Sunday, October 23, 2011

Social System Reflected by Ancient Bronze Sculpture

Book was first seen in early Western Zhou Dynasty ordered the system, gradually formed after the period of King Mu of a fixed ceremony. The order book bronze bronze inscriptions of the ceremony has become a certain ritual. Life bronze inscriptions book format including time, place, who lives by the book, book order words, glorification of speech, for the device, speech and so wish. More often than not, the sacrificial bronze sculpture were placed in the royal or imperial temples. The late Western Zhou life form the most complete book, in addition to the basic part, there are records throne, grant book, declared life, by the book and other parts of speech in the book where there is life official life, reward, encourage three elements.

Spring and Autumn Period Jin has a purely training Patent no words, only to see the Warring States Period, Zhongshan Wang Ding and other devices, training Patent became the Western Zhou Dynasty bronze bronze inscriptions of the common formats. Patent text format typical training including time, place, who by the Patent, Patent speech, reward, etc. for some. Some are designed to be buried with the dead as funerary bronze statue. Maogong Ding Ming recorded in the Patent life, there is finally some praise words and wishes speech, but no time and place. The largest number of bronze inscriptions class notes, rich subject matter, format, just have credit, given tours, from the levy, mission, etc., prevalent in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Shang and Zhou dynasties, slave-owning aristocracy attach great importance to worship their ancestors, especially more in the Zhou Dynasty bronze bronze inscriptions engraved on to boast the performance of their ancestors and celebrate the virtues of their ancestors, in order to line of filial piety, ancestor worship enthusiasm performance. This kind of bronze sculpture bore certain sanctity. "Poetry Taiga King Wen sound" on call "to Xiao Yu chase," said the family is to maintain its position of honor, forever enjoy its privileges. Western Zhou Dynasty to the early spring and catch a lot of bronze inscriptions of filial piety, but a considerable part of life in the book, was reward for the device on the bronze inscriptions put together a chase after the resignation of filial piety and prayer speech.

The chinese bronze sculpture could not be used in the general living situations. There are exceptions, a separate device for the recovery of filial piety as bronze inscriptions, such as the Ming wall plate on the two parts, the first part of the various kings of the Zhou Dynasty glorification of the emperor's power and contemporary strong; account of the latter part of the performance of its Zukao: emperor of micro-monarch , King Wu go off after business week by week before closure, B ancestral adjuvant into health by the reuse, Yazoo in Zhouting any positions, in the king's administrative activities, effective ways to Takatomo Father, inherit their ancestral business; finally self-praise and words to seek happiness.

About agents, the ancient instrument for credentials, Qi Quan. Zhou Adam Division about: Where the book about agents in cases of Yi, a small book about agents in Dan Figure. Then there are the so-called "people's rule about" and "to the rule about." Of all china bronze sculpture, sacrificial bronzes accounted for the largest number. These things are personal and family with the property rights of the event. "People's rule about" is related to taxation, trade, litigation, etc.; "to the rule about" is the land use, possession, distribution and transfer content. Precepts are about an agent, but it is the government's legal doctrine, rather than between individuals. Come A plate bearing in mind: the city's sign off, and the princes of the people of South Huaiyi have corresponding provisions.

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