Human sacrifice in the Shang Dynasty (1600 BC – 1046 BC) refers to the practice of killing of human beings in rituals such as slaves, war prisoners as offerings to divine patrons and ancestors. The reason for this is the worship of the ancestors and the sacrifice of slaves to the gods to expand the ranks of their ancestors in another world. This paper aims to demonstrate that the Shang culture was based on human sacrifice to the wife of a king of Shang called Female Ancestors(xianbi 先妣) and the focus of this article is qualified xianbi of enjoying sacrifice in oracle inscriptions of Shang Dynasty. This research shows that xianbi had a quite high status in Shang dynasty, they enjoyed the same species of human sacrifices and animals with male ancestors(xianwang 先王). These results are evidence showing that the status of men and women were equal in the royal system of Shang Dynasty.

商代人祭是指奴隸、戰俘等殺人以祭祖先神靈的制度，其原因是對祖先的崇拜，將奴隸獻給神靈, 以增加祖先在另一個世界中的奴隸。本文以商代人祭卜辭為主考察殷商甲骨文中享用人祭的先妣。總之，從人祭卜辭看，殷商時期的先妣在社會生活中的地位相當高。她們所享用的人牲和畜牲的種類與先公，先王相比較，毫不遜色。這說明殷商時期男女在國家軍事生活中的地位是平等的。

Abstract
Introduction
1. Bijia 妣甲
2. Bibing 妣丙
3. Biji 妣己
4. Bigeng 妣庚
5. Bixin 妣辛
6. Bigui 妣癸
Conclusion
References

• Ping Wang(Shanghai Jiao Tong University) | 왕평
• Deokyoung Park(Shanghai Jiao Tong University) | 박덕영