What is the word Oracle?

Oracle Bone Inscriptions's discovery must be familiar to everyone, so what kind of writing is Oracle Bone Inscriptions?

Since the discovery of Oracle Bone Inscriptions at the end of19th century, * * has found more than 60,000 pieces of Oracle bones160,000 pieces, found more than 4,000 characters, and recognized 1752 characters. These Oracle Bone Inscriptions and bronzes have become the first-hand information for us to understand the court life in Shang Dynasty. Why do you say that? Let's start with the appearance of Oracle Bone Inscriptions.

"History? Todos records: "Only the Yin ancestors have books. "The word' book' written by businessmen is the image of slender bamboo and wood woven with ropes; The word "dot" is the image of a book with both hands. But the merchant's "canon book" is written on bamboo and wood, which is easy to rot. In the Spring and Autumn Period, there were not many, so Confucius said, "Li Xia, I can speak, but I can't find it. "Li Yin, what can I say, in the Song Dynasty is not enough. Lack of literature. If you have enough, I can levy it. ("The Analects? "Historical Records Eight Shu")? Although Yin Benji has a general outline, the whole article is only more than 2,000 words, which is still relatively brief.

Fortunately, the merchants left us two other things, which can give us a general understanding of their lives. These are Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Jin Wen. "Bronze inscriptions" are words cast on bronze wares. Most of the inscriptions on Oracle bones are the records of divination of Shang kings, and they are called "Oracle Bone Inscriptions". Some of them have nothing to do with divination, so they are collectively called "Oracle Bone Inscriptions".

The origin of Oracle Bone Inscriptions

Oracle Bone Inscriptions is the cultural product of Shang Dynasty (about17th century BC-1century BC), about 3600 years ago. Shang rulers are superstitious about ghosts and gods. Before they act, they often use tortoise shells and animal bones to predict good luck or bad luck. Later, they carved the items they possessed and Oracle Bone Inscriptions or related notes that should be checked afterwards on the Oracle bones. Their writing is called Oracle Bone Inscriptions. It has been 65,438+000 years since Oracle Bone Inscriptions was discovered in Yin Ruins in Anyang, Henan in the late Qing Dynasty. At present, the number of Oracle bones unearthed exceeds 150000, most of which are relics of Pan Geng royal family who moved to Yin and died. In order to go out to Yin Ruins, they are also called Yin Ruins. Because the inscriptions are mostly Oracle Bone Inscriptions, it is also called Zhenbu. At present, there are 4,500 * * characters unearthed in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and more than 2,000 characters have been identified, with orthography 1000 characters. It recorded the social, political, economic and cultural information of China more than 3,000 years ago. This is the earliest and most precious historical relic in existence.