When was Oracle discovered?

1899, Wang, a epigraphist, found some very old characters (i.e. Oracle Bone Inscriptions) engraved on the keel sold by Beijing Chinese medicine shop, and realized that it was a very precious cultural relic, so he began to buy it with heavy money. 1900, Wang's Oracle bones were transferred to Liu E. His in-laws Luo Zhenyu learned that these Oracle bones came from Xiaotun Village in Anyang, Henan Province, so he sent people there many times to buy Oracle bones, and made some textual research on their words, thinking that Xiaotun was the Yin Ruins mentioned in the literature. Later, Wang Guowei made textual research on these materials in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and further confirmed that this is the capital city where Pan Geng moved its capital.

From 1928 to 1937, more Oracle bones were excavated. Academia Sinica organized an archaeological team to conduct a 15 scientific excavation of Yin Ruins, which was later stopped because of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. 1950, the excavation work will be resumed. By the time of 1986, more than 20 excavations had been carried out at more than ten points, and about 150000 pieces of Oracle Bone Inscriptions were obtained.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions, mainly referring to Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Yin Ruins, is a script carved (or written) by the royal family on tortoise shells and animal bones for divination in the late Shang Dynasty (14 ~1century). It is the earliest and most complete ancient Chinese character discovered by China.

In the 25th year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1899), Oracle Bone Inscriptions was first known by epigraphist Wang and bought at a high price. In the following ten years, Wang Xiang, Meng, Liu E, Luo Zhenyu, and Farlian of the United States successively searched for Oracle bones, Shouling and the United Kingdom, Taifu Lin of Japan, and Canadian ones. , * * * got tens of thousands of pieces of Oracle bones. From 1928 to 1937, the archaeological team of the Institute of History and Linguistics of Academia Sinica conducted 15 planned excavations of Yin Ruins, and obtained about 25,000 pieces of Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Since then, Oracle bones have been unearthed in Yin Ruins. 1973, the Institute of Archaeology of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences excavated more than 4,000 pieces of Oracle bones in Xiaotun South, Anyang, Henan. In addition to the Yin Ruins, two inscribed Oracle Bone Inscriptions pieces were also found in Zhengzhou 1953 and 1954 sites in the middle of Shang Dynasty. /kloc-since 0/954, about 300 inscriptions on bones and tortoise shells have been unearthed in Hongdong, Shaanxi, Changping, Zhouyuan Fenghao Site and Feng Chu, Qishan, Shaanxi.

Since the first discovery of Oracle bones, Chinese mainland, Taiwan Province Province, Hong Kong and Macao, Japan, the United States, Britain, Canada, France, the Soviet Union, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden and other countries have unearthed150,000 pieces of Oracle bones, and South Korea also has collections.

1904, Sun Yirang wrote The Example of Wen Qi, which is the first book to research Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Since then, scholars have adopted the method of "tracing back to the ancient characters of Xu Shu and getting a glimpse of Oracle Bone Inscriptions from the ancient characters", made a comparative analysis of the radical stippling of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and used phonology and exegetics to interpret the characters. Among them, scholars and major works that have made great achievements include: Textual Research on Calligraphy in Yin Ruins by Luo Zhenyu, Notes on Characters in Yin Ruins by Tang Lan, Introduction to Ancient Chinese Characters, Nai Lin Wenjia's Theory by Yang Shuda, Wen Jia's Theory by Wiki, Oracle Bone Inscriptions's Textual Research by Guo Moruo, Compilation and Research of Oracle Bone Inscriptions by Nazi Party in Yin Qi, Oracle Bone Inscriptions by Yu Wusheng, etc. Since 19 17 Wang Guowei used Oracle Bone Inscriptions to study the history of Shang Dynasty, Guo Moruo, Dong Zuobin and Hu Houxuan have written Studies of Ancient Society in China, Yin Lipu and Series of History of Shang Dynasty in Oracle Bone Inscriptions respectively. Chen's Summary of Oracle Inscriptions in Yin Ruins also contains a lot of content about the study of Shang history. In recent years, many young scholars have also made valuable contributions to the study of business history by using Oracle Bone Inscriptions.