The Study On Bronze Inscriptions Of The Shang And Zhou Dynasties Unearthed In Nanyang Area

Nanyang area is located in the southwest of Henan Province.It was regarded as “South Village” in Shang Dynasty,and The southern land of Western Zhou Dynasty.In Eastern Zhou Dynasty,this area was heavily militarized by Chu firstly,and then became a place of strategic importance for Chu,Qin and Han.There are 252 bronzes with inscriptions of Shang and Zhou period founded in Nanyang.The contents of the speeches are concerned with 252 pieces of bronze,inscriptions on the bronzes concerning the local countries of Chu,Yang,Cai,Shen,Xu,Fan,Ying,Song,Zeng,etc.,To systematically sort out these bronze inscirptions has great value in knowing the historical facts and figuring out the relationship among the lacal countries.And this job is the prerequisite and foundation of studying the language,writing,culture,system,geography etc.In academic circles,a lot of research has been done on the bronze inscriptions in Nanyang area,but they are slightly scattered and incomplete.The author tries his best to collect the original materials in detail and show them all.As of April 2017,the bronzes unearthed in Nanyang area are mainly in one city and three counties.There are 72 pieces of bronze unearthed in Nanyang City,including 14 pieces in Shang Dynasty,6 pieces in Western Zhou Dynasty,50 pieces in the Spring and Autumn Period and 2 pieces in the Warring States Period.There are 166 pieces of bronze unearthed in Xichuan County,including 153 pieces in the Spring and Autumn Period and 13 pieces in the Warring States Period.There are 13 pieces of bronze unearthed in Tongbai County and one pieces of bronze unearthed in Xinye County.They belong to the Spring and Autumn Period.Taking the region as the first factor and the time as the second,the author divided this thesis into four chapters to sort out the bronzes unearthed in Nanyang area.For bronzes in the same area,the author explained from Shang Dynasty,Western Zhou Dynasty,the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period by an overall planning.There are 72 pieces in Nanyang City,accounting for about 28% of the total,which is explained in one whole chapter.Due to the largest number of bronze unearthed in Xichuan County,accounting for about 66% of the total,it is divided into two chapters according to the regions.There are totally 14 pieces of bronze in Tongbai County and Xinye County.Considering the quantity,the author makes it the last chapter.A list of books about bronzes unearthed in Nanyang area is attached to the end of the paper to help check each bronze for reference.This paper focuses on the arrangement of basic materials,providing comprehensive and reliable information for future research.On the basis of the research achievements of the academic circles,the author presents briefly different opinions of some important bronze inscriptions.For those bronze inscriptions which are in parallel with the handed-down literature,some documents are cited by the author to prove the truth,e.g.the emperor of Cai during the Warring States Period in the Bronze inscriptions is Ji Ban according to research.For some important long inscriptions,a brief description of the academic circles is made,simultaneously the author puts forward his own views.For the controversial inscriptions,such as Wang Ziwu Tripot,Peng Bronzes and Wang Sun Gao Bronzes in in the village of Xia Si,Ke Huang Bronzes and the Wei Bronzes in the village of He Shang Ling,the author makes a comprehensive gather of and introduction to the research results.