淮夷这一古老民族在商周历史上影响颇大，以前学者们认为，周伐淮夷的战争主要集中在淮河流域，但新出的柞伯鼎等青铜器铭文说明这样的战争在东国一带也存在着。具体表现在：柞伯鼎有周公征南的事迹，很可能是周公伐淮夷，为伐楚或者其他江汉流域国家的可能性不大；班簋之“东国 戎”为淮夷，可与伯 三器的系联；五年师 簋应为夷王时代伐齐国淮夷；柞伯鼎之伐“昏”、晋侯苏编钟之伐“ ”应为伐东国淮夷。并且西周铜器中与“南国”相关的铭文可以分成昭王南征的江汉流域之“南国”，与伐淮夷的淮河流域之“南国”，这种划分可以给分歧很大的“南夷”、“南淮夷”关系提供新视角，从动态角度反映了周与楚关系的消长。

Huai Yi（淮夷）, an ancient tribe in Shang and Zhou dynasty of China, had great influence at that time. The former scholars believed that the battles between Zhou imperial troops and Huai Yi mainly took place in the Huai River basin（淮河）, but the inscriptions on the bronze vessels which were found recently, such as Zuo Bo Ding（柞伯鼎）,etc. prove that those battles also happened in the east of China（东国）. The fact lies in the following factors: the Zuo Bo Ding’s inscription about Duke Zhou（周公）’s conquering the south of China（南国）, maybe refers to Duke Zhou’s conquering Huai Yi, not relevant to Chu（楚）or other states in Jiang Han （江汉）river areas; the Ban Gui（班簋）’s inscription “Dong Guo Juan Rong”（东国 戎）is Huai Yi, and its content can be linked with the three bronze vessel about Bo Dong（伯 三器）; the five year Shi Shi Gui （五年师 簋）’ s inscription “Xiu Zhui Yu Qi”（“羞追于齐”）,indicates the fact Zhou Imperial troops conquered Huai Yi in Qi state in the reign of King Yi （夷王）of Western Zhou dynasty; conquering the place Hun（昏）in the Zuo Bo Ding’s inscription and conquering the place Xun（ ）in the inscription of Jin Hou Su Bian Zhong（晋侯苏编钟）, are both the battle between Zhou imperial troops and Huai Yi.What’s more, the inscriptions about the south of China,can be divided into two categories------some of them indicating the Jiang Han river areas in King Zhao（昭王）of Western Zhou dynasty, the others refering to the Huai river areas in the battle- conquering Huai Yi . This division can provide a new angle to the controversial study on the relationship between Nan Yi（南夷）and Nan Huai Yi（南淮夷）, which reflects the ebb and flow between Zhou imperial troops and Chu.