How do Oracle Bone Inscriptions scholars distort history?

In the last century, the greatest discovery of China culture was that of Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Oracle Bone Inscriptions's discovery set back the recorded history of China for nearly a thousand years. It should be said that this discovery has added a lot of confidence to the ancient Chinese civilization. The most famous early scholars in Oracle Bone Inscriptions were the four Oracle bones. The so-called openness is Guo Dong Luo Wang. Refers to Guo Moruo (Tang Ding), Dong Zuobin (Tang Yan), Luo Zhenyu (Tang Xue) and Wang Guowei (Guantang). These people are pioneers in the study of Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Their early research had a great influence on the later study of Oracle Bone Inscriptions. It can be said that the archaeological research in Oracle Bone Inscriptions has never been divorced from the basic framework of these people. We can't deny the great significance of their early research to the history of China. However, people's understanding is a process of continuous improvement. These people's shortcomings and defects in the study of Oracle Bone Inscriptions are also obvious.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions has been found to have more than 4,500 words, but only 1500 words are known. I think people must give a big discount on what they already know.

To understand Oracle Bone Inscriptions, we must first know the key words in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. If even the basic keywords are misread, it may lead to the misreading of Oracle Bone Inscriptions as a whole. Words are mainly used to explain history, and misunderstanding of Oracle Bone Inscriptions will inevitably lead to distortion of the history of that era.

Nothing can explain history with Oracle Bone Inscriptions better than Dong Zuobin's "chastity theory". According to the relevant information cited:

1in the autumn of 929, the Institute of History and Linguistics of the former Academia Sinica conducted the third excavation of Yin Ruins, and unearthed four relatively complete versions of tortoise's belly armor with words in the north of Xiaotun Village, which was customarily called "Big Turtle Four Edition". After the fourth edition of the tortoise was unearthed, Mr. Dong Zuobin, a famous Oracle Bone Inscriptions scholar in Taiwan Province Province, carefully studied its case and published a textual research on the fourth edition of the tortoise in the third issue of Anyang Excavation Report. In this paper, a relatively complete tortoise shell with the number A 2 122+A 2 106 (Oracle Bone Inscriptions CollectionNo. 1 1546) is quoted. There are six different words between "Jia Zi Bu" and "Zhen" in every Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Dong Shi thinks they are names, and exactly, they are different. This extremely important discovery, in Dong Shi's own words, was "the beginning of Oracle Bone Inscriptions's research on new leaves in the later period" and was praised by Mr. Guo Moruo as "if we break through the HarmonyOS system". This extremely important discovery also brought Oracle Bone Inscriptions into a new stage, and then established the standard of dating by stages in Oracle Bone Inscriptions.

Dong Zuobin's theory of chastity was called a great discovery by another Tang Guo Murray. What is even more amazing is that they actually regard this "chastity" as an important basis for historical dating. These people's interpretation of history should be said to be highly authoritative. Later scholars were also convinced of their theories, which were handed down from generation to generation and cultivated many new authorities.

Few people question and deny Dong Zuobin's chastity theory, and people are even unwilling to find out the defects and deficiencies of his theory. In fact, Dong Zuobin's chastity theory is not sufficient, and his conclusion is full of contradictions.

In Oracle Bone Inscriptions, there are two high-frequency words besides Jiazi number, namely "no" and "true". We can simply say that we know these two words. It opened the door to know Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Dong Zuobin's "On Chastity" seems to be knocking at this door. Did Dong Zuobin knock on this door? I can say that it is basically not cracked. But it was me who knocked at the door, a Tangshan layman who didn't know much about Oracle Bone Inscriptions (not modest, right? )。

Tangshan laymen did not study Oracle Bone Inscriptions, but studied the Book of Changes in depth. The emergence and development of China language is a continuous process. So far, the earliest text we found is Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and the earliest classic work we found is Zhouyi. The Zhou Dynasty is a dynasty adjacent to the Yin and Shang Dynasties, and the cultures of Shang and Zhou Dynasties are interlinked, which is obvious. If Oracle Bone Inscriptions's explanation violates the Book of Changes, of course, our first consideration is whether this explanation is correct.

The key of chastity theory is the interpretation of the word "chastity". According to Dong Zuobin, chastity is a kind of divination. The so-called divination is to ask God and ghosts. The real person is the historian who asked the turtle. Dong Zuobin also believes that Zhen people have great rights to speak for the king. What is even more amazing is that Dong Zuobin and later Oracle Bone Inscriptions scholars also verified many names of these chaste people. And take these names as the basis of historical dating.

