关于盘龙城的性质

On the Nature of the Panlongcheng Site

二里头文化至中商文化之间的盘龙城,到底是一个地方方国还是属于中原王朝政治系统之下?这是一个长期受到讨论而没有一致看法的问题。基于盘龙城一直保持着中原文化特征,也考虑到盘龙城及其周边聚落在区位、分布以及衰退等方面的一致性,本文认为盘龙城是中原王朝直接控制长江中游地区的中心城市,其人群主要来自中原地区。盘龙城的废弃,意味着中原王朝控制南方从方式到策略的改变。

Was the Panlongcheng site that existed between the Erlitou and middle Shang cultures a fangguo-vassal state?Or was it under the political control of the Shang King in the Central Plains?This is a question that scholars have long debated on but reached no consensus.Given the fact that elements of the Central Plains are clearly noticed at Panlongcheng,and that Panlongcheng and settlements surrounding it showed consistence in site location and distribution as well as in site occupation history,the present paper proposes that the Shang King in the Central Plains took direct control over Panlongcheng,which was a key city in the middle reach of Yangtze River valley.It is believed that inhabitants of Panlongcheng were immigrants fromthe Central Plains.The abandonment of Panlongcheng implies that the Shang King of the Central Plains completely changed his strategies in controlling the present-day South China.