试由卜辞“今夕其雨获象”看殷商时期的地理气候状况

The Analysis of Geography and Climate in Yin Dynasty from the Character"象"(elephant) in the Inscription on Bones or Tortoise Shells of the Shang Dynasty

甲骨文字的发现至今已有一百多年的历史,在甲骨文研究方面,在探索上古殷商时期社会的政治、经济和文化的发展,祭祀、征伐和周边方国的关系等方面,前人都取得了重大的突破。甲骨文的发掘和研究,成为我们认识上古殷商社会的重要依据,本文试就甲骨卜辞数次提到商王猎象和兕的记载,来探讨商代中原地区的地理气候状况。

Chinese character, as a symbol, contains profound historical and cultural connotation. It reappears the spirit of Chinese people and their emotional world. By the inscriptions on bones, we shall resume looking upon Chinese long history and culture, and explore the development of politics, economy and culture in Chinese ancient times. From the records about ＂ 象＂ （elephant） and ＂兕＂ （female rhinoceros） in the oracle inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells of the Shang Dynasty, the geography and climate in that peroid of time are analyzed.