西周时期的楚与荆

商周金文和先秦典籍中关于国或族的称谓有'楚'、'楚荆'、'荆楚'、'荆'、'荆蛮'之名,其中'楚'应指芈姓楚国族,现无疑义,至于其他称呼,或以为全指楚国或楚族,是其不同的称呼,或认为并非全为楚国或楚族之称,有的应该指荆族,并涉及楚、荆地望及文化关系等问题。本文在前人研究的基础上,试就楚与荆之别、西周时期的楚与荆族地望及其文化关系等作进一步探讨。

The Chu楚State was a very important state in southern China in the Western and Eastern Zhou periods.The study on the Chu culture and the history of the Chu state closely relates to the research on the Jing荆people.In the Shang and Zhou bronze inscriptions and ancient texts,names pertaining to Chu and Jing include Chu,Chujing,Jingchu,Jing and Jingman荆蛮.The paper,based on a comprehensive analysis of the documentary and archaeological data,discusses the differentiation between Chu and Jing,the original fief of Chu in the Western Zhou period,the territory of the Jing people and the characteristics of the Jing culture.