The guiding ideology of the legal system in Shang Dynasty was further developed on the basis of the legal concept of "heaven" punishment in Xia Dynasty, and more emphasis was placed on the role of "god", especially the ancestor god.

Under the influence of this concept of destiny, businessmen are very superstitious about ghosts and gods. The king claimed to be the son of God, that is, "Xia Di" was also called the son of heaven. Therefore, wizards, historians and other divination clergy played an important role in the social life of Shang Dynasty.

2. Inheritance system

The system of succession to the throne in Shang Dynasty was a combination of "father-son inheritance" and "brother-in-law harmony", which was destroyed in the early Shang Dynasty.

When the younger brother who succeeded to the throne died, the younger brother's son refused to return the throne to his older brother's son, thus creating a chaotic situation in which disciples replaced them.

Later, Pan Geng, the first 19 monarch of Shang Dynasty, ended this situation, and the throne was succeeded by his father.

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Most of the information about Shang Dynasty comes from the historical books written by Sima Qian in the Zhou and Han Dynasties, as well as the records of inscriptions on bronze and Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Anyang. Among them, the records of Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Jinwen are the earliest systematic characters in China.

After the discovery of the ruins of Yin Ruins in Anyang in the first half of the 20th century, Oracle Bone Inscriptions unearthed from Yin Ruins almost completely confirmed the Shang Dynasty recorded in Sima Qian's Historical Records, and the excavation of Yin Ruins confirmed the existence of Shang Dynasty in China.

Yin Ruins is the first capital ruins in China history, which has been confirmed by archaeology and Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Unearthed cultural relics in non-Central Plains areas, such as Sanxingdui culture centered on Chengdu and Guanghan, and Tanheli site in Ningxiang, Hunan, also prove the existence of developed civilization in the Yangtze River basin in Shang Dynasty.

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