关于中国古代坟丘产生和流行的时间问题,学术界目前主要存在着以下两种观点:1.中国古代坟丘产生于春秋晚期,流行于战国时期①;2.中国古代坟丘产生于商代晚期,到春秋初期已普遍流行②。在探讨中国古代坟丘的起源问题上,上述意见都认为西周时期的坟丘资料极其缺乏,有待于进一步考察。而另一方面,这些意见也提到自西周时期以来广泛流行于江南地区的土墩墓,但却强调它们“不挖墓坑、平地起封”的特殊葬俗和中原等地的封土墓完全不同,“应另当别论”。诚然,若根据文化系统及其葬俗、葬制上的差异,这样的看法亦自有一定道理。不过,我们认为,江南地区土墩墓对于探索中国古代坟丘的起源问 As for the time of emergence and prevalence of ancient Chinese mounds, there are mainly two kinds of views in academia at present: 1. The ancient Chinese mounds originated in the late Spring and Autumn Period and prevailed in the Warring States Period. (2) The ancient Chinese mounds originated in Shang Dynasty Late, to the early spring has been popular ②. In discussing the origin of the ancient Chinese mound, all the above opinions hold that the information of mounds in the Western Zhou Dynasty is extremely scarce and needs further investigation. On the other hand, these opinions also refer to mound tombs that have been widely prevalent in the Jiangnan area since the Western Zhou Dynasty. However, they emphasize that they “do not dig trenches, Tomb completely different, ”should be another matter ". It is true that such a view is also based on the differences in cultural systems and their burial customs and funeral arrangements. However, in our opinion, the mound of tombs in the Jiangnan area is of great use for exploring the origin of ancient Chinese tombs