一铜器铭文作为礼仪信息及其作为史料的意义西周铜器铭文虽然不是当时唯一的文字材料,却是那个时代的直接证言。尽管铭文中的古文字有时很难读,但在几千年的流传过程中,铜器铭文未经窜改,而不像传世文献,几乎难逃此劫。铜器当然不是当时最常用的书写材料~①:大部分西周文献当是写在竹木丝帛等易朽的材质上,而且西周早期还有甲骨文。即使按夏含夷的说法,铜器铭文是“西周史料”~②,我们也有必要考虑铜器铭文在其他西周文字记录中的地位。铜器铭文究竟是什么性质的材料?它们是如何又是为何传达信息?前人研究,或着眼于文字考释, A bronze inscription as a ceremonial message and its significance as a historical document The Western Zhou inscriptions, though not the only writing materials at the time, were direct testimonies of that era. Although the ancient writings in the inscriptions are sometimes difficult to read, the inscriptions on the bronze inscriptions have not been tampered with for thousands of years, unlike the handed down documents, which are almost impossible to escape. Of course, copper was not the most commonly used writing material at that time ~ 1: Most of the Western Zhou literature was written on bamboo, silk, silk and other decaying materials, and early in the Western Zhou Dynasty there was Oracle. Even in the light of summer, the bronze inscriptions are “Historical Materials of the Western Zhou Dynasty” ~ ②, ​​and we also need to consider the status of bronze inscriptions in other Western Zhou language writings. What is the nature of the inscriptions on bronze inscription? How and why they convey the message? Previous studies, or focus on textual interpretation,