我国学术界关于商部族发祥于何处主要有五种观点:陕西说、山西说、东方说、幽燕说、东北说等。《吕氏春秋·慎大》就曾经提出过商民族为东方部族,由于夏桀做了一个梦,梦见西方日头胜,东方日头不胜。夏桀的元妃末喜将此梦告诉前来打探夏朝情报的商汤之间谍伊尹。商汤得知后,就从东方绕道西方攻打夏桀,进军路线当然是从陕西、山西到雒邑。于是这就给后世一个误导,认为商部族起源于西方。《吕氏春秋·慎大》的记载似乎也不被人重视。《清华简·尹至》问世之后,与《吕氏春秋·慎大》的记载是一致的,更加证实了《吕氏春秋·慎大》的可信性。
China's academic circles on where the origin of Shang tribe is, there are five main viewpoints:Shaanxi, Shanxi, the East, Youyan, and the Northeast.〈 Mr. Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals· careful〉 hadproposed that the Shang nationality was a East tribe, as King Xia Jie dreamed that the Western Sun won and theEastern Sun didn't win. Xia Jie's wife told this dream to Shang's spy Yi Yin. Shang Tang learned this and attackedXia Jie from west by a roundabout route, the marching course was from Shaanxi, Shanxi to Luo Yi. So the latergenerations mistakenly thought that the origin of the Shang tribe was from West. The record of 〈Mr. Lu's Spring andAutumn Annals· careful〉 didn't seem to be taken seriously. After the emergence of 〈Tsinghua Bamboo Slips· YinZhi〉, it is consistent with the records of 〈Mr. Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals · careful〉,confirmed the credibility of〈 Mr.Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals· careful〉.