What are the contents recorded by Shang, Zhou and Oracle Bone Inscriptions? How to evaluate Oracle Bone Inscriptions correctly?

There are only sacrifices and military affairs in national affairs. The largest number of records in Oracle Bone Inscriptions are related to divination, sacrifice and war. Oracle Bone Inscriptions is the earliest systematic character discovered so far in China, which has great archaeological research value. It is of great significance to study the development and evolution of ancient Chinese characters in China.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang and Zhou Dynasties was already a mature script, and the rules of word formation, such as pictographic characters, knowing characters, demonstrative characters and pictophonetic characters, can be found in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. According to the discovered materials, Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang and Zhou Dynasties was carved with a sharp tool and written with a tool similar to a brush.

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Most of Oracle Bone Inscriptions's contents are the records of divination by the royal family in Shang Dynasty. Most people in Shang dynasty were superstitious about ghosts and gods, and they had to ask questions about big and small issues. Some divination is about the weather, some is about the harvest of farming, some is about diseases and premature birth, and there are hunting, fighting, sacrifice and other important things to ask! Therefore, Oracle Bone Inscriptions's content can provide a glimpse of people's life and the historical development of Shang Dynasty.

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