western Zhou.However,how suspended bells were employed in the early Western Zhou was ambiguous.The author investigates the suspended bells unearthed from burial M111 in the Yejiashan cemetery of Hubei,and argues the burial should be dated to the time from King Cheng to early King Kang.The set made the earliest suspended bells of the early Western Zhou.The set shows the employment of the second tone and a comparatively excellent casting technique.They may have been cast in the Wei River valley.