The Collection And Interpretation Of Place Names In The Inscriptions On Bronze Of The Shang Dynasty And Zhou Dynasty

Inscriptions is engraved on the bronze text. It has experienced a period of development, such as the Shang Dynasty, the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn and Warring States, etc., and it is the important literature in ancient times.It is also the important research materials of many subjects, such as ancient history, ancient philology, ancient Chinese and archaeology. The relationship between specific to the bronze inscription and historical geography, mainly study the other country, geography etc.. However, the research on historical geography in the inscriptions on bronze also exists some problems. First, place names in the inscriptions on bronze are often attached to other research. Second, study of bronze inscription place names one-sided, not to conduct a comprehensive research on the whole. So the overall consideration on historical geography phenomenon place names order, frequency, distribution, reflection is necessary and valuable.From the perspective of place names, place names appear in the Shang Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty bronze inscriptions analyzed, from the Shang and Zhou bronzes integration and other large inscriptions on bronze record books. The bronze inscription rubbings as the main research object, according to the related annotations, which all can see the names of one one lists. Then statistical place types, frequency of occurrence, were compared with the names of ancient documents and other documents unearthed in these places, and analyses the position and the change of. This work is not a simple extract, but from the individual research to the whole research, grasp the names of the Shang and Zhou period from macroscopic characteristics, evolution.Now the statistics of751names, including the country294, area74, city332, hill14, water27, field6, pass4. The position can be found close to2/3of the total, also need to prove1/3.So many names, not only explains the large number of place names Shang and Zhou dynasties, and there are rules to be followed. From the classification point of view, country names and city names are the two most important categories of inscriptions place names. This is also the Shang and Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn of the feudal system and the basic administrative systems are closely linked. Area names reflect the prevailing national and state forms in the early formation of the corresponding period. Hill names, water names, field names and other names are also a strong complement inscriptions of names, but also makes us different from the side to see the naming of geographical phenomena and rules. From the development stage to see, there has a few place names of Shang and Zhou dynasties, but beginning from the Western Zhou Dynasty, place names will appear rapid growth. Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period, the number of place names is not only more but also become varied types, this is the social development and cultural pluralism lead. From a regional distribution point of view, in the Shang Dynasty, places mainly in northern Henan Province. In the Western Zhou period, with the political center of the transfer and the feudal system is established, places distributed quickly expanded to the Central Plains and surrounding areas. Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, place names have been similar in the distribution of the national scope of the Qin Dynasty.