商代俗巫之活动考察

Observe the Activities of the Folk Witches of the Shang Dynasty

商代的巫包括为下层民众服务的俗巫(民间之巫)和为商王室宫廷服务的官巫两种,商代民间之巫主要从事占卜、祠社、医治和祈雨等活动。

The witches of Shang Dynasty includes the folk witches who work for the low classes of the society and the official witches who work for the the government,but in this paper, we only make a survey on the activities of the folk witches. In Shang Dynasty the folk witches mainly were engaged in the divine, treats and prays for rain and so on the activity.