楚系青铜器是指东周时期楚国及其附属国出土的、具有楚文化特征的青铜器。迄今为止,楚系青铜器发现的数量之多,年代序列之完备,已位居东周列国之冠。对楚系青铜器年代序列的考订不仅是进一步研究楚文化的基础,而且也可为东周列国青铜器的年代研究提供参考标尺。
The quantity and completeness of the chronological sequence of the bronzes of the Chu System discovered to date are second to none of that of the states in the Eastern Zhou Peri- od. The establishment of the chronological sequence of the bronzes of the Chu System is the basis of the in-depth researches on the Chu Culture, and a reference calibrating rod for the chronological studies on the bronzes of other states in the Eastern Zhou Period. This paper made a systematic study on the bronzes of the Chu System published before 2013,