| Abstract |
This paper mainly uses archaeological materials to review Song Wengong‟s funeral in Spring and Autumn Period .Compared with archaeological materials, the author considers that there are only “excessive carriages and horses” and “abundant utensils” in Song Wengong ‟s funeral which exceed these in king ‟s funeral truly. But there are no clear records for two items in “the Commentary of Zuo”, or because this tomb has been stolen, therefore, “the Commentary of Zuo” can only use “excessive and abundant” to emphasize the luxury of Song Wengong ‟s tomb. Because carbon deposit tombs were popular in Kingdom Jin‟s tombs, and State Song had close contact with Kingdom Jin , therefore, the burial culture of State Song was also influenced by it. “The outer coffin had four sides appearing slope shape”belonged to a special burial system in tombs of Spring and Autumn Period, and was rare in that time, therefore, was recorded specially in “the Commentary of Zuo”. “The coffin had writing and painting”, Du Yu considered that the coffin decorations were reasonable, because the coffin decorations had been quite popular among nobilities of various countries in Spring and Autumn Period. Above three items were scribed or taken as king‟s etiquette, but from the perspective of archaeological view,they all did not confirm to the truth. As for the buried alive system, which existed in Spring and Autumn Period actually, just was less in quantity, the funeral of Song Wengong was criticized, expect for human sacrifice which did not conform to human sympathy ,may related to large number of human sacrifice. |
