西周时期的祖先称谓制度沿着两条线发展:一是以周人为中心,一是以殷遗民为中心。周人的祖先称谓虽源自商人,却形成了不同于商人的祖先称谓制度;商人的祖先称谓经过西周早期和中期的发展演变,至西周后期,二者逐渐趋同。祖先称谓制度的演变为商周文化的比较研究提供了一个新视角。 The ancestor appellation system in the Western Zhou dynasty developed along two lines: one was centered on the Zhou people, the other was centered on the worshipers. Although the ancestor’s appellations of the Zhou people originated from the merchants, they formed an ancestor’s appellation system different from the merchants. The ancestor’s appellation of the merchants evolved through the early and mid-Western Zhou Dynasty and gradually converged to the late Western Zhou Dynasty. The evolution of the ancestral title system provides a new perspective for the comparative study of Shang and Zhou culture.