巫咸"考──兼论良渚文化向中原的传播

A Textual Study of Wizard Xian: Spreading of Liangzhu Culture to the Middle Plain

巫咸是商代大戊时期的巫师，他出身长江下游虞山，供职于商王朝，凭"家相"之位参与朝政，成为商代著名贤相。作为巫师，他将良渚文化中的筮卦、祭天礼地的璧、琮，璧琮之上的兽面纹饰，以及相关的思想文化带至中原，因而《世本》称他"作筮"，《天官书》称他"传天数"，巫咸成了我国上古时代巫文化的象征。

Wizard Xian, who was born in the lower reaches of Yangzi River, lived during the Daxu period of Shang dynasty. Hestarted his political participation in the position of a" domestic premier" and was acknowledged as a wise premier of Shang dynasty. As a wizard who moved to the Middle Plain, he brought with him arts of augury, ritual jade with monster－ flask designs as well as the related concepts in Liangzhu culture. The book, Shiben, recorded that he did the augury. The book of Tianguan also claimed that he c...