殷商诸王与商代信息传播

Kings and Information Dissemination in Shang Dynasty

商代诸王与贞人集团对占卜权的争夺贯穿于整个殷商时代。随着神权衰微而王权的加强,贞人的权力逐渐被削弱,而商王的权力不断得到强化,商代占卜的主导权逐步从贞人实际掌握转移到商王手中,商王完成了占卜权的完全控制与垄断。商代诸王对于占卜权的控制与垄断,说到底就是对神谕神令之类信息及其传播的控制与垄断。毫无疑问,商王最终取得了占卜权即信息预测权。

The struggle for the religious authority between kings and augurs recurred throughout the Shang Dynasty. With the fall of the religious authority and the rise of the royal authority, kings controlled augury and monopolized all kinds of information such as oracles and Gods＇ words gradually. It left no doubt that kings finally acquired a predominant position in information dissemination in the Shang Dynasty.