商周青銅器鳳鳥紋飾探究

A Study of Phoenix Patterns on Bronze Utensils Of Shang and Chou Dynasties

鳳，是美麗而又神奇之巨鳥，儘管牠可能是某些禽獸的綜合構形，或為不存在之虛擬生物，卻一直是中國古代先民崇拜之對象。人們以極其豐富想像力和藝術刻劃力，創造性地描繪出各式各樣、多姿多彩鳳鳥紋樣。商周青銅器藝術，在紋飾上接受鳳鳥紋飾之啟發，寫下裝飾藝術史上輝煌燦爛的一頁。 本文擬以鳳鳥之源流傳說、鳳文字之辨別及考釋、鳳鳥紋之時代演變，探討其與商周時期的社會、文化及宗教之關係。

The phoenix is a kind of gigantic, magnificent and mythic bird in oriental cultures. Despite its fictional nature, the phoenix has been adored, and even worshiped, by the Chinese people since the ancient time. The bird's majestic beauty, as embodied by the colorful and rich patterns on its wings, has captivated the creative imaginations of artists of many generations, and a multitude of phoenix patterns have appeared oh daily utensils and art works throughout the Chinese history. This paper is intended, on the one hand, to delineate the bird's mythic origin, the etymological development of the written forms of the bird, and the changes in the phoenix curves in different periods of times, and, on the other, to relate the above with the social, cultural and religious realities of the Shang and Chou dynasties.