Yang Gui

[Yang Gui]

Yang Gui, 18.7cm high, 21.6cm wide and 4kg heavy
The gusset has a round belly, three folded short feet under the ring foot, two ears with rings, and the lid has been lost. The belly of the weapon is decorated with tile rib patterns, and there is a steal curve pattern on the neck and the circle foot, and a relief animal head is cast on the corresponding part of the circle foot and the short foot
The inside of the Gui has an inscription of 10 lines and 107 characters:
The only king born in September is Ba Gengyin, and the king
is in the Zhou Kang Palace. Dan, Ge Dashi, ascended the throne. [0051]
Tudan Boneyouyang. Wang called for the history of the family to be the first. Wang Ruo said, “Yang, do the [0051] work.
The official [0051] measures the fields and leases, [0080] [0051], [0080] [0051], [0080] [0051], [0080] [0051], [0080] [0051], [0080] [0051], [0080] [0051], and [0080] [0051]. Give you the [BR] red [0084] [0053], the setting, and the flag. Take the [0083] five [BR] five [BR].”. Dare to show off to Yang Tian
Zi Pi, and the rest will be used as the treasure Gui of my Lie Kao Xian Bo
. Children and grandchildren will always use it for thousands of years
The main idea of the inscription: On the Gengyin day of the first half of September of the king of Zhou, the king was at the Kangwang Temple in the Zhou area. At dawn, Wang arrived at the hall and took his seat. Situ Shan Bo led Yang into the temple gate. Wang called on the historian to appoint Yang first. On behalf of the king, the historiographer announced the king’s order and said, “Yang, appoint you as the chief clerk, mainly in charge of the farmland officials, and also in charge of the temporary residence officials of the king, the cattle and horses, the grass officials, the public security prison litigation officials, and the officials subordinate to the chief clerk. Reward you with a bright red apron, the luanbell, and the flag. Appoint you to have the right to preside over the court proceedings, and the level is that you can take the five points of” gold “from two manufacturers.” Yang saluted and kowtowed. In order to repay and publicize the great beauty of the Son of Heaven, he made the treasure Gui of the glorious father Xian. This Gui will always be used by future generations
This inscription records the specific duties of the “civil servant” and the fact that the civil servant has the right to preside over the trial proceedings. It is an important material for studying the official system and judicial system of the Western Zhou Dynasty


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