青铜鼎是奴隶社会青铜器中的重要器型,承载了深刻的社会价值观念。本文分析了夏商周三代青铜鼎的造型及纹饰特征,重在诠释青铜鼎的造型、纹饰和社会形态之间的关系。指出巨大、方正的器型,狞历、神秘的纹饰是殷商神权统治的象征;而“列鼎制”和排列规则的几何纹饰则是西周礼制下的产物。 Bronze tripod is an important type of slave society bronze, carrying profound social values. This paper analyzes the modeling and decorative features of the bronze dynasties in the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties. It focuses on the relationship between the shape, decoration and social forms of bronze dings. Pointed out that the huge, Founder type, calendar, mysterious decoration is a symbol of the Shang dynasty theocratic rule; and “column system” and the arrangement of geometric ornamentation is the product of Western Zhou Dynasty.