从夏遗民的迁徙看夏商决战之鸣条地望

A Study of the Site of the Battle Broken out between Xia and Shang from the Moving ofthe Adherents of Xia Dynasty

在殷周之际,今山西及其周边地区确有不少夏遗民,而其他地方则无此现象。究其原因,可能与"汤革夏命"有关。当商军自东而西大举进攻时,夏军节节败退,最后退至大后方晋南一带。黄河北岸不远便是鸣条山,夏桀在鸣条附近与商军展开了孤注一掷地决战。鸣条一战夏军溃败,夏贵族及部分将领,率其残部及族属逃亡吕梁、太行山间,甚至远遁大漠南北。大部夏士卒及族众流散民间,融入当地其他部族,成为西北地区夏遗民的主要来源。由此看来,鸣条在晋南是可信的。

Between Shang and Zhou dynasties, there are some adherents of Xia dynasty in Shanxi province and surrounding area, but no one is discovered in the other areas. According to some relative documents, the phenonenon appears because of the events of King Tang of Shang dynasty taking the place of King Jie of Xia dynasty. When Shang army attacked in force, again and again the Xia army retreated in defeat, at last, they retired to the south of Shanxi province. where a decisive war between Xia and Shang Mingtiao mountain is near to the north side of Yellow River, is broken, the result is that Xia is defeated, and the rest of the army escaped to the local area, incorporated into the local tribes, finally bcame the principal source of the adherents of Xia dynasty in the northwest area, so it is credible that Mingtiao is located in the south of Shanxi province.