Suburbs of the Capital of the Shang Dynasty and Tribes of four Territories

According to the Volume of State Wei in the History of Warring States and other literature, we can determine the scope of the suburbs of the capital of the late period Shang Dynasty. Meanwhile, we can determine the scope of the suburbs of the capital of the early period of the Shang Dynasty according to the sites of the capital of the Shang Dynasty in Yanshi and Zhengzhou. The relation between the capital of the Shang Dynasty and the tribes of the four territories was dominant state and vassal state, which is correspondence to the description in the Collection of Ancient Texts: Alcohol Admonition. Shang dynasty was a compound state.