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The Suigong Xu 遂公盨 Calligraphy and Inscription: A Contextual Reconstruction and Translation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 August 2014

Wen Xing 邢文*
Affiliation:
6191 Bartlett Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. 03755, USA, Wen.Xing@Dartmouth.EDU

Abstract

This article discusses some of the major issues that arise in the reconstruction and interpretation of the Suigong xu inscription, including a discussion of the authenticity issue from the perspective of Western Zhou calligraphy, and provides a contextual reconstruction of the bronze inscription as well as an English translation. The author argues that the Suigong xu calligraphy is consistent with the typical calligraphic style of the late Western Zhou bronze inscriptions represented by the Sanshi pan and Maogong ding rather than with the style of the middle Western Zhou bronze inscriptions, in particular, those dated to the reign of King Gong. It also argues that the main body of the Suigong xu inscription consists of two paragraphs that end with the two exclamatory sentences jue wei wei de 厥亹唯德 and with (jue) hungou yi wei xie tian (厥) 婚媾亦唯協天 respectively, and that both sentences share the same sentence structure jue 厥 … wei 唯 …

本文討論遂公盨銘文的復原與闡釋中出現的若干主要問題 , 從西周金文書法的角度進行了辨偽探討 , 并對該銘文作了關聯性復原與英文翻譯。作者認為遂公盨銘文的書法風格 , 與西周中期尤其是恭王時期的金文書法不合 , 而與以散氏盤、毛公鼎為代表的西周晚期的金文書法風格相合。文章認為遂公盨銘文的主體由兩段文字構成 , 這兩段文字分別以 “厥亹唯德” 與 “(厥) 婚媾亦唯協天” 這兩個感嘆句結束 , 而這兩個感嘆句使用的都是 “厥……唯……” 的句式結構 。

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Copyright © Society for the Study of Early China 2013

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