關於兩周貴族繼位中昭穆制度歷來存在歧義。主流觀點認為父子異昭穆、兄弟同昭穆；另外一派則認為「臣子一例」，兄弟相繼即位當異昭穆。本文通過對先秦兩漢文獻中全部可考周代貴族世系的復原，發現其名號中的「昭」、「穆」具有明顯的規律，即：按照繼位原順序先後一昭一穆，與行輩無直接關係。從而肯定了傳統觀點中「臣子一例」的觀點，並印而認為所謂西周昭王屬穆、穆王屬昭的成說似有疑問，其王號當與昭穆同，是為兩周通制。

From generation to generation, there exists many different viewpoints about the aristocratic succession of two Chou dynasty, namely "Zhan-Mu System(昭穆制度)." The mainstream idea considers fathers and sons belong to the different zhau-mu, and borthers belong to the same Zhau-Mu. However, another regards the succession of brothers as the different Zhau-Mu by the viewpoint of "Chez Zi Yi Li."(臣子一例 treating ministers as sons in patriarchal system) This article researches the documents of pre-Chin and Han dynasty that re-present the genealogy of the aristocracy of Chou dynasty and finds that there is a regular order in their name of Zhau-Mu, namely that hte order of succession depends on one Zhau and then one Mu and there is no direct relationship between positions. Tha t proves the viewpoint of "Chez Zi Yi Li" and manifests the question that the emperoe Zhau of west Chou belongs to Mu and the emperor Mu belong to Zhau. The designation should be the same with Zhau-Mu. That is the common rule of two Chou dynastics.

周代、貴族名號、昭穆、臣子一例

Chou dynasty, the Aristocratic Designation, Zhou-Mu, Chez Zi Yi Li（treating ministers as sons in partiarchal asstem）