The Collection And Study Of Guo State’s Bronze Inscription

Guo state is one of vassal states ruled by Ji family in the the period of the Western Zhou Dynasty. In655BC, Guo state is destroyed by Jin state. On a historical documentary records, there is contradiction onthe history of Guo state. Discovery of multi data of Guo state’s bronzes with inscription provides thereliable basis for the study of the history and culture of Guo state in the the period of the Western andEastern Zhou Dynasty.Because all the inscriptions have higher academic value in archaeology, history and so on, the scholarscarried out extensive and in-depth research on these bronze inscriptions, and have made great achievementin research of development of Guo state’s history.But because of various research results existing indifferent periods of the books and periodicals magazines, there is some inconvenience to find them.Therefore, it is very necessary that the paper collects all the traditional and unearth Guo state’s bronzeinscriptions together, sorts them comprehensively by using the scientific method and combining withliterature, analyzes the content of inscriptions further.To be specific, according to the historical event, character and family reflecting from the inscriptions,the paper classifies, groups and dates them, in order to make sure the contact within the inscriptions itselffurther and give research on figure seen in the inscriptions. Based on literature and archaeological materials,the paper analyzes the history information contained in the inscriptions and discuss the enfeoff of Guo statefurther, in order to help you have a basic understanding about Guo state’s historical development andculture features in the period of the Western and Eastern Zhou Dynasty.