盠
Definition
* 以瓢为饮器。 * 古代一种官职名称，在司徒、司马、司空之上，兼管东西军政："～之地位甚高，在三司之上。" * 古同"蠡"，虫蛀木
(translated) To use a gourd ladle as a drinking utensil; An official title in ancient times, ranking above Sitú, Sīmǎ, and Sīkōng, concurrently administering military and political affairs of the east and west; it is said that "the position of 盠 was very high, above the Three Ministers [三司, referring to Sitú, Sīmǎ, and Sīkōng]."; Anciently same as "蠡", meaning woodworm-eaten wood
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC