The Chu tomb at Paimashan,labeled as tomb No.027,belongs to a person whose social rank is characterized by the shi(士)class.Three bamboo slips were unearthed from this tomb,contain-ing texts that can be divided into three parts.They sequentially record the life and virtues of the tomb occupant,the main organizer of the funeral rites Ci((賜))who provided the dowry and burial items,and who conducted sacrificial offerings with Ke and Qin.Finally,it expressed the mourning of the people.The writing includes many rhymes and is similar in content and form to a eulogy.It may be the only eu-logy from the Warring States period discovered thus far,indicating that the funeral rites may have in-cluded a'reading of the eulogy'ceremony.The texts also record the purification and sacrifices per-formed before death,as well as the fact that the bereaved family,being poor,relied on the dowry from others to ensure that the deceased could be buried according to the standards of a shi,reflecting the norms of ritual and customs of the time.
关键词
拍马山楚简/赗赙/诔文/礼俗
Key words
Chu bamboo slips from Paimashan/fengfu/leiwen/ritual and customs