CAJ | 학술논문

本文讨论的弓形器，是指出现于殷墟时期、一直到西周前期都存在的一种中部有弓背形弧、两端有弧形臂的青铜器。尽管对于这种器物的功能和使用方法还存在诸多不同意见，但因其形状似弓，所以原始报告在描述这种器物时多使用“弓形器”一名，许多学者在讨论这种器物时也多延用“弓形器”
본문토론적궁형기，시지출현우은허시기、일직도서주전기도존재적일충중부유궁배형호、량단유호형비적청동기。진관대우저충기물적공능화사용방법환존재제다불동의견，단인기형상사궁，소이원시보고재묘술저충기물시다사용“궁형기”일명，허다학자재토론저충기물시야다연용“궁형기”
The ＂bow-shaped objects＂ emerged in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties of China,which were used as ＂rein holders＂ for the charioteers or riders to free their hands,could be classified into two types： the narrow-backed ones and the wide-backed ones.Observed from the situations that some of the narrowbacked ones were found at the waists of the human skeletons,the similar objects in the images of the deer stones in Mongolia are all on the waists of human figures and they were coexisting with bows and bow cases,they are suggested to be tied to or hung on the waist belts.On the other hand,seen from the facts that most of the wide-backed bow-shaped objects were found in the chariot boxes and horse pits,and that on the deer stones found in Mongolia and the Central Asia, chariot images have been seen with reins tied to the chariot boxes,at least a part of the wide-backed bow-shaped objects were tied to the front edge of the chariot boxes for holding reins.