Dong Zuobin's theory of chastity is exciting, but it is inevitable to be confused or depressed to see his exposition. We can say that Dong Zuobin's theory of chastity has no convincing evidence at all. His theory is basically based on the following simple judgments:

Dong Zuobin, a famous Oracle bone scientist in Taiwan Province Province, studied his writings carefully and published the fourth edition of Textual Research on Big Tortoise in the third issue of Anyang Excavation Report. In this paper, a relatively complete tortoise shell with the number A 2 122+A 2 106 (Oracle Bone Inscriptions CollectionNo. 1 1546) is quoted. There are six different words between "Jia Zi Bu" and "Zhen" in every Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Dong Shi thinks they are names, and exactly, they are different.

Please note: "There are six different words between" Jia Zi Bu "and" Zhen "in every Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Dong Shi thinks that they are names of people, to be exact, the names of different "Zhen people", that is, asking the historian of turtle. " Dong Zuobin's reasoning and judgment are as simple as that.

We don't know if Dong Zuobin has any other more important basis for chastity theory. It is too hasty to come to such a great conclusion. Dong Zuobin thinks that there are six names in front of Zhen, so we can't help asking why it can only be a name and not something else. And are the six words here the names of one person or several people? Ask god, why do you want to sign? Dong Zuobin's conclusion can be said to be 100% speculation or out of thin air, and he doesn't even have the strength to catch shadows.

Are there chaste people in the history of China? That depends on how the word "true" is interpreted. The word "truth" is not only a high-frequency word of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, but also a high-frequency word of Zhouyi. People think that Oracle Bone Inscriptions is an Oracle, and the Book of Changes is also an Oracle. The reason is that chastity is interpreted as divination. In the Book of Changes, Mr. Li, a modern scholar, believes that the original meaning of chastity is divination and inquiry. But also that divination is Zhen divination. Many people also think that this view is the latest discovery of modern Yi-ology.

In fact, the word "true" is not addictive. The most commonly used word is "chastity" Used to express women's law and discipline. "Chastity" means safety. In Zhouyi, the word "truth" also means this, or an extension of this meaning.

The most common sentence in Zhouyi is "Yuan Henry is true". What is "Yuan Henry Zhen"? Many Yi-ology scholars have explained these four words wonderfully? Without a certain knowledge of easy learning, it is still difficult to understand its meaning. The fortune teller thinks this is a divination term. If we don't look at the mystery of Zhouyi and understand the inherent meaning of Chinese characters, the meaning of these four words is still very simple.

Yuan is the initial state, for example, New Year's Day refers to the first day of the year.

Constant means vigorous development, such as everything goes well.

Profit is harvest, which can also be seen from the glyph structure of the word "profit". "Grain" and "stem" are symbols of a bumper harvest. We often say "beneficial" and "unprofitable" refer to whether we have gained anything.

Chastity is chastity, concealment and stability.

It can be understood that the so-called Yuan Henry Zhen means beginning, development, harvest and collection, and it is the process of crop growth all year round. Therefore, Yuan Henry Jane's interpretation of the four seasons is somewhat incidental. Does Yuan Henry in Zhouyi really mean this? Yuan Henry in Zhouyi is basically not divorced from the inherent meaning of words.

Let's look at the meaning of the word "true" from several hexagrams:

The double appearance of some words in Zhouyi is an important feature of the characters in Zhouyi. Let's look at the following two sentences:

Nine days before Thailand, Maura was pulled out and used his exchange for good luck.

No, the sixth day, Mao Ru, in exchange for it, Zhen Ji.

There is only one word difference between "positive" and "true" in the two hexagrams. The significance of judging "truth" and "truth" is twofold. "Zheng" is a dynamic word, such as: expedition; Then "truth" must be a static word, which means stability and quietness.

There is also such a sentence in the small divination that we exemplified earlier.

If you are too young at 94, you won't be blamed. If you are too young, you will be restrained. Don't use eternal chastity.

The meaning of this sentence is: there are no mistakes and mistakes, and you have been criticized. You should take a warning from it in the future and don't always hide it in your heart. The "Yong Zhen" here should have been hidden for a long time.

