On The Bronze Vessels of The State of Jü of The Western-Zhou and The Eastern-Zhou Dynasties and The Historical Geography Concerned
The textual research on the non-archaeologically excavated bronze vessels by the region and the state where they were discovered crucially matters for sorting out the data gathered from the inscriptions on ancient bronze objects and reviving the history of ancient times.It is suggested by the inscriptions concerned that the bronze vessels of Lüzhongpujue,Fanyou,Jianzun,Beigui of the Western-Zhou and the Taishishen tripod of the Eastern-Zhou Dynasty are dedicated to ritual sacrifices of the State of Jü under Ying as surname(in present Eastern Shandong Province).What analyzed above offers more data used for exploring the history of the State of Jü of the Zhou Dynasty and identifying the handed-down bronze vessels of the State of Lü of the Jiang Clan meanwhile.
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