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A Study ons'The King Said'Part of the Bronze Inscription of Hu Gui

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2012, (28), pp.23-51
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2012..28.002
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Published : February 28, 2012

KIM SHIN JOO 1

1서울여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

In May 1978, Hu-Gui was unearthed in a cache from the Western Zhou Dynasty in Qijia Cun, Famen Zhen, FuFeng Xian, SahnXi Sheng. Hu-Gui, which weighs 60kg, is one of the largest bronze Guis from the Shang & Zhou Dynasties ever, thereby called the king of Guis. A bronze inscription with 124 characters of 12 lines was cast into its inside bottom. The writing in the inscription is elegant and genteel with an extraordinary spirit. As for this ritual vessel, there are two competing views over whether it was made in King Zhao’s reign or King Li’s of the Zhou Dynasty. This paper carries out a comprehensive analysis and interpretation by exploring a large body of research conducted by many scholars with regard to the bronze inscription of Hu-Gui, an important ritual vessel belonging to the royal family, which provides criticalreference materials for research into the Western Zhou Dynasty. Judging from its pattern and wording, I consider Hu, the producer of this bronze vessel, as King Li of Zhou.

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