This article offers definition and systematization of historical information as preserved in Shu-jing («The Canon of Writings»). Its aim is also to provide help in understanding the reasons and purposes pursued by the authors, who contributed to this work. The study showed that the selection of historical information regarding these periods was aimed as follows: to justify the removal by force the legitimate ruler (following the concept of the «heavenly command» tianming 天命), to show by using earlier precedents that the ruler was not in a position without previous consulting wise dignitaries, to justify the transfer of the capital in 771 BC.
本文对《书经》中所保存的史料进行了界定和系统化，还在于帮助理解提交人为这份文献作出贡献的宗旨。研究表明，有关这些时期的历史信息的选择目的是：为强行推翻合法统治者（遵循“天命”概念）辩护，没有英明高官的积极参加统治者不可能治理国家，根据早期的先例，为公元前771年的首都转移辩护。