There are just a few scattered references in tortoiseshell inscriptions from the Shang dynasty that mention war and other contacts with the kingdom of Shu. Moving forward in time to the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD), Yang Xiong wrote a history of Shu, but the book is no longer extant.
由於三星堆文化至今尚未有文字發現，關於古蜀國的歷史，目前僅知殷商王朝甲骨文中有征蜀、至蜀幾個字的記錄，而漢代楊雄寫過的《蜀王本紀》已經亡佚。