编辑同志: 读贵刊1987年第6期“文史信箱”答读者问《夏商帝王为什么以天干命名》一文,我看答案有误。答文说:“相传古代有十个太阳,它们的名字分别叫甲、乙、丙、丁、戊、己、庚、辛、壬、癸,每天有一个太阳照临人间,……这十个太阳的名字就是十干,也叫天干。”古代神话天有十个太阳,被羿射下九个,剩下一个,就是人们所见的太阳,但每个太阳各有名字,古书中未见,想系后人附会。如果十干是指太 Editor comrades: read your magazine in 1987 No. 6 “text box ” answer readers asked “why the name of Xia Shang merchants Heavenly Stem” article, I see the answer is incorrect. Answer: “According to legend, there are 10 suns in ancient times, and their names are called A, B, C, D, E, G, G, Xin, Ren, and Gu. The name of the sun is ten dry, also known as heavenly stem. ”" Ancient mythology ten sun, was shot nine under Yi, the remaining one is the sun people see, but each has a name for the sun, ancient books See, want to tie future generations. If ten dry means too