遂公盨铭文“遂”“宁”考释与“宁阳大禹”说

Textual Interpretation of“Sui”and“Ning”in the Inscriptions of the Duke Sui Xu and Ningyang Dayu Story

■公盨铭之“■”即“遂”,为虞舜之后,两周时期旧地为今宁阳西北鹤山、伏山及周围地区的诸侯小国;遂公在遂即今宁阳铸造此盨,以缅怀大禹之事,载记祖宗之德,自勉和勉励后人在宁为崇德无悔之业,或有因其以大禹为遂人即今宁阳人的可能;“■”即“宁”为古地名,指今宁阳,“宁阳”之“宁”得名必在先秦西周之初或更早的商代,其本义为恭顺、安顺。由■公盨铭文结合古遂国在宁阳考证,“宁阳大禹”即宁阳为大禹故里和治水重地之一说值得认真关注。

The term ■ on Duke Sui Xu is Sui(遂),and it refers to the old location of small vassal states in the Zhou periods which located in Heshan and Fushan,and surrounding areas in the northwest of Ningyang today.Duke Sui made the Xu in Sui which is the Ningyang today,in order to remember Yu the Great and his morality,and to encourage himself and descendants to establish achievements in Ningyang,or there is one reason that Yu the Great maybe is the local person of Ningyang.“Ning”is an ancient name,and it refers to Ningyang today,which got the name at the beginning of the pre-Qin and Western Zhou Dynasty or earlier in the Shang Dynasty and the meaning is to be obedient.Therefore,the interpretation of Yu the Great in Ningyang is worth our attention.