“夏商周断代工程”是国家“九五”规划中的重大课题，国家拨出巨款，并组建了权威领导机构，集历史学、文献学、甲骨学、金文学、考古学、天文学及现代化科学手段等多方面专家，采用大兵团联合作战的方式进行攻关。这一巨大的攻关项目是振奋人心的，具有不可估量的历史价值和现实意义。“夏商周断代工程”的小项目中，武王克商之年是至关重要的，它是商周年代中的中界，下可以控制周初至共和的总年数，上可以此为基点推算商的纪年。本刊发表的几篇有关武王克商的文章，希望能引起学术界的共鸣，从不同角度深入研究，集思广益，配合断代工程做出应有的贡献 The “Xia, Shang, Zhou Dynasties Project” is a major issue in the Ninth Five-Year Plan of the country. The state has allocated huge sums of money and set up an authoritative leading body that integrates history, philology, acupuncture, gold literature, archeology, astronomy and Modern scientific means and many other experts, the use of large Corps joint operations to tackle the problem. This huge project is exciting, with incalculable historical value and practical significance. In the small project “The Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties Project”, the year of Wu Wang Ke Shang is crucial. It is the middle of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and the total number of years from the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty to the Republic can be controlled. Business anniversary. The article published several articles on Wu Wang Ke Shang, hoping to arouse the sympathy of the academic community, from different angles in-depth study, brainstorming, with the discontinuous project to make its due contribution