| “Casting in bronze inscriptions, became popular from the late Shang Dynasty, and its peak in the Zhou Dynasty. During the Pre-Q in period copper was called gold, so descendants called the text on the ancient bronze Jinwen.†Inscriptions on bronzes bearing on the Oracle, and under the Seal script, it is the main text material of studying the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period. It is also the most precious material to study the history of the Pre-Qin. The study of Jinwen character has a long history, from the beginning of the Q ing Dynasty, there is Wu Shifen’s 《Jun Gu Lu Jinwen》, during the period of the republic of China Mr. Rong Geng wrote the 《Jinwen Bian》, and to the new century, C hen Sipeng wrote 《Xin Jian Jinwen Zi Bian》 and Wu Zhenfeng wrote 《Shang Zhou Qing Tong Qi Ming Wen Ji Tu Xiang Ji Cheng》 and other works. With the efforts of these ages, the work of studying Jinwen text has made remarkable achievements, not only to improve and revise the predecessors’ interpretation of the word, there are also some new insights, such as explain “? â€to “zhuâ€, “? â€to “zongâ€. This article is on the basis of the experience of the predecessors achievements, collects the new results about Jinwen characters in the new century(2000-2015), also carries on the collection. As a phase summary of the research achievements of Jinwen since the beginning of the new century. And expect to present to readers as completely as possible, give them a beneficial enlightenment, moreover, provide the readers valuable reference materials as much as possible. |