What is the order of Chinese characters in Oracle Bone Inscriptions?

The evolution order of Chinese characters in Oracle Bone Inscriptions is: Oracle Bone Inscriptions, bronze inscription, seal script, official script, cursive script, regular script and running script.

The above seven fonts of "Jin Jia seal seal, Cao Li Xing Kai" are called "seven-body Chinese characters". Fine print on Oracle Bone Inscriptions is also influenced by knife carving.

In divination, "yes" or "no" is often engraved on both sides of the central longitudinal line of tortoise shell, written from the central line to the left and right, so the two sides are symmetrical and harmonious, with symmetrical beauty. And after engraving, all the big and small characters are filled with pen and ink, or both sides are filled with Zhu Mo, which is more artistic and can be called a miracle in the history of books.

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Oracle Bone Inscriptions has a symmetrical and stable pattern. Calligraphy has three elements, namely, using a pen, finishing words and composing music. Judging from the number and structure of fonts, Oracle Bone Inscriptions has developed into a more rigorous and systematic writing. The "six-character" principle of Chinese characters is reflected in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. However, the traces of the original pictures and words are still obvious, and the meaning of pictographs is also obvious.

It was first discovered by villagers in Xiaotun Village, Anyang, Henan Province. They didn't know it was an ancient relic at that time. It is only used as a "keel" for treating all diseases. Many tortoise shells and animal bones engraved with Oracle Bone Inscriptions were ground into powder, wasting many extremely precious cultural relics. Later, Wang Zaiguang Xu, an official and epigraphist in the late Qing Dynasty, discovered the location of Oracle Bone Inscriptions from the Oracle Bone Inscriptions unearthed in Anyang, Henