《诗经》是我国古代西周初至春秋中期五百多年间的诗歌总集。它不仅是我国古代的文学作品,而且其中还保存了许多关于社会的和科技的资料,为我们研究古代社会提供了可靠的依据。本文试图就《诗经》中所见的服饰颜色及其染料问题做一番初步探索,这自然是属于我国古代化学工业史的问题。 “The Book of Songs” is an ancient collection of poetry in ancient China from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period. It is not only an ancient literary work in China, but also contains a lot of information about society and science and technology, which provides a reliable basis for us to study ancient society. This article attempts to make some preliminary explorations on the colors and dyes of the costumes seen in The Book of Songs. This naturally belongs to the history of ancient Chinese chemical industry.