Which is earlier, Oracle Bone Inscriptions or Jinwen?

Good morning, Oracle Bone Inscriptions.

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The earliest writing appeared in Shang Dynasty.

At that time, people respected ghosts and gods and divined when things happened. They carved Oracle Bone Inscriptions on the plane of tortoise shells and animal bones, and painted it red for good luck and black for danger. These words are all carved with a knife. The big characters are about an inch square, and the small characters are like grains, either complicated or simple, which is very delicate.

It slept for thousands of years and was not discovered until the 25th year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1899). It was discovered in a village in Wuli, northwest of Anyang City, Henan Province, which is the old capital of Shang Dynasty (20th monarch Pan Geng). Because the reservoir burst, many Oracle bones were washed away. People thought it was a keel and used it as a medicine to treat diseases. The following year, a businessman named Wang became interested in these Oracle bones. He rushed to Henan to collect a lot and took it back to study. Later, Liu E continued to collect more than 5000 pieces. Therefore, some scholars named it "Oracle Bone Inscriptions".

Ancient philologists have studied more than ten thousand characters of 10, and found that the structure of Oracle Bone Inscriptions has changed from single to combined, and with pictophonetic characters, it is quite mature. Among more than 4,600 Oracle inscriptions, 1700 has been recognized.

It was Jin Wen, also known as Zhong Dingwen, who appeared later than Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Shang and Zhou Dynasties were the bronze age, with the tripod as the representative ritual vessel and the bell as the representative musical instrument. "Zhong Ding" was synonymous with bronze ware. Therefore, Zhong Dingwen or inscriptions on bronze refers to inscriptions cast or carved on bronzes.

The content of inscriptions on bronze is a record of activities or events such as offering sacrifices, giving orders, imperial edicts, campaigns, hunting and covenants. All these reflect the social life at that time. The inscriptions on bronze inscriptions are neat and elegant, simple and heavy. Compared with Oracle Bone Inscriptions, they are more colorful. Bronze inscriptions are basically printed. These characters were discovered in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, when someone sent a tripod excavated in Fenyang to the palace, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty named it Ding Yuan (formerly 1 16). Later, Jin Wen made one discovery after another. Ouyang Xiu and Zhao Mingcheng were scholars in Song Dynasty. They were both good at writing, studying and recording inscriptions on bronze.

The Mao inscription in the casting is very representative, with 32 lines and 497 words, which is the earliest bronze inscription unearthed. Mao's inscription is rigorous in structure, thin, smooth, even and neat, and it is a fine work in the bronze inscription. In addition, the inscription of Dahepan is also a masterpiece of bronze inscriptions.