The tombs at the royal level of the Western Han dynasties belong to the five kingdoms of Chu, Liang, Lu, Zhongshan and Changyi, representing the new forms and ideas of the tomb architecture. Taking Shanchuwang Tomb in BeidongShan, Xuzhou as an example, this paper analyzes the architectural structure and symbolic significance of the tomb, and tries to discuss the concept of burial reflected in it.The analysis of the structure of the main body of the tomb reveals the basic logic of the tomb imitating the palace on the ground, and the definition of the nature of the annex reflects its transcendence over the general form of the tomb.

This article explores the socioreligious background of the Shang dynasty oracle bone inscriptions from an unconventional perspective by analyzing the use of oracular language in epigraphic texts found on slightly later ritual bronze vessels. While this phenomenon has so far received little scholarly attention, the author argues that the cross-contextual occurrence of oracular terminology indicates a relationship between the two types of epigraphic texts and the social discourses from which they were created. Drawing on parallel passages in other bronze inscriptions, the author examines the precise meanings of the two most common oracular phrases and proposes that they belonged to a technical terminology that shared fundamental conceptual characteristics with later legal jargon. Addressing the communicative intention behind their use, the author points out that oracular language is generally placed in prominent positions in bronze inscriptions and appears in various highly ritualized and ceremonial interactions between humans and the ancestral spirits. Based on these observations, the author concludes that the bronze inscriptions support the view that the Shang dynasty oracle bone inscriptions were written for administrative and specialized purposes and were embedded in a much wider network of communication practices between humans and supra-human powers.

According to the inscriptions on Bronze wares in West Zhou Dynasty, we know the history. Some bronze wares are only inscribed on clan names, names of makers or ancestors titles and so on. But some of the bronze wares reflect the cause of wars, the content of crusade and the ceremonial activities. Many things are inscribed on the bronze wares for recording, so names related weapons on inscriptions are plentiful. This paper focusing on weapons like Dun (盾), gan (干), jia (甲), zhou (胄) and so on recorded in inscriptions discusses their names and functions. According to the shape and reorganization and textual criticisms and explanations to grapheme, we classified the weapons and textually research their meanings with the help of new research achievements and the reference of literature and unearthed material.

2003年1月19日，在中国的陕西省眉县马家镇杨家村，出土了27件青铜 器。这一重大发现对考古学，历史学，汉字学史都有非常重要的作用。特别 是，逨盘的铭文是在散氏盘的305个字以后最长的铭文，为373个字，里面的 内容主要是对周朝历史的系谱的罗列，这具有巨大的历史性的价值。但是， “逨”器物群的发现又重新引起了一直具有争论性的对金文历谱的争论，并再 次开始了对西周帝王的在位时间的争论，直到现在，各方意见至今未能统 一。现在，“逨”器物出现于宣王时期的主张见解被大部分所认可，但是纪录 在42年与43年的“逨鼎”的记时纪录与现在所证实的宣王在位年度并不一致，等等仍是需要研究的问题。 本论稿中，关于“逨”器物群的问题与属于夷王时期的青铜器物中，与纪 录有王世, 月, 月相的青铜器为中心，用张培瑜的≪中国先秦史历表≫的历 法相对照，揭示了夷王的元年是元前898年，除此之外，对于宣王的在位年 度与专制时期提出了新的见解，并对的厉王的“三十七年奔彘说”做出了新的 解释说明。