《左傳》唐國位置與鄖縣肖家河楚墓墓主性質探究

Exploration on Location of the Tang State in the Zuo Commentary and Owner of Chu Tomb in Xiaojiahe Village, Yunxian County

關於《左傳》姬姓唐國的地理位置，歷來學者爭議很大。然因其地理相當重要，也是我們探索唐國何以到春秋晚期才被滅的因素。根據近來唐國器物與南陽戰略位置的分析，本文認為姬姓唐國所在的位置基本上不會與隨國相去太遠，古書將唐國定在隨州一帶，基本上是符合與唐國有關的器物出土情況。至於湖北鄖縣肖家河楚墓墓主性質，或認為姬姓，或視為楚公族陽姓。本文從楚國墓葬、用字及稱謂的使用進行考察，認為肖家河楚墓的主人與姬姓或楚公族陽姓無關，當是麇國國君，亦有可能是附屬於楚國的麇國公族。

It has always been greatly controversial among scholars regarding the geographic location of the Ji-clan Tang State mentioned in Zuozhuan. However, it is indeed the significance of its geographic location that drives us to explore why the Tang State was annihilated till the late Spring-Autumn Period. According to the recent analysis on the utensils of the Tang State and the strategic location of Nanyang, it is believed in the paper that the Ji-clan Tang State was basically not far from the Sui State; that the location of the Tang State was determined around Suizhou in ancient books fundamentally conforms to the fact of utensils relating to the Tang State which have been unearthed. In terms of the Chu tomb in Xiaojiahe Village, Yunxian County, Hubei, some believe it might be for a Ji family, or a Yang family in the Chu royal clan. After the investigation of Chu tombs, words and appellations, it is believed in the paper the owner of the tomb in Xiaojiahe Village might be not from the Ji family, or the Yang family in the Chu royal clan, it might be a monarch of the Jun State, or a royal member of the Jun State, a tributary to the Chu State.