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Why did Pan Geng move to Yin and how did the new period of all-round development of Shang Dynasty emerge?
At that time, the country was often forced by natural disasters such as floods and droughts and moved around. The lower reaches of the Yellow River often cause floods, which is one of the reasons why the Shang Dynasty moved its capital many times.

(2) The continuous political turmoil greatly weakened the rule of Shang Dynasty. After the "Nine Revolts", there was a situation that "the princes were not in the DPRK", and the Shang Dynasty was caught in a crisis of internal troubles and foreign invasion. After Pan Geng came to power, in order to reverse the chaotic situation, he decided to move the capital from Yan (now Qufu, Shandong) to Yin (now Xiaotun, Anyang, Henan) in BC 1300, regardless of the opposition of the old nobles.

(3) Pan Geng is a capable monarch, who knows the importance of the geographical location of the capital, so he made up his mind to choose a suitable place to move the capital again after he acceded to the throne, so as to maintain the stability of the country and society, make people's lives stable and realize the long-term stability of the Shang Dynasty.

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Pan Geng's move to Yin achieved good results, which was a great turning point in the history of Shang Dynasty and reversed the decline of Shang Dynasty. Since then, the Shang Dynasty has ended the turbulent years of "leaving home" and "not often leaving the city" and ushered in a brilliant new period of its political, economic and cultural development. After being destroyed, the capital of Yin was destroyed and turned into ruins, which is called Yin Ruins.