The inscription on the bronze Ge-dagger ax of King Zhougou of the Yue State in the Spring-and-Autumn Period collected in Zhenqin Study noted the historic fact that King Zhougou of the Yue State continued the policies ...The inscription on the bronze Ge-dagger ax of King Zhougou of the Yue State in the Spring-and-Autumn Period collected in Zhenqin Study noted the historic fact that King Zhougou of the Yue State continued the policies of the late kings to aid the ruling elite of the Xu State to recover their state.Referring to the inscriptions of the relevant bronzes unearthed from Zhejiang,Jiangxi Provinces and other places which were ever the territories of the Yue State,this paper points out that the royal families of the Yue and Xu States had strong kinship relations;at the latest since the reign of King Zhezhi Wuci者旨於赐,the Yue State had begun to design and execute the plan for the Xu State to restore their power and the succeeding kings continued to do that up to the reign of King Zhougou.展开更多
文摘The inscription on the bronze Ge-dagger ax of King Zhougou of the Yue State in the Spring-and-Autumn Period collected in Zhenqin Study noted the historic fact that King Zhougou of the Yue State continued the policies of the late kings to aid the ruling elite of the Xu State to recover their state.Referring to the inscriptions of the relevant bronzes unearthed from Zhejiang,Jiangxi Provinces and other places which were ever the territories of the Yue State,this paper points out that the royal families of the Yue and Xu States had strong kinship relations;at the latest since the reign of King Zhezhi Wuci者旨於赐,the Yue State had begun to design and execute the plan for the Xu State to restore their power and the succeeding kings continued to do that up to the reign of King Zhougou.
