匹马束丝可换五个奴隶的说法,多年来被认为是西周社会存在大量廉价奴隶贩卖的依据,并且已经被写入各级历史教科书。最近王德培同志在《天津社会科学》1984年第6期上撰文对《智鼎铭文》重新作了考释,得出了与上述说法不同的结论。该文认为,过去的考释(一)从情理上论。留土地被侵霸不兴讼,而因五个奴隶买卖兴讼,是舍大取小,于理不通。(二)从文法上论。作者列举《左传》许多例句,证明, The idea that horses can be exchanged for five slaves is thought to have been the basis for the mass sale of cheap slaves in the Western Zhou Dynasty and has been written into history textbooks at all levels. Recently, Comrade Wang Depei re-wrote “Inscription on Zhibing” in the “Social Sciences of Tianjin” No. 6 of 1984 and came to conclusions different from those mentioned above. The article believes that the past test (a) from the theory of reason. Leave the land is invading tyrants, but because of the five slave trading suit, is to take a larger, unreasonable. (B) from the grammar theory. The author lists “Zuo Zhuan” many examples to prove that,