2021-4

【摘要】

Researchon pottery characters can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty. However, with thecontinuous increase of other unearthed materials, scholars have always paidless attention to pottery writing than other ancient writing materials. In fact, compared with bronze, silk, seals, etc., pottery is an artifact that people of almost all classes need to use. It is also the most common utensil, and the writing on such artifacts is the reflection of social reality and the daily life of the people in the pre-Qin period. Its quantity should also be the largest among the unearthed materials. Such a large amount of material containsthe same value as other materials. In other words, pottery characters have important values including which is useful for studying the shape and evolution of ancient Chinese characters, the use of characters, political systems, official systems, geographic evolution, historical facts, surname status, ideology and culture, and so on. It can be seen that pottery character or writing of the Warring States period can be regarded as a whole category for special research.

     学者们对陶文的研究可追溯到清代。不过，随着其他出土材料的不断增加，学界对陶文的重视程度始终不及其他古文字资料。事实上，与青铜器、简帛、玺印等相比起来，陶器几乎是所有阶层的人们均需要使用的器物，也是最常见的器物。而在此类器物上的文字，则是先秦人类日常生活和社会现实的最真实反映。其数量也应该是目前出土材料中最多的。如此大宗的材料，其所蕴含着的价值与其他材料是一样的，也就是说，陶文对于研究中国古代文字形体及其演变、用字情况、政治制度、职官制度、地理沿革、历史事实、姓氏状况、思想文化等问题均有重要价值。可见，战国陶文当可看作一个整体的类别进行专门研究。