郑国东迁之都与郑氏祖茔述略

Simple Study of the Ancestral Graves of Zheng Family and Zheng State Moved Its Capital Eastward

周平王元年(公元前770年),郑武公将郑国东迁虢、郐间的初都京城;周平王二十八年(公元前743年),郑庄公将郑都迁至郐地新城;周惠王六年(公元前761年),郑文公定都新郑,郑国共三次迁都。郑国最后一位国君郑康公,于二十一年(公元前375年),被韩国所灭。周显王遵循“灭国不灭祀”的历史惯例,封其子宙公之子据公于嚣山之阳,称践土君,守祭武公寝陵。此处被称为“郑王之墟”。这里便成为中国最大、最早,流传时间最长的郑氏祖茔。

In the first year of Emperor Ping of Zhou dynasty （770 B. C. ） Prince Wu of Zheng state moved eastward his capital to the primary capital situated between Guo and Kuai places. In 743 B. C. Prince Zhuang of Zheng state moved eastward his capital to the new city situated in Kuai place. In 761 B. C. Prince Wen of Zheng state moved eastward his capital to Xinzheng and fixed it there. In 375 B. C. when the last prince Kang was on throne Zheng state was annexed by Han state. According to the habitual rule of ＂abolishing the state without abolishing its ancestor temple＂ Emperor Xian of Zhou dynasty granted a place situated in the south side of Xiao Hills to Kang＇s grandson,called him ＂territory keeping lord＂ and let him keep and worship the grave of Prince Wu of Zheng state. There it was called ＂The Grave of Prince Zheng＂. Since then it has turned into the biggest ,the earliest and the longest Zheng Family ancestor grave of the world.