中文摘要：

番国，为祝融八姓中己姓的一支，春秋以前在中原北部立国，至春秋前期南迁至淮河上游的信阳市平桥区一带，或称“鄱”、“潘”。后世出土为数较多的番国青铜器，铜器铭文多自称“番君”、“番伯”、“番子”等。番国在春秋时期较早归于楚国，从信阳平桥区向东迁移至固始县。公元前504年吴人伐楚，获潘子臣，取番地，番国最终消失。番国贵族在春秋中期便入楚王室为官，如潘崇、潘虺、潘党等。尤其是潘崇，在春秋时期楚国历史进程中具有举足轻重的地位。番国文化呈现出中原文化、淮河流域文化与楚文化的融合。

英文摘要：

The Fan State was a branch of the Ji Tribe among the Eight Zhurong Tribes. It was founded in the north of the Central Plains before the Spring-and-Autumn Period. In the early stage of this period, the Fan people migrated southward and settled at Pingqiao District of Xinyang City in the upper Huaihe River valley, and went by the surnames ＂鄱＂ and ＂Pan 潘＂ in some ca- ses. In the inscriptions of the Fan State bronzes unearthed in later times we often read the self-names ＂Fan Jun 番君,＂ ＂Fan Bo 蕃伯,＂ ＂Fan Zi 蕃子, ＂ etc. In the Spring-and-Autumn Period, the Fan State became subject to the Chu State earlier than other vas- sals and moved its people eastward from Xinyang Pingqiao District to Gushi County. In 504BC, in the anti-Chu war launched by the Wu State, Pan Zichen was captured, the Fan territory was seized and finally the Fan State was gone. Some Fan State aristocrats, such as Pan Chong 潘崇,, Pan Wang潘尫 and Pan Dang 潘党,, went into the officialdom of the Chu royal court. Especially Fan Chong played a decisive role in the Chu State＇ s history of the Spring-and-Autumn Period. The Fan State culture features the amalgamation of the Central Plains, Huaihe River Valley and Chu-land cultural complexes.