Concept information
Preferred term
bronze script
Definition
- A script engraved in bronze vessels of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, particularly prominent during the Western Zhou period (11th century BCE to 771 BCE). Derived from Oracle Bone Script, it is characterized by highly pictorial characters, reflecting primitive and archaic aesthetic values.
Broader concept
Alternative Terms
金文
Chinese
jinwen
Source
- Qiu Xigui. 2000. Chinese Writing. Translated by Gilbert L. Mattos and Jerry Norman. Berkeley: Society for the Study of Early China and the Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California.
- Shaughnessy, E. L. 1991. Sources of Western Zhou history: Inscribed bronze vessels. Berkeley: University of California Press.
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In other languages
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jinwen
Chinese
URI
http://w3id.org/write/thesaurus/bronze_script
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