春秋时期玉器所见制度史研究

Study of Systems Embodied in Jade Materials of Spring and Autumn Period

中国7000年玉器的发展历程揭示了玉器发展由实用到"神物"再进入制度化的历史,说明玉器已经不是纯粹的物质,而是一步一步走向一种特殊的物质文化体。旧石器晚期先祖发现并使用玉器,使其逐渐演变成礼器、祭器或图腾,使原来仅仅是一种特别性质的石头转化为权力、地位、财富、神权的象征。从春秋时期玉器在社会政治生活中所体现的重要作用可初步了解春秋时期我国玉文化的风貌和等级森严的用玉制度。

The 7000-year history of Chinese jade material has shown how jade materials evolved from materials for practical purposes to divine materials,andfurther into a system.This shows that jade materials are not only material,and gradually developed into a unique material carrier of culture.In Paleolithic Age,our ancestors had already discovered and used jade materials,gradually made them ritual materials,sacrifice materials or totem.They made this kind of stone with special features into a symbol of power,position,wealth and divine rights.From the important role jade materials played in social and political life in Spring and Autumn period,we can get a glimpse of jade culture and strict hierarchical system of jade use at that time.