Discovery and Identification of Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Yin Ruins

1899, Wang, a famous epigraphist who offered wine in imperial academy in the Qing Dynasty, discovered the carved symbols on the "keel" used as Chinese medicine, thus discovering the ancient characters used by the people in the Central Plains more than 3,000 years ago.

Luo Zhenyu found that Oracle Bone Inscriptions was unearthed in Xiaotun Village, Wuli, northwest of Anyang, Henan. Luo Zhenyu also identified the inscriptions on Oracle bones with the names of merchants, princes and kings, and confirmed that these Oracle bones were relics of Shang royal family. Oracle bones used by the king for divination were unearthed in Xiaotun village south of Huanshui, which proves that this place is called Historical Records? The Chronicle of Xiang Yu records that Xiang Yu was stationed in the Yin Ruins south of Huanshui when he was at war with the Han army, and the Chronicle of Expanding Land also records that "Anyang, Xiangzhou, is the capital of Pan Geng, that is, the Yin Ruins in the north". Wang Guowei confirmed that Kangding, Wuyi and Wen Ding were sacrificial emperors in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and Di Yi's world still stood here. After in-depth study, scholars discovered Oracle Bone Inscriptions, who was sacrificed by kings from Wuding to Di Xin. Hu Houxuan once pointed out that Pan Geng, Xiao Xin, Xiao Ye and others had oracles. Scholars generally believe that the statement in the annals of ancient bamboo books that "Pan Geng will not move its capital for 273 years after its demise" is credible. From Pan Geng to Zhou, * * * experienced eight generations 12 kings. The discovery of Oracle Bone Inscriptions used by the Yin royal family for divination led to the discovery of Yin Ruins. Up to now, Yin Ruins are still the earliest capital that can be confirmed in the primary stage of civilized society in China. Among the sites of the Yin Dynasty, palaces, ancestral temples, tombs, tombs of nobles and civilians, sacrificial pits, workshops and other sites of the Yin Dynasty, as well as artifacts such as bronze, jade and mussels, as well as production, life and fighting equipment, have been excavated one after another, providing rich information for studying the social outlook of the Shang Dynasty.