鐘しょう鼎てい文ぶん

noun

bronze-vessel and bell inscriptions

Technical term in Chinese and Japanese epigraphy for inscriptions cast on ancient bronze vessels and bells. Used mainly in academic or historical contexts.

• 鐘しょう鼎てい文ぶんは中ちゅう国ごく古こ代だいの青せい銅どう器きに見みられる文も字じである。

  Bell and cauldron inscriptions are characters found on ancient Chinese bronzes.