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tions of the various capitals of the Shang Dynasty. What is definite is that this Dynasty changed its capital about half a dozen times. The two earliest and most reliable sources of information regarding this matter differ in important details. The following table shows the difference of these two sources.[[superscript]]6[[/superscript]] 

Different Capitals of the Shang Dynasty and their Founders
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                  | Shih-chi 史記 | Chu-shu-chi-nien 竹書紀年
Ch'eng-t'ang (城湯)| Po (亳)       | Po (亳) 
Chung-ting (仲丁)  | Ao (隞)       | Hsiao (囂)
He-t'an-chia(河亶甲) | Hsiang (相) | Hsiang (相)
Chu-i (祖乙)       | Hsing (邢)    | Pi (庇)
Nan-keng (南庚)    |               | Yen (奄) 
P'an-keng (盤庚)   | Hsi-po (西亳)  | Pei-meng (北蒙)
Wu-i (武乙)        | He-pei (河北)  | 
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So according to the above table, Shih-chi and Chu-shu-chi-nien agree that: (1) Chung-ting, He-t'an-chia, Chu-i and P'an-keng all have founded new capitals, but as to their exact locations, only in the case of Hsiang, is it agreed by both. Whether 

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[[footnote]] 6. For Shih-chi, the Ch'ien-lung edition of 1739 A.D. is used; for Chu-shu-chi-nien, the edition compiled by Wang Kuo-wei is used. The latter is published as part of Kuan-t'ang Yi'shu (觀堂遗書), or complete work of Wang Kuo-wei. The Edition of Chu-shu-chi-nien in circuit is considered by majority of modern critics as a forged work.