一探讨先吴民族,我们还得从有关周族太伯奔吴的记载说起。《史记·周本纪》:“古公有长子曰太伯,次日虞仲。太姜生少子季历,季历娶太任,皆贤妇人,生昌,有圣瑞。……长子太伯、虞仲知古公欲立季历以传昌,乃二人亡如荆蛮,文身断发,以让季历。”《史记·吴太伯世家》:“吴太伯,太伯弟仲雍,皆周太王之子,而王季历之兄也。季历贤,而有圣子昌,太伯欲立季历以及昌,于是太伯、仲雍乃奔荆蛮,文身断发,示不可用,以避季历。……太伯之奔荆蛮,自号句吴。荆蛮义之,从而归之千余家,立为吴太伯。”《正义》:“太伯奔吴,所居城在苏州北五十里常州无锡县界梅里村,其城及冢见存。而云亡荆蛮者,楚灭越,其地属楚,秦灭楚, A discussion of the first Wu nationality, we have to talk about from the records of the Zhou Bo too Ben Wu. “Historical Records Zhou Benji”: “The eldest son of the ancient public said too Bo, the next day Yu Chung. Jujube too young child calendar, quarter calendar too married, all virtuous women, Shengchang, a St. Rui ... ... , Yuzhong ancient public descendants of the calendar season to Chuanchang, but the death of two such as Jing Man, tattoo broke, so that the quarter calendar. ”“ Shi Ke Wu Taibo family ”:“ Wu Taibo, too uncle, The son of Wang Jiyi also seasonalexian virtuous, but there is Son of Chang, Bo Bo wants to set up quarter calendar and chang, so too uncle, Zhong Yong is Ben Jing Man, tattoo broken hair, showing no use to avoid season calendar. ... ... too Ben Ben Jing Man, since the sentence Wu. Jing Man Righteousness, which attributed to more than a thousand, as Wu Taibo. ”“ Justice ”:" too Ben Ben Wu, the city home in Suzhou, Wuzhou, Changzhou, Wuxi County Meili village, the city and the mound see the deposit.While the cloud dead man, Chu off the more, its ground is Chu, Qin destroy Chu,