《另一种古史:青铜器纹饰、图形文字与图像铭文的解读》一书经三联书店出版后一度热销,但客观地说,该书的“解读”并不十分成功。中国商周青铜器纹饰背后究竟隐藏着什么意义,至今仍无结论。撇开型式学研究、技术研究和美学研究不谈,仅就学术界对商周青铜器纹饰含义的理解略加回顾~([1])。论及中国青铜器纹饰含义者,人数不多但却引人注目的一派是“虚无派”。他们认为,商周青铜器上的花纹除了形式效果之外,并无其他含义。 Another ancient history: the bronze decoration, graphic text and image inscriptions, “a book was published by the Joint Publishing was once hot, but objectively speaking, the book ” interpretation “is not very successful. China Shang and Zhou bronze ornaments exactly what is hidden behind the meaning, so far no conclusion. Leaving aside the studies of typology, technology and aesthetics, only a brief review of the understanding of the Shang and Zhou bronze ornamentation by scholars in the academic circles is given ([1]). On the meaning of Chinese bronze decoration, a small but striking group is ”nothingness to send ". In their opinion, the motifs of Shang and Zhou bronzes have no other meaning than formal ones.