Arrangement And Research Of Zheng Guo Historical Materials Found In Unearthed Documents

The state of Zheng was a very important state during the Spring and Autumn period.Since Duke Huan of Zheng was appointed to the area of Zheng,to Duke Ai of Han perished the state of Zheng,the state of Zheng has been existed for more than four hundred years.Scholars have always attached enough importance to the research about the history of the state of Zheng,and the related research findings are very rich.There is no lack of the recording about the history of Zheng state among the unearthed bronze,bamboo strips and silk,these unearthed documents are of great reference value for the historical research of Zheng state.Jizhu in Baoshan Bamboo Strips,Words in Spring and Autumn period in Mawangdui Silk Texts,Funeral of Zheng Zijia in Shanghai Museum Bamboo Slips,The Department of the year,Excellent Ministers,Mrs.Zheng Wu Precepts the Child,Duke Wen of Zheng Inquired Tai Bo,Zi Chan,Duke Wen of Jin Back to the State of Jin in Tsinghua Bamboo Slips all include the content related to the history of Zheng state.Especially the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips include abundant of material about the history of Zheng state,including the historical events which no record in the classic documents,these materials have great historical value.Further more,by the means of collection and collation,author collected seventy seven bronzes which include characters associated with the history of Zheng state,fourteen of them leaved a matter for further consideration.Some of the bronzes have only a few words,but some,like Grandson Duke Zheng Zhuang's Ding,Fengzi Chu Fu,Yubing pot have a great deal of characters.The documents recorded on bamboo strips,silks and bronzes related to the history of Zheng state are very extensive.A large number of unearthed documents provided the research of history about Zheng state with precious reference materials.Former scholars have made a lot of research results about the bamboo,silk documents and inscriptions on bronzes related to the history of Zheng state.The article integrated the scattered materials about the history of Zheng state in unearthed documents,collected former scholars' viewpoints on these unearthed doucuments,then formed the collected explanations,and discussed related problems on the basis of the collected explanations.Duke Wen of Zheng Inquired Tai Bo mentioned a lot of place names of Zheng state,these place names were of great benefit to learn the historical geography in the early stage of Zheng state.The recording in this bamboo slip article added another example for the statement of Duke Huan of Zheng perished the Kuai state.In addition,according to the related record in The Department of the year and Duke Wen of Zheng Inquired Tai Bo,Duke Wu of Zheng has already dominated among the eastern dukes.The large amount of names in bamboo slips,silks and bronzes inscription are of great reference value for the research of surnames of Zheng state.According to Tsinghua BambooSlips,we can prove the mistake of equating the surname of Du and the surname of Xie.According to the recording of Excellent Ministers and Zichan in Tsinghua Bamboo Slips,we can infer the state of Zheng had the surname of Prince,the master of Prince Yingci Stove shluld belong to the noble whose surname was Prince in Zheng state.The master of Fengzi Chu Fu should be related to the ‘Zifengzi' in The Department of the year.The recording in unearthed documents and classical documents inevitably have some difference.The historical events recorded in chapter 11,12,13,16 of The Department of the year in Tsinghua Bamboo Slips and Funeral of Zheng Zijia in Shanghai Museum Bamboo Slips are different from the recording in classical documents.The Department of the year in Tsinghua Bamboo Slips has a high reliability,some recording from them can correct the mistake of classical documents.Funeral of Zheng Zijia in Shanghai Museum Bamboo Slips is similar with the book of all classes of authors,which focus on preach other than historical facts,we should treat it with a dialectical attitude.Mourning languages in Mrs.Zheng Wu Precepts the Child and Funeral of Zheng Zijia confirmed the recording about related funeral ritual system in etiquette and other classical documents.Mrs.Zheng Wu Precepts the Child reflected the funeral of dukes in the Spring and Autumn period.According to Funeral of Zheng Zijia,we can learn more about the series of measures to lower the grade of funeral after the death of the ministers who committed heavy offence during the Spring and Autumn period.