The implied dualism between the Shang and Xia, Allan argues, is that while the Shang represents fire or the sun, birds and the east, the Xia represent the west and water.
Implicirani dualizam Shanga i Xije, po mišljenju Allen, sugerira da Shang predstavlja vatru i sunce, ptice i istok, dok Xia predstavlja zapad i vodu.