毛公■鼎(毛公鼎)是著名的西周青铜重器,鼎上有现存最长的铭文,计497字,对中国文字史、古代社会史、冶金史都有极宝贵的价值。郭沫若先生曾经对毛公鼎写过论文,评述其历史价值。刘海粟先生曾从拓片临成的手卷,前年在北京中国美术馆展出。我曾有一份该鼎铭文拓片,惜在“文革”中遗失。 Mao Gong ■ Ding (Mao Gongding) is the famous Western Zhou Bronze Weight, Ding on the longest existing inscriptions, 497 words, on Chinese literary history, ancient social history, metallurgical history has extremely precious value. Mr. Guo Moruo once wrote a treatise on Mao Gongding and commented on its historical value. Mr. Liu Haisu once made a hand scroll from rubbings and exhibited the year before last at the China National Art Museum in Beijing. I once had a copy of this tripod inscription, but lost in the “Cultural Revolution”.