摘要
对于中国古代文献中的"丹阳铜",学界认为是西汉丹阳县、丹阳郡境内所产铜。其实它是指现代地质学上的自然铜。自然铜颜色为铜红色或浅玫瑰色、纯度非常高、延展性非常好,文献中称之为"纯铜""熟铜""似金""赤金""不出陶冶而生"等,即是根据这些特点而言。自然铜在中国分布于今湖北、云南、甘肃、长江中下游等地含有铜矿床氧化带,西汉丹阳县、丹阳郡即包括在其中,其历史上所产"好铜"也有被称为丹阳铜的记载,但丹阳铜之名并非源于丹阳县、丹阳郡,而是缘于"丹阳"代表的丹赤之色与自然铜的颜色一致。古代中医学把"黄铁矿"称为自然铜,掩盖了丹阳铜的真实面目,是引起丹阳铜问题产生争论及相关观点产生偏差的重要原因。
"Danyang copper"in ancient Chinese Literature is considered by scholars to be copper produced in the Danyang County of the Western Han Dynasty. In fact,it refers to the natural copper in modern geology. The natural copper has the color of a red or pale and a high level of purity and ductility; hence,it is called "pure copper","wrought copper","like gold","pure gold"and so on. Natural copper was distributed in present-day Hubei,Yunnan,Gansu and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River,where the Danyang County was included. In history,"good copper"produced in Danyang County was known as"Danyang copper",but the name of which is not derived from the Danyang County but due to the color"Danyang"is identical with the color of natural copper. In ancient Chinese medicine,"pyrite"is referred as as"natural copper",which conceals the true face of Danyang copper. It was an important cause of the dispute about Danyang copper and the divergence of views.
作者
徐东升
XU Dong-sheng(Department of History,Xiamen University,Xiamen 361005,Fujian)
出处
《厦门大学学报（哲学社会科学版）》
CSSCI
北大核心
2019年第1期113-118,共6页
Journal of Xiamen University(A Bimonthly for Studies in Arts & Social Sciences)
基金
国家社科基金项目"唐宋铜资源开发利用研究"(15BZS050)
中央高校基本科研业务费项目"唐宋铜资源开发利用研究"(T2013221031)
关键词
中国古代
丹阳铜
丹阳县
自然铜
ancient China
Danyang copper
Danyang County
natural copper
