历来关于《甘棠》的本事,有听讼、述职、偶然憩息三说。经考察可知,听讼说主要基于《行露》之事而立论,缺乏证据;述职说与召伯事迹与诗篇文本皆不能相符。诗中所述,乃召公奭偶然憩息在甘棠树下,但此树原先并非社树,也未因召公而成为社树。 Has always been about the “Kom Tong Hall” ability, there are hearing, job description, chance to rest three. After examination, we can see that the lawsuit is mainly based on the “dew” argument and lack of evidence; the dereliction of duty and the deeds of Burger and the poetic text are not consistent. As mentioned in the poem, it is called the martyrdom occasionally resting under the tree of Kom Tong Hall, but this tree was not originally a social tree, nor was it a community tree for calling the public.