Production of"Casting the Previous Inscription"in Jin Jiang Ding and the Identityof the Writer
Jin Jiang Ding is the bronze ding with the largest number of inscriptions in the Spring and Autumn Period.The casting technology of its inscriptions inherited the traditional characteristics of long inscriptions in the late West-ern Zhou Dynasty.The inscriptions of Jin Jiang Ding can be cast and written in the form of"casting previous inscrip-tions".This process involves the drafting of inscriptions,making,marking,turning,casting,polishing and other complex technological procedures.A professional calligrapher or historian is usually responsible for drafting the con-tents of the inscription and drawing the first draft of the inscription on a clay model;The inscriptions were then finely carved by the engraver on the basis of the inscriptions.The identity of the writers responsible for drafting the inscrip-tions on Jin Jiang Ding was directly managed by the official organs of the Jin State,and their responsibilities and i-dentities occupied an important position in the social structure of the time.
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