形式分析曾经是美术史研究的最重要手段之一。然而晚近以来,由于形式分析的模糊性和过度主观性,该方法已经逐渐为美术史研究者所抛弃。本文尝试运用经典形式分析手段,对中国殷周时期的一种所谓“异类”青铜器与东周以降一种特殊的文学叙事进行观察与论述。希望由此展示形式分析作为一种研究方法的可取之处、不足以及对其进行修正的可行途径。 Formal analysis was once one of the most important means of studying art history. However, lately, due to the vagueness and over subjectivity of formal analysis, the method has gradually been abandoned by art history researchers. This paper attempts to use classical forms of analysis to observe and discuss a so-called “alien” bronze ware in the Yin and Zhou dynasties in China and a special kind of literary narration in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. It is hoped that this will demonstrate the merit and inadequacy of formal analysis as a research method and the possible ways of amending it.