传世文献及后世学者有关晋始封地的记栽、论说,观点纷呈,至清际大体上定格于翼城说与晋阳说之争。近代考古学的兴起,为晋始封地的研究提供了有益的考古材料,天马一曲村遗址、翼城南梁故城遗址、浮山桥北先族墓葬等的发现和发掘,以及甲骨文、《唐子爵》、《文王玉环》、《晋公差》、《叔矢方鼎》、《观公簋》等相关铭文研究的深入,无疑是目前讨论晋始封地的有力素材。
There was wide division of opinions on the early Jin State fief in handed down literal records and among later scholars, which was roughly concluded in Qing times to the debate between the theory of Yicheng and that of Jinyang. The rise of modem archaeology provided interesting archaeological material for the study of this problem, such as that from the discovery and excavation of the Tianma-qucun Site, Southem Liang City-site in Yicheng and ancient tombs at Qiaobei in Fushan, as well as the inscriptions on oracle bones and the Tang Zi jue tri-legged cup, Wen Wang jade ring, Jin Gong dian basin, Shu Zhe tetrapod and 睍 Gong gui food container. These data are undoubtedly forceful evidence in the present discussion of the early Jin State fief.