简介:The‘Chuju’(楚居),oneofthebamboo-slipmanuscriptsfromtheWarringStatesPeriodkeptintheTsinghuaUniversityLibrary,providesextensiveinformationabouttheChuroyaldynasty.The‘Chuju’(楚居)acknowledgesJilian(季連),whoadoptedthesurnameofMi(羋),asthefounderoftheChustate.However,Jilianisnotincludedamongthe‘ThreeAncestorsofChu’(sanChuxian,三楚先),i.e.Laotong(老童)Zhurong(祝融),andYuxiong(鬻熊)—alsoknownasXuexiong(穴熊)—whowerejointlyinvokedandofferedsacrificesduringtheWarringStatePeriod.Thisarticleaddressthisquestionandsuggests,basedontherecordsfromthe‘Chuju’,thatJilianandYuxiongwerebrothers,andthatthedescendantsofYuxiongwerethosewhosucceededtothethroneinsteadofthoseofJilian.SincetheChuroyaldynastywasrelatedtoYuxiongandnottoJilian,Jilianwasnotincluded,becausesacrificialritesduringtheWarringStatePeriodusedtoemphasizedirectboundswiththeirancestors.
简介:<正>《今簋》:“佳王子伐楚白(伯)才(在)炎住九月既死霸丁丑乍(作)册……”郭沫若先生在《两周金文辞大系图录考释》中指出:“此成王东伐淮夷践奄时器。楚即淮夷,淮徐初本在淮水下游为周人所迫,始溯江上至于鄂赣。”在郭老晚年主编的《中国史稿》第一册也载有:“楚国是一个毕姓贵族建立的国家,原居淮水下游,属于武庚叛周的熊盈族,武庚失败后,他们受周人的压迫南下,被江水所阻,乃沿江西上,开拓了长江中游的大片土地……,周初的《今簋》铭文就记载着对楚伯的征伐。”由于郭老在考古方面对殷墟甲骨文、金文、石鼓文的研究,在学术界素孚众望因而在周成王伐楚,楚人来东方淮夷多为历史研究者广泛引用,几乎成了定论,而我对此定论,常存疑义,姑就鄙见作些探讨。