文献记载和考古发现表明 ,楚公族的始祖是祝融 ,其嫡祖是季连 ,祝融部落集团的早期居地在今河南嵩山地区双洎河流域一带 ;季连部落初居于今河南滑县东 ,继之移居今山东曹县东南。自穴熊以后至鬻熊之世这一历史阶段中 ,季连部落至少发生过三次迁徙 ,其时间分别在夏代前期、夏商之际和商末周初 ,每一次迁徙都是一次分流 ,即有的迁往江汉地区 ,有的踯躅于中原。鬻熊率部南迁 ,是季连部落最后也是最大规模的一次南迁 Literature records and archaeological discoveries show that Chu Gongzu’s ancestor was Zhu Rong and his ancestor was Qilian. The early residence of Zhu Rong Tribal Group was located in Shuangbahe River Basin in Songshan, Henan Province. , Then moved to southeast Cao County in Shandong Province. In the historical period from the cave call to the bear’s bears, the Qilian tribes have at least moved three times. Their time respectively is in the early Xia Dynasty, the Xia and Shang Dynasties and the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and each migration is a diversion. That is, Moved to Jianghan area, some wandering in the Central Plains. Nobuo bear rate south, is the quarter and even the largest tributary of the South move