楚墓与秦墓的文化比较

本文比较了大量的楚墓和秦墓，并进行了人类学和历史学的考察。认为楚人和秦人的族源都不是单纯的，不同的族群在长期的共同生活中逐渐融合，创造出了风格迥异的楚文化和秦文化。相比之下，楚文化远较秦文化多姿多彩，丰富灿烂，但晚期流于浮华、柔弱；秦国的文明程度虽不及楚国，但一直保持着朴实、俭约、苦干的民风。正是这些文化差异，造成了楚国和秦国一亡一王的历史命运。

Cultural Comparison on the Tombs of the Chu State and the Qin State

The thesis compares and studies a large number of tombs of the Chu State and the Qin State in the way of anthropology and history. Based on the analysis, it thinks the origins of the Chu State and the Qin State aren't single. Different ethnicities merged gradually among the long term community life and created their own culture that were greatly different in style. By contrast, Chu culture was more corlorful and splendid, but became showy, weak in the later period; Although Qin State's civilization was lower than Chu's in degree, the Qins kept plain, thrifty and diligent all the time. It was these differences that led to the two states' different historical destiny:the Chu State was defeated by the Qin State, who finally united the whole country.