试析铜器铭文中的“子某(某)”

Interpreting the Bronze Inscriptions of“Zi Mou(Mou)”

铜器铭文中有一特殊称谓即“子某”或“子某某”,具体来说包括以下几例:一、楚子某(某);二、屈子某某;三、薳子某(某);四、其他子某(某)。以往学者对这一现象多有研究,通过对《左传》中“子某”的考察,器铭中的“子”当指某人公族的身份。“子”后的“某(某)”为其人的名或字。

A special title is noticed in bronze inscriptions,namely“Zi Mou”or“Zi Mou Mou”.It occurred in several contexts,including(1)“Chu Zi Mou(Mou)楚子某(某)”;(2)“Qu Zi Mou Mou屈子某某;(3)“Wei Zi Mou薳子某(某);and(4)other combinations of“Zi Mou(Mou)”.The present paper,by examining the use of“Zi Mou子某”in Zuo Zhuan(Commentary of Zuo),proposes that“Zi”in bronze inscriptions refers to the identity of a person while“Mou(Mou)”to the forename or style name of the person.