Bronze inscriptions refer to the name of a calligraphy style of Chinese characters, referring to the inscriptions cast on bronzes of the Yin, Shang and Zhou dynasties, also called bells and tripods. The Shang and Zhou dynasties were the age of bronzes. The ritual vessels of bronzes were represented by tripods, and the musical instruments were represented by bells. "Zhongding" is synonymous with bronzes.
China has entered the Bronze Age in the Xia Dynasty, and the technology of copper smelting and copperware manufacturing was very developed. Because copper was also called gold in the Zhou Dynasty, the inscriptions on the bronzes were called "jinwen" or "jinjinwen"; and because this type of bronze had the largest number of characters on bells and tripods, they were also called "zhongdingwen" in the past. ".
The period when bronze inscriptions were used ranged from the end of the Shang Dynasty to the end of the Qin Dynasty, which lasted for more than 800 years. The number of characters in bronze inscriptions, according to Rong Geng's "Inscriptions on Bronze Inscriptions", totals 3,722, of which 2,420 are identifiable.
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Bronze Inscriptions
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Bronze Inscriptions
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Zhong Dingwen
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Bronze Age
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< p>ClassificationBronze inscriptions are the name of a calligraphy style of ancient Chinese characters. A general term for the inscription fonts on bronze vessels during the Shang, Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn, and Warring States periods. Bronze inscriptions can be roughly divided into four types, namely Shang Dynasty Bronze Inscriptions (around 1300 B.C. to around 1046 B.C.), Western Zhou Bronze Inscriptions (around 1046 B.C. to 771 B.C.), and Eastern Zhou Bronze Inscriptions (770 B.C. to 222 B.C. year) and the bronze inscriptions of the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC to 219 BC).
Bronze Inscriptions
Bronze Inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty
Even though there were bronze ware before the Shang Dynasty, the beginning of bronze inscriptions was when Pan Geng moved to Yin (now northwest of Anyang, Henan Province) back. There were only a few numbers at the beginning, but by the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, there were more than 1,200 characters. At the end of the Shang Dynasty, there were more and more bronzes with inscriptions on them, but the descriptions were still very brief, mostly with the names of the casters or their ancestors. It was not until the death of the Shang Dynasty that articles appeared, but the longest article at that time still only had more than 40 words.
Bronze Inscriptions of the Western Zhou Dynasty
When the Zhou Dynasty and the Shang Dynasty began, bronze inscriptions gradually became popular, and the affairs of the emperor,