A Study on the Geographic Location of'Shiqiu'in Mencius
There is a place called'Shiqiu'(石丘)in Mencius《孟子》).Based on the context of this sentence,along with philological evidences in both handed down and the unearthed documents,it can be concluded that'Shiqiu'probably corresponds to the'Zheqiu'(赭丘)as mentioned in Zuozhuan《左传》),which is located near Shangqiu,the capital of the State of Song(now Shangqiu,Henan Province).