洹北商城庇都说

Study on Bidu Capital of Huanbei Shang City

洹北商城属于中商中晚期的都邑城址,是20世纪末商代考古最重要的考古发现之一。关于其性质,学界一般认为是盘庚的殷都或是河亶甲的相都。这两种观点都存在与相关资料不符之处。根据商城的时代、地理位置并结合相关文献记载可以确定这座城址是祖乙的庇都。殷墟的发掘和甲骨卜辞研究表明《古本竹书纪年》对商代历史的记载更为可靠。

Huanbei Shang city site was the capital city during the middle and late period of the middle phase of the Shang Dynasty.It is one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the Shang Dynasty at the end of last century.About its nature,the academic circles generally think it is the Yin City of Pangeng or the Xiang City of He Danjia,but both views are at odds with the data.According to its age,geographical location and related historical records,Huanbei Shang city could be confirmed as Bi City(庇都)of Zuyi(祖乙).The excavations of Yinxu site and the researches on oracle-bone inscriptions have indicated that the old version of The Bamboo Annals has the more reliable records on the history of the Shang Dynasty.