竖亥与王亥再探

The Relations between Shu Hai and Wang Hai Re-examined

上世纪40年代,学者丁山提出测地神话的主角竖亥即服牛神话的主角、殷商先祖王亥,然其论证犹有未足。本文检核《山海经》、《竹书纪年》等典籍,论证王亥、竖亥所处同地,并配合相关记载,提出竖亥、大章承大禹之命测地的神话实由王亥、王恒襄助帝泄协和诸夷之史事变化而成。通过这些论述,本文拟进一步肯定丁山先生王亥即竖亥之论。

In the 1940s, Ding Shah claimed that Shu Hai（the mythical land-measurer） and Wang Hai（the mythical bulltamer and ancestor of the Shang royal house） were the same person. His argument and evidence were nonetheless not convincing enough. By interpreting Shah Hai Jing, Zhu Shu Ji Nian and other classics, this article argues that these two figures are geo- graphically located at the same place, and the myth of land measurement is transformed from the historical fact that Wang Hal assisted the King of the Xia dynasty to make peace with barbarian tribes. Through the arguments above, this article aims to assure Ding Shan＇s assertion that Shu Hai and Wang Hai are the same person.