According to burial customs during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, no burial mounds were built; therefore, this tomb is suspected to be a later attribution. The Mount Shouyang where Bo Yi and Shu Qi are said to have starved themselves to death has been recorded in historical texts from different periods as being located in Yongji, Shanxi; Lulong, Hebei; Yanshi, Henan; and Longxi, Gansu. “Records of the Grand Historian · Biographies of Bo Yi” under the section “Commentary on Justice” states: “The ‘Zhuangzi’ says: ‘Bo Yi and Shu Qi traveled west to Qiyang and witnessed King Wu’s campaign against the Yin... The two then journeyed north to Mount Shouyang, where they eventually starved to death.’ A following poem also mentions ‘ascending that western mountain,’ which refers to present-day Mount Shouyang in Jiyuan County, northwest of Qiyang — clearly the place where Bo Yi and Shu Qi died of starvation.” The “Explanatory Notes” section adds: “That western mountain is none other than Mount Shouyang.” Thus, the mountain north of Xiwu Village, as identified by the locals as Mount Shouyang, aligns with the records cited above. This information is recorded here for further research and verification.
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