The first 10 words of Oracle Bone Inscriptions.

Oracle Inscriptions 10: Xin Wei is better than Tabufu.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions refers to the characters carved on tortoise shell bones to record divination in Shang and Zhou Dynasties.

Since the end of 19, more than 1 00000 pieces of written divination Oracle bones have been unearthed from the ruins of Yin Ruins in Anyang, Henan Province, most of which are relics of the royal family in the late Shang Dynasty (about 14 BC to1century BC). After the founding of the People's Republic of China, several batches of Oracle Bone Inscriptions in the Western Zhou Dynasty were discovered in Shaanxi and other places, but the number was much less than that in Yin Ruins.

Among the recognizable ancient written materials found in China, Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Yin Ruins is the earliest. Judging from these materials, Chinese characters were mature at that time, and the application of written language had reached a certain level.

A long Oracle Bone Inscriptions has more than 90 words. For example, the third and fifth pages of the Book of Yin Ruins record a Oracle Bone Inscriptions engraved on the front and back of the Oracle bones of Daniel, and there are 93 words after filling the vacancy. Occasionally, long non-Oracle Bone Inscriptions inscriptions can be seen on Oracle bones.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions is not the main written record of Shang Dynasty. There were books made of bamboo slips at that time, but they were not preserved. Therefore, the actual written language level of businessmen is undoubtedly higher than that of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, no matter in the length of words or in the skills of telling facts and expressing thoughts and feelings.