巴蜀文化墓葬出土銅刀包含了中原文化和北方文化兩類外來因素,兩者融合之後產生了許多新的器型,其中一部分新器型實現了土著化,成為蜀文化銅刀的主要形制。據不同文化屬性銅刀數量的歷時性變化,可將銅刀劃分成舶來、土著、變革三個發展階段,並以銅刀發展及相關歷史背景為基礎,管窺出巴蜀文化亦經歷了三個發展階段,其特徵從早到晚分別為守商周、傾荊楚、染秦化。

This paper argues that the bronze knives excavated from Ba-Shu culture burials contain elements from both the Central Plains culture and the Northern culture. Through integrating these two exotic cultural elements, many new types appeared, and some localized types even became the major type of weapons in the Shu culture. Based on the diachronic change in the numbers of bronze knives belonging to different cultural origins, this paper divides the development of bronze knives into three general stages, namely the importation, localization, and transformation stages. The authors also analyze the historical background and identify a parallel developmental trend in the Ba-Shu culture. In general, the three stages refl ected by these typological changes can be viewed as: conservative to the Shang-Zhou culture, the pro-Chu culture, and a stage heavily infl uenced by the Qin culture.