After Pan Geng succeeded to the throne, in order to save the political crisis, he decided to move the capital to Yin (now Anyang, Henan Province), which is now Yin Ruins. From then on, the capital of Shang Dynasty was permanently fixed in Yin, where Pan Geng reorganized the politics of Shang Dynasty. At this time, the Shang Dynasty was politically stable and its social economy and culture developed greatly. Then, after the prosperity and development of the Wuding era,
In the middle and late Yin Dynasty, it developed into one of the largest and most prosperous capitals in the world. The declining Shang Dynasty revived and never moved its capital for more than 200 years. So Shang Dynasty is also called Yin Shang, or Yin Dynasty.
In modern times, a large number of ancient relics were excavated in Xiaotun Village, Anyang, which proved that it was once the ruins of the Shang Dynasty capital, so it was called "Yin Ruins".
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At the beginning of Pan Geng's accession to the throne, the capital of Shang Dynasty was located in Yimeng (now Qufu, Shandong Province) north of the Yellow River. About BC 1300, Pan Geng decided to cross the river south and move to Shang Tang's hometown Bo (now Shangqiu, Henan) to settle down. At that time, the Shang Dynasty had moved its capital five times, and the imperial court had no fixed place. Therefore, people lament, complain and don't want to move.
Pan Geng said to his ministers, "Once upon a time, Cheng Tang, the late king, and your's ancestors ruled the world together, and all laws could be obeyed. How can we achieve good governance by abandoning these good laws and not working hard to implement them? " . So he crossed the Yellow River in the south and moved the capital to Bo (now Shangqiu, Henan).
Later, Pan Geng moved the capital to Yin, which was called "Pan Geng moved to Yin" in history. After Pan Geng moved to Yin, he executed Shang Tang's decree. Since then, the people have been in poverty, and the national situation of Shang Dynasty has been revitalized again.
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