英文摘要 |
The traditional view has been that King Wu of Zhou 周武王 withdrew from Yin back to Zongzhou after the Battle of Muye. However, when analyzing the political and geographical situation before and after the capital of the Shang dynasty was occupied, we can know that the quondam governors and military supporters of the Shang remained in the eastern territories, forming a threat to the new regime. The text “Shifu” 世俘 (“Great Capture”) in the Lost Book of Zhou 逸周書 and other materials such as the inscription in Shi Qiang pan 史牆盤 (basin of Scribe Qiang) show that King Wu continued his campaign into the east to deal with the above threat. According to “Shifu,” King Wu first cleaned up remnants of the enemy forces surrounding Yin, then controlled the eastern and southern gateways of Yin, and finally defeated the Shang military supporters situated along the Liaocheng-Pingyin and Daye-Wen River traffic routes, which were the two main lines leading toward the east, namely the Shang dynasty. The Shi Qiang pan inscription also records that thereafter King Wu attacked several precarious local governors such as those of Cuo 虘, Biao 髟, and Yitong (zhong) 夷童(重) located around present-day Liaocheng, Puyang, and Heze to control the transitional “near east” 小東 area between the Yellow River and Ji River, while simultaneously cutting off contact between the Shang adherents in Yin and the “far east” 大東 around Mount Tai. Furthermore, to consolidate the conquest, King Wu stationed Guan 管 and Cai 蔡 in the eastern and southern gateways to monitor the present Shang peoples. With the above unearthed historical materials in hand, the measures taken by and the strategic intent of the Zhou can now be better ascertained; that is, their eastward campaign moved from Yin to the “near” and “far” east step by step. |