The ancient term"束(Shu)矢(Shi)钧(Jun)金(Jin)"in"Zhou Li"has long been interpreted as litigation costs by academics.Although archeological findings show that another ancient term"取(qu)徵(zhi)寽(lue)"used to be used to describe litigation costs,the two terms were considered as synonyms with few doubts.However,such interpretation cannot justify itself when it is applied to the statements of"the fourth NINE"and"the fifth SIX"line of Hexagram"Shi He"of"I Ching".Therefore,based on dual attestation method and exegetical method,the meaning of"束(Shu)矢(Shi)钧(Jun)金(Jin)"can be examined in the following three assumptions:"束(Shu)矢(Shi)钧(Jun)金(Jin)"means"one hundred arrows and thirty pounds of copper","束(Shu)矢(Shi)钧(Jun)金(Jin)"means"litigation costs",and"束(Shu)矢(Shi)钧(Jun)金(Jin)"means"evidence".By investigating the social function of arrows,the circulation quality of copper,the origin of currency,and the shape of"金(Jin)"and"矢(Shi)"in oracle bone inscription and Jin inscription,it indicates that"束(Shu)矢(Shi)钧(Jun)金(Jin)"actually means evidence.This paper also demonstrates the possibility of the assumption that such term refers to evidence.In addition,this paper further argues that the idea of evidence based judgment might hypothetically have emerged in Western Zhou Dynasty.
束(Shu)矢(Shi)钧(Jun)金(Jin)Shi heEvidenceEvidence based judgmentWestern zhou dynasty
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