曾国作为周代分封于汉东地区的姬姓诸侯国，存续约700年，其疆域以湖北随州为中心，扼守“金道锡行”交通要道，是周王朝经略南土的战略枢纽。考古发现的曾国贵族墓葬与青铜器群（如叶家山、枣树林、擂鼓墩等遗址），完整串联了西周至战国的年代序列，出土的300余件带铭青铜器成为研究曾国历史的关键材料。铭文研究揭示，曾国即文献中的“随国”，通过“曾侯與”编钟与“楚王媵随仲芈加”鼎的互证，终结了百年“曾随之争”，其铭文内容、纪年方式及书体演变，不仅重构了曾国从周室藩屏到楚之附庸的政治嬗变，还实证了周王朝“涉政淮夷”与“君庇淮夷”并行的南土治理策略。文化层面，曾国青铜器融合周礼制度与楚地工艺（如曾侯乙编钟十二律体系），展现了周楚文明的深度互动。技术方面，“金道锡行”铭文与失蜡法铸造工艺，标志着中国古代青铜技术的巅峰。曾国青铜器铭文研究，为周代政治格局、文化交融与技术传播提供了多维实证。

The State of Zeng, a Ji-clan vassal state enfeoffed in the Han Dong region during the Zhou Dynasty, existed for approximately 700 years. With Suizhou in Hubei as its center, it controlled the vital “Jin-Dao-Xi-Xing” trade route and served as a strategic hub for the Zhou Dynasty’s administration of the southern territories. Archaeological discoveries of noble tombs and bronze artifact assemblages from the State of Zeng (such as those at the Yejiashan, Zaoshulin, and Leigudun sites) provide a complete chronological sequence spanning from the Western Zhou to the Warring States periods. The more than 300 inscribed bronze artifacts unearthed have become crucial materials for studying the history of the State of Zeng. Research on the inscriptions reveals that the State of Zeng is the “State of Sui” mentioned in historical texts. Through cross-verification of the “Zeng Hou Yu” chime bells and the “King of Chu’s Consort Sui Zhong Mi Jia” tripod, the century-long “Zeng-Sui controversy” has been resolved. The content of the inscriptions, their dating methods, and the evolution of their scripts not only reconstruct the political transformation of the Zeng State from a vassal state protecting the Zhou court to a tributary of Chu but also provide empirical evidence for the Zhou Dynasty’s dual governance strategy in the southern regions, which involved both “intervening in the affairs of the Huai Yi” and “providing protection to the Huai Yi.” Culturally, the bronze artifacts of the State of Zeng fused the Zhou ritual system with the craftsmanship of the Chu region (such as the twelve-tone system of the Zeng Hou Yi chime bells), demonstrating the deep interaction between Zhou and Chu civilizations. Technologically, the inscription “gold as the core, tin as the mold” and the lost-wax casting technique marked the pinnacle of ancient Chinese bronze technology. Research on the inscriptions of the State of Zeng’s bronze artifacts provides multidimensional empirical evidence for the political landscape, cultural integration, and technological dissemination of the Zhou dynasty.