金文是指铸刻在殷周青铜器上的铭文,也叫钟鼎文。商周是青铜器的时代,青铜器的礼器以鼎为代表,乐器以钟为代表,“钟鼎”是青铜器的代名词。中国在夏代就已进入青铜时代,周朝把铜也叫金,所以铜器上的铭文就叫作“金文”或“吉金文字”;又因为这类铜器以钟鼎上的字数最多,所以过去又叫作“钟鼎文”。金文应用的年代,上自西周早期,下至秦灭六国,约800多 Gold text refers to the inscription engraved on the bronze Yin Zhou, also known as Zhong Ding Wen. Shang and Zhou Dynasties are the era of bronze, bronze instruments to Ding as the representative, the instrument represented by the clock, “Zhong Ding ” is synonymous with bronze. China had entered the bronze age in the Xia Dynasty. The Zhou dynasty called copper, so the inscription on the bronze ware was called “Jinwen” or “Jijin writing”. Because of this type of bronze, The word on the most, so in the past is called “Ding Ding Wen ”. Jinwen application of the era, from the early Western Zhou Dynasty, down to Qin six countries, about 800