历来学界对百里奚之氏名、身份、事迹众说纷纭、莫衷一是,本文结合楚简与传世文献中关于百里奚的记载,对百里奚的氏名、身份、事迹进行考察,认为百里奚当以其居处百里为氏,其身份低微,甚至曾为奴隶,这与奚字的古文字构形为一只手抓取一人头发而为奴隶正相符。其春秋、战国、秦汉以至后世文献记载的某些事迹大体上为一些“好事者”以达到某些目的所为。 Historically, scholars have different opinions on the names, identities and deeds of Barry Xi. Based on the records about Barry Xi in Chu and the handed down documents, this paper examines the names, identities and deeds of Barry Xi, Its residence Barry’s, his low status, and even served as slaves, which is consistent with the ancient characters of the Xi word shape for one hand to grab a man’s hair for slaves. Some of its stories recorded in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period, the Qin and Han Dynasties, and later generations generally are for some purposes.