Claw country, an ancient country of Shang Dynasty, is the place where Wang Shang established a commercial city and Xiao He formulated a criminal law.

Shang dynasty had claw country, also called fork country. In ancient times, these two words were synonymous, which was often involved in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Di Xin passed here on his way to Dongyi. The fork country is close to Yuan, He, Yong and other countries. Like Yuan, He and Yong, they belong to the tribal forces of the early Dongyi Alliance. There is a record in the Book of Changes in Chen Wenjing ... "In the first batch of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, this was a fortification, indicating that Emperor Chad was conquered by the royal family at least during the Wuding period and built fortifications here. Building a city, like erecting a monument, is also a means for the royal family to rule a certain place. Generally, the purpose of building a city is for commercial operation and military defense, which shows the importance of the geographical location of the fork country. It should be an important gateway for a country in the southeast to the Central Plains, and also an important base for the Shang Dynasty to govern Huaiyi area. The Oracle learned that the king had visited Fokker several times. Where is the geographical location of the fork? According to scholars' research, the tea land was located in the southeast of Wang Ji during the Yin and Shang Dynasties, in Yancheng Town, Yongcheng County, Henan Province today, that is, the tea land of Shang Dynasty was later Yancheng. According to Notes on Water Classics, Yancheng was called Yan County in ancient times, which was the place where Song Xianggong led the vassals to form an alliance. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, it became the fief of Xiao He, and it was here that Xiao He formulated the Chinese law-Nine Chapters Law for Liu Bang, which was the first truly systematic criminal law in feudal society, and the existing sites "set up a law platform". Why the word "fork" became the word "pin" after the Western Zhou Dynasty is unknown, but Wolong Town in the southeast of the town does have an ancient place name related to "fork" (claw): claw set, that is, the existing Hongfuji and Hongfu site, which is said to be the land of the ancient claw country of Shang Dynasty. "Paw" and "fork" have the same meaning in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, which means "claw toe of human or animal" and can also be used as the verb "catch", so it is called "fork". "Shuo Wen Jie Zi": "When you cover your hands, you say your claws." Fingers are down when grasping claws, and the inspiration of "claws" may come from birds and beasts and then extend to human hands. "Fork" or "claw" means "human hands are open", and the original meaning of the word "claw" may be a predatory tool made of bamboo cutting or bone grinding, copied from the claws of birds and animals. Ancient people hunted and hunted for a living. This tool called "claw" can be used to hunt small animals, and it can also be used as a preventive measure in case of danger. It is the prototype of the so-called "flying claw" used for rock climbing and wall climbing in later generations. However, some people say that the word "fork" originated from the special geological environment of the fork land at that time. The word "fork" is a cross, which means that the criss-crossing roads extend in all directions, including waterways, or it can be said that the early fork land was indeed commercially developed and prosperous, otherwise the Shang Dynasty could not have built a city here. As an important commercial base of the royal family in the southeast, Oracle Bone Inscriptions claw fork land will naturally be harassed by hostile forces from all directions. Oracle Bone Inscriptions recorded that "Fang came to Chakou Town, and today it is full of vitality and harmony". Fang should be the Fang Yi that often appears in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. As mentioned above, the country originated from Fangyi, which is widely distributed, and there are traces of Fangyi activities in the northwest, northeast and southeast. The Axe King, that is, Julian Waghann (Division), refers to the garrison of the King in Chayu. Oracle Bone Inscriptions said that Fang Yi invaded Chayu, and Julian Waghann fought back. Tonight was harmless. Shang kings often go to fork roads for various inspection activities, either for business or for the military. Oracle: "Chen Geng Wang Bu is in danger: Today, he stepped on a fork and died of inflammation. "Danger, that is, the dangerous side (or the next danger), is located in the east of Wang Ji and has a wide range of activities. At first it was an enemy country, but later it was conquered. After drinking, it became a wild hunting ground in the east of Wangshang. Oracle Bone Inscriptions means that Shang Wang divined when he was hunting in a dangerous place, and Wen Zhen will go to the next stop today. As a result, there is no harm. In the process of inspection, I often inspect a place, and immediately divine in the local area and ask Zhen where to go next. There are also many divinations of Shang kings in the fork land, such as "... Wang Bu". On the fork in the road: ... There is no disaster at the entrance. February. " One day in February, I asked Zhen at a fork in the road that he was going to a place, and there was no harm. ""Bu in the fork, Zhen today, step in the chestnut. "Chestnut, the Li Fang of Shang Dynasty, is located in Xiayi County, Henan Province. It means that the Shang king is divining in the fork land, and he is going to the chestnut land today. Chestnut land is located in the northwest of Yongcheng county, which may be Wang Shang's return trip after visiting the fork land. The final destination of the ancient fork country is unknown, but it is said that since the fork country has become a city in the Spring and Autumn Period, we should start with the word "hairpin" or find clues. On the surface, the words "fork" and "hairpin" seem to have no inheritance at all. As a later word, "Chai" can't be traced back to Oracle Bone Inscriptions, but originated in the Western Zhou Dynasty. It may have evolved from other ethnic groups, so this ethnic group must have been a big family near the fork country in the Shang Dynasty. It is very likely that this big family annexed the fork land in the turmoil in the late Shang Dynasty, and the fork family has since merged into this ethnic group. After the historical evolution of alternating Shang and Zhou dynasties, it was finally submerged in the historical trend, leaving only a new place name. Text/Weir Wind Guo Yong, an ancient country of Yin and Shang Dynasties, was the gateway for Shang kings to conquer Dongyi, and the earliest one was Yong.