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Rubbing of the inscription of the Rubbing of the inscription of the current vessel included in Sandai jijin wencun,
current vessel included in Zunguzhai Beijing, 1937, II, no. 6.1
suojian jijin tu, Beijing, 1916, I. no. 14 ទ䀢㠺ᙔᙻǶӲջम㞖ᙔໄǷԋݺ卿எ‸ ⽚Ԡⶬ㢙
ទ䀢㠺ᙔᙻǶཉऒ䁗Ꮢम㞖எǷ卿
࣍Ӭ卿எ‸ ⽚Ԡⶬ㢙
2803 Continued
The clan sign, reading zhu, depicts a drum on a stand and is topped 䀢ᐙᯒᙹ৶卿ӳ⛁ݦ⪆卿᳅⭬ஒᄓ卿ӴᐂӲᠨ㑷☸ംᖊǯ㯝㱈Ӭॶݪٖ
by a trident-like ornament. The Eastern Han (AD 8-220) palaeography ᱙㫌㲎㱬⡠卿पս⒜Ꮩᣥἃԋᇵཌ♑卿Ӭཌ㧩ᆨཎ␓ⅸ⚇߅卿␓ⅸ
classic Shuowen jiezi interpreted the zhu character as “display musical
instrument so that the top can be seen”. Qing (1644-1911) scholar ӳᝳ $ ᆨݤ࣍㈍卿㧩㕇࣍ཫ卿㕇Ӵ⒜㑷߿ֳ卿ߧ‣ᆌ㧷卿⭬㛑㱈Ӭॶ
Duan Yucai annotated on this entry explaining that “when the stands ᱙㫌Ӳ㈍⡠ݤಃ⡠卿ս㩽⤇ࡷࡘ㧩␓ࣿ⭬❥卿⎐ս㫡㫥⡠㇏卿ᠨ
of musical instruments are erected, the top parts are exposed and can 㑷㩽⤇㱈㫡㫥⡠ӴᓞӲ㈍⡠ǯݤ㦪Ӭໃᚉᇯ卿Ǹ೫ǹǯ
be seen from a distance,” which refers exactly to the zhu graph. The
drum was an important instrument in ceremonies in the Shang and Ǹ೫ǹໃἃ䀦⎏ߝᙔ卿۬Ӭ㬷៵ஙᄠӳ卿ӳᝳӲࣾᆨ㱈⎏䀦Ԡᆨǯ Ƕ㊯
Zhou dynasties. Unlike bronze musical instruments, drums, which were ᙔ㈛ໃg೫㛑Ƿ厍Ǹ೫卿㪀ᦼ⛁⩧ӳԮǯǹ᳖gᬀℱㅅg厍Ǹ㋵
made of wood and animal hides, are virtually impossible to preserve. ᦼᝳ⽛⩢卿㎐Ԡ卿ݯ㯵ӳ߅卿जឃǯǹ卿Ꮢᑨ࣊ἃ᫉Ӭᆨ㎜ǯ䀦ᛓ
We know the form of Shang dynasty drums from two bronze models ਦॶᛞឆ㞒㇝⎏◶ᦼ卿ᙻឬ㐏ظໄӶᚿ卿Ꮁٛग⬒ᇖݦ։㬪㠩֎ណ
of drums, one is in the Hubei Provincial Museum, illustrated in Hubei
Provincial Museum ed., Hubei chutu wenwu jingcui, Beijing, 2006, pp. ᡨ⎪㬷䀦Ӭ⚲ਦջ䀦⎏㬷㎼厍ݯӬἃᴓ࢈⏥ࢷ⁒㱦⻦卿䀦㕇Ӵᐂ㧩ᙹ୨
66-67, no. 34; the other in the Sumitomo Collection, Kyoto, illustrated 㑷ᆨᄠ卿ӳᝳ㲬㭘ᆨ㱈卿㖊ᙻᴓ࢈⏥ࢷ⁒㱦⤔卿Ƕᴓ࢈߅கᙔ⁒⠢⠝Ƿ卿
in Sen-oku Hakko: Chugoku kodoki hen, Kyoto, 2002, pp. 118-19, no. ࢈卿 ჺ卿 㮰 卿⤔⽚ 厎औӬ։ἃ㛢ᯛྲྀࢷऒ㱦ᘘ⻦卿
142. The Hubei bronze drum is cast with an integral rectangular footed Ӵᐂ୨ംᖊ⒜㑷卿ӳ㱈Ӭཌ㝢⏖⎏㫌㺠卿㖊ᙻǶᯛྲྀࢷऒĜԋஇऒ㠩
stand and is surmounted by a saddle-like ornament, and the Sumitomo ⤔Ƿ卿㛢卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿⤔⽚ ǯ㠩䀦Ӵᐂझᄠӳᝳވ
drum is surmounted by a pair of prominent addorsed birds cast in
round, the form of both are compatible to the clan sign on the present 㱈⎏ᆨ㎜ज⯝㞖ᙔ⎏ໃᆨ⏟ཌ㌴ǯǸ೫ǹᚉ㠩㯄ἃ⧎卿ᝬᙻᙔ
ding vessel. Bronzes bearing this clan sign are very rare. The earliest ℣㉃㖊⎏ᛓⶬ㢙ᙻ࢈ॢഌ⯅Ƕ⩠ऒஎǷ⎏Ƕ೫ࢾǷ卿ἃ㇛ॶឆ卿Ǯ
record of this clan sign appears on an early Western Zhou bronze you ⸌ཌ㠺卿㠺ᙔԋᝳǸຽ೫ǹԠल卿ॢഌ⯅Ƕ⩠ऒஎǷ卿࣍ 卿㮰 ǯ
vessel in the Northern Song (960-1279), bronze catalogue Kaogu tu. ᯇࢶᰞ㪈࢈⚙⎉→⎏Ƕᬓ೫ᙹ⧆Ƿ卿ἃਦᛮឆ卿Ǯ⸌ཌ㠺㦪ᝳǸᬓ
A bronze fanglei found in the Beijiao in Luoyang city, Henan province
also has the zhu clan sign, illustrated in Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji ೫⪵ǹㅻभᚉᇯ卿㖊ᙻǶԋஇ㬪㠩ݥ㫀Ƿ卿࣍ 厍㇛ॶ卻 卼卿࢈卿
(Compendium of Chinese Bronzes), vol. 5: Western Zhou (1), Beijing, ჺ卿⤔⽚ ǯऔӬᛓࠫ㵲ᜊ⯠⻦⎏Ƕ೫ӭཉǷ卿ᢐࣥថᯎ卿
1996, no. 177. And the third example is a bronze zun vessel formerly Ƕᚚទⷙܻᘒ㚣ऒ㠩⠢ⵖǷ卿࣍ 卿ഌ㩌卿 ჺ卿⤔⽚ ǯ㘺ᄃ։
in the Liu Tizhi (1879-1962) Collection, illustrated by Sueji Umehara, ೫ᚉԋᝳǶᬓ೫ᙹ⧆Ƿ㘺᧙⎏⎑⎑ႜㅳ卿ԮᝳǶ೫ࢾǷ㘺᧙⎏㧩㠺卿
Nihon shucho shina kodo seika (Selected Relics of Ancient Chinese ヿᚺ೫ᚉᇖਦջӬ⏜ߪ㇛ॶ㛢ᛓӬٖׅ㰆㑂⎏᭄ᚉǯ
Bronzes from Collections in Japan), vol. 2, Osaka, 1960, no. 134. The
high status of the zhu clan is demonstrated by the magnificence of the
Beijiao fanglei, which is one of the most important ritual vessel types.
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