There are also words such as "Juzheng" and "Anzhen" in Zhouyi. For example, Kun gained friends in the southwest and lost friends in the northeast. A Zhen Ji. Adding the words "an" and "ju" before the word "true" also highlights the sedate and quiet meaning of "true".

It seems that the meaning of the word "truth" in Zhouyi is very clear, and there is no need to do divination or ask questions at all.

The most common words in Zhouyi are "Zhenji" and "Zhen Xiong". Why can the same word "Zhen" be said to be "auspicious" and "fierce"? Is the "auspicious" and "fierce" here the result of divination or seeking the prediction of ghosts and gods?

There are thirty-five "festivals" and eleven "festivals" in Zhouyi. If we correctly understand the meaning of these words, whether it is "Zhen Meng" or not, it is an Oracle. For example:

If you can't file a lawsuit in 1994, you will be sentenced to go back to Chongqing and Anzhenji.

If you can't win the lawsuit, go back and do what the monarch tells you, and you'll be lucky to keep your position.

The word "chastity" here means keeping one's position.

There are birds in the 65 th division, and there is no blame. The eldest son is a handsome teacher, and his disciples are handsome and fierce.

It is right to find the enemy on the battlefield and shout for morale. If the general commands in front, the soldiers will die and fail.

From this perspective, "chastity" is a manifestation of a quiet state. Whether it is good or bad depends on certain conditions and circumstances, but also on human factors, not a sign of ghosts and gods.

The word "truth" is precious, and it is very important to understand the meaning of the word "truth" correctly. It breaks the eternal conclusion that Zhouyi is a book of divination. The Book of Changes is like this, isn't it the same with Oracle Bone Inscriptions? Tangshan laity did not make a special study of Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Oracle Bone Inscriptions scholars don't copy the true meaning of the word "truth" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions to see if it is fluent.

To understand Oracle Bone Inscriptions accurately, it is more important to understand another key word "No" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Oracle Bone Inscriptions is also called Oracle Bone Inscriptions. The combination of Jia Zi number and the word "bu", such as Jia Zi Bu and Ugly Bu, is the fixed format of Oracle Bone Inscriptions. What does the word "no" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions mean? What is the performance of this combination of it and Jiazi number? This may be the core of Oracle Bone Inscriptions.

Generally speaking, divination is divination, which means asking ghosts and gods. This may be the eternal conclusion. There is an official name similar to Dabu in Zhou Li, that is, the person in charge of divination and divination. Dabu is also called Buguan. In this way, divination is divination, and Oracle Bone Inscriptions is divination writing. It should be said that there is no problem with nails.

However, we have noticed that many documents have recorded that divination is not just a matter of divination. There is also a record in Zuo Zhuan that a historical witch divined for the prince. Historical wizards, fortune tellers and historians all seem to have the same occupation, and their main tasks are to remember history, notes and time. It is hard for us to think that divination is the first of these tasks. Remember history and time. Memory may be more important than divination. According to the division of labor of this government, officials are more like clerks. Then the so-called diviner is not necessarily a diviner. The meaning of "divination" should be broader, with all-round meanings such as recording, recording and even inferring and predicting.

In the dictionary, the word "no" means burning turtle. It refers to a method of divination, which looks at cracks by burning turtle shells to break good luck or bad luck. Oracle Bone Inscriptions is not this kind of thing, because what you see on the tortoise shell is not simple lines, but words with clear meaning. In other words, we have no reason to think that "divination" in Oracle bone inscriptions refers to burning tortoise shells to see if the lines are broken. More precisely, the real meaning of "divination" is to engrave words on the Oracle Bone Inscriptions. It is also the meaning of recording and recording.

In this way, we can easily see Oracle Bone Inscriptions's style: a certain day is a certain diary. This is totally diary style. We can simply think that Oracle Bone Inscriptions is the diary of the Dashang Dynasty and a true record of its history.

Although we can't fully recognize Oracle Bone Inscriptions, we can clearly see that the contents recorded by Oracle Bone Inscriptions include weather, farming, war, communications and other aspects. We cautiously say that divination may exist, but it is definitely not the main content of Oracle Bone Inscriptions. We didn't expect that witchcraft would dominate our ancient eastern civilization in the Yin and Xia Dynasties when our country had a mature civilization.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions's discovery is of great significance. Human history is a written history, and human civilization is a written civilization. If tying knots and writing by Cang Xie are ancient legends, then Oracle Bone Inscriptions's writing is a monument in the history of Chinese civilization and human civilization.