Abstract: As an important textual carrier during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, bronze inscriptions, together with the ritual system of sacrifice, constituted the core carrier of social education at that time. The Shang and Zhou rituals of sacrifice centered on "respecting heaven and following ancestors", constructing social order and ethical systems through standardized rituals and hierarchical arrangements. Bronze inscriptions, on the other hand, solidified the connotation, etiquette norms, and value concepts of sacrificial activities in written form, achieving the inheritance and diffusion of educational significance. From the perspective of education, bronze inscriptions are both textual evidence of the ritual system of sacrifice and an important medium for extending its educational function. The two mutually empower and coexist in harmony - the ritual system of sacrifice provides the writing context and core themes for inscriptions, while inscriptions provide a concrete and textual expression for the educational function of the ritual system, jointly serving the needs of constructing the legitimacy of rule, maintaining clan ethics, and integrating social order during the Shang and Zhou dynasties. This paper takes typical bronze inscriptions and extant literature from the Shang and Zhou dynasties as research objects, combines the method of mutual verification of unearthed artifacts and historical materials, and analyzes the internal relationship between bronze inscriptions and the ritual system of sacrifice in the Shang and Zhou dynasties from three dimensions: educational content, educational path, and educational function, revealing the core role of the two in the early national educational system.
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S J Li
Urbana University
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synapsesocial.com/papers/69e4734c010ef96374d8f26c — DOI: https://doi.org/10.66106/zdabbu.20250307