西周初年,王国领土从渭水流域一隅向东沿黄河大幅度推进,据有华夏文明的腹地和原商人的王畿。为适应扩大后的空间治理需要,周人在坚持都丰、镐的同时,在新版图的中心营建新都洛邑。在这个过程中,周人的"德治"政治理念,对择定洛邑起到了一定的作用。
In early Western Zhou Dynasty,the territory of the kingdom expanded from Wei River basin along the Yellow River,the hinterland of Shang Dynasty and Chinese ancient civilization.The Western Zhou Court constructed Luoyi as another capital in the center of its new territory besides the original capitals of Feng and Hao in order to meet the need of spatial governance.In this process,the political idea of “rule by virtue”played a great effect on the choice of Luoyi as its capital.