摘要
伐纣年代是历史学上的难题,迄今说法不下35种,时间相距110多年,天象是确定年代的可靠依据。本文对伐纣天象作了介绍和评析。克商年代无法取得共识,原因是大多天象记载文献成书较晚,对其可信性看法不一。近年^(14)C测年技术有很大发展。精度可望在短期内达到2～5‰。这样,天文、历史与考古、^(14)C测年技术相结合,交叉研究、协同攻关。有可能对伐纣年代的确定,取得突破性进展,得出比较可信的结果。
The date of Chou conquest of Shang is a long pending problem in history.There are not less than 35,viewpoints up to now,and the longest gap of the dates is more than 110 years.Astronomical phenomena are dependable bases for dating.We present the introduction and analysis of the astronomical phenomena of conquering Shang.People can not reach uniformity on the time of Chou conquest,because most documents that recorded the phemomena were much later than the events appeared.So the views on their trustworthiness are different.Recently,radiocarbon dating technology develops quickly and the precision is expected to achieve 0.2-0.5% in a short time.Thus,researching and tackling the topic by combining astronomy,history,archaeology and radiocarbon dating technology may make a breakthrougth in determining the date of Chou conquest of Shang and then,obtain a trustworthy result.
