The Research Of The Armorial Inscriptions On Bronze Of Yin And Zhou Dynasty

The present dissertation packs up and studies the armorial inscriptions on bronze of Yin and Zhou dynasties. Our study is based on the fall study harvest about explaining characters inscriptions on bronze and textual researching history, and makes use of some method of archaeology, paleography, philology, historical geography and other relative subjects.First of all, we review the researching history on the armorial inscriptions on bronze of Yin and Zhou dynasties, and summarize the present researching status and hotspots on this question. Afterward, we collect more than 14000 bronzes which are the total number of the present bronzes with inscriptions. There are over 10000 bronzes whose period are before the mid period of Zhou dynasties, and out of which we find that there are about 7200 bonzes with the armorial inscriptions. This rate is over 70%.The second, we study the style characteristic of the armorial inscriptions on bronze of Yin and Zhou dynasties, and research the format of the armorial inscriptions. There are 10 types of the armorial inscriptions. We summery the principles of conforming these armorial inscriptions, and advance 8 ways and means of packing up and studying them scientifically.The third, we study all present armorial inscriptions on bronze of Yin and Zhou dynasty by numbers, and make regular script of every armorial inscription again. By classifying, connecting, packing up and studying, we find that there are 2025styles of the armorial inscriptions which are summed up 370 groups. Especially We study the style of "(?)", "子","来","干支"groups.The fourth, we study and analyze the clans and the surnames in the inscriptions on the Yin and Zhou bronzes. We quote the ancient documents and the oracle bones inscriptions, bamboo slips and silk, characters on the jade and royal seals, and proof that there are much historical information such as the ancient state, the ancient clans and the ancient surnames of Yin and Zhou dynasty or earlier in the armorial inscriptions.The fifth, we arrange the types of the characters and unearthed spots of "其","戈","朿","竝", "息", "虎"etc. We research and proof the history and location of these ancient clans and states elaborately.At last, we catalogue the bronzes and the armorial inscriptions and explain some characters again, emend some releases of the Yin and Zhou bronzes. We do some work on checking up the tautologies and the false.