The ge dagger-axe made by Earl Fu unearthed from Tomb Wanjiayuan-202 in Nanyang City has important referential value to the dating of the tomb and to the study of the history and culture of the Zhou period.Through a comparison with similar bronzes and an analysis of related historical documents and bronze inscriptions it can be concluded that this ge was made in the early Spring-and-Autumn period,and the inscription "Earl Fu(Fu Bo)" is identical with those on the handed-down Shi Li gui food container and the Fu Bo ding tripod,all referring to the ruler of the Biyang State recorded in historical texts,and that this ge must have been left over from the ancient Biyang State.The discovery of the weapon from an aristocratic tomb of the ancient Shen State in the Nanyang area may have been related to the historical background that Zhou King Ping once sent armies of vassal states to help guard the Shen and Lü states in the early Spring-and-Autumn period.
