鄂北豫南地区的姬姓曾国，时间跨度上起西周早期下至战国。曾国问题一直是学界关注的热点，以往因材料不足，学者对于曾国相关问题的认知多有分歧。近年曾国铜器大量出土，其中有多篇非常重要的铜器铭文，为解决长久以来的学术争端提供了基础。因此，重新全面系统整理曾国铜器铭文，对相关历史问题做进一步研究，十分必要。本文以曾国青铜器铭文为研究对象，收集曾国铜器铭文313篇，与曾国相关铜器铭文56篇，不确定族属曾国铜器铭文5篇。对这些铭文以时间先后为序进行编排，广泛搜集以往学者对各篇铭文考释的重要成果，在吸取和借鉴前人研究基础上，对铭文隶定释读加以校改及疏证。我们对曾国相关问题也进行了研究和探讨，包括以下几个方面：首先，针对学者讨论较多的曾国与随国关系、随国族姓、历史上存在几个曾国等问题做了辨析。其次，就在商代卜辞中出现的曾国，与夏后裔曾国和姬姓曾国关系进行讨论。再次，以曾国铜器铭文内容为基础，结合传世文献、考古遗物、遗迹等材料，对湖北随州叶家山西周早期曾国墓地的族姓、叶家山墓地三代曾侯的次序、春秋战国时期曾国与楚国的关系、擂鼓墩二号墓墓主身份、曾国都城地望及迁徙过程进行了论述。此外，根据曾国铜器铭文及墓葬规模等，梳理目前已知曾侯共17位，对其世系进行了简单的排列。从铜器铭文中总结曾国中央政权及地方性的职官10种，可以看出在春秋中期开始曾国在职官制度上很大程度上仿造楚国而制。最后，对曾国灭国时间及覆灭曾国的国家进行了考证。

Located in the area covering the Northern Hubei and the Southern Henan was the state of Zeng with the cognomen of Ji, whose existence lasted from the early Western Zhou to the early Warring States.The various issues on the state of Zeng have remained as matters of academic debate for a quite long time. In the past decades, numerous points of view have been proposed by scholars about these issues due to the insufficiency of sources. Recently, excavated were plenty of Zeng bronze vessels, which, containing several essential bronze inscriptions, and yielding a wealth of archaeological and historical data, provides us a new chance to re-examine these issues. Therefore, it is necessary to re-consider the past researches made by scholars, to decipher thoroughly the newly-excavated bronze inscriptions, and to make more penetrating research on the state of Zeng in the new perspective.The present dissertation is focused on the inscriptions of bronze vessels, which embrace 313 pieces of inscriptions of the Zeng state, 56 pieces of inscriptions related to it, and 5 pieces of inscriptions which are from uncertain-cognomen Zeng state. Chronological arrangement is first made in order of these bronze inscriptions, and the previous decipherments and interpretations on each bronze inscription are collected as completely as possible; and finally new graphic forms are given in the modern script and new decipherments and interpretations are made as possible as I can. Several essential issues are tackled. First of all, analysis is made of the controversial problems such as the distinction between the Zeng state and the Sui state, the cognomen of the Sui state, the various states with the same title Zeng in history and other issues which were much debated in the past. Secondly, discussion is done on the relationship among the Zeng state inscribed in the oracles and bones from Shang dynasty, the Zeng state established by the descendants of the Xia dynasty and the Zeng state with the cognomen of Ji. Thirdly, based on the bronze inscriptions from the Zeng state, and other materials, such as the traditional documents, the archaeological relics and vessels, some questions are dealt with as following: the cognomen of marquis found in the Zeng burial-ground at Yejiashan in Suizhou, Hubei province, in the early Western Zhou period; the lineage of the three Marquises of Zeng in Yejiashan burial-ground; the relationship between Zeng and Chu during the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period; the social status and role of the deceased in the Tomb 2 at Leigudui; and the locations of the Zeng state capital cities and the movements from one capital city to another. Furthermore, a chronological arrangement in order is made on the 17 Marquises of Zeng according to the bronze inscriptions from the Zeng state and the tomb’s records, and a brief loyal lineage of the Zeng state is given. In addition, according the inscriptions, 10 titles are figured out of the central and local governmental officials in the Zeng state, pointing to the fact that the governmental system of Zeng was quite similar to that of Chu after the middle of Spring and Autumn period. Finally, suggestion is made of the date when the Zeng state died out and the state which was responsible for it.