A Basic Study About The System Of Wu Granting(赐物) And The System Of Bi Using(用幣) From Inscriptions Of Bronze

This dissertation takes the System of Wu Granting and the System of Bi Usingfrom inscriptions of bronze in Western Chou as the emphases to research, and collects main inscriptions of bronze that concerns on Wu Granting, dividing those Wu Granting into ten sorts: jade, wet goods, finery, carriages' accouterment, trappings, armament, banner',ornaments, animal, metal and others, because of the limitation that the length of it, only analyses jade, wet goods and finery. At the basis of these researching, the paper discusses the System of Wu Granting, which contains the characters of Wu Granting, the officers concerned on Wu Granting and the rule of Wu Granting In the end, the paper adequately probes into the System of Bi Using , proving the recordation about "ChaoBi" ."XiangBi" , "Chou Bi" and "Lao Bi" from Book of Rites and inscriptions of bronze, revealing that it was initiated in Western Chou, and lasted to Warring States, even early Qin Dynasty and Han Dynasty.Conclusions can be made after the researching above the dissertation. The System of Wu Granting and the System of Bi Using were two sorts of important formations about the using of the Wu ,and shaped into the mid-end period in Western Chou. The essence of the System of Bi Using is a kind of behavior that exchanges goods concealed through the system of rites. The paper proves those Books of Rites, for example, CHOU Li's credibility, at the same time, these conclusions help to discuss the time that Book of Rites was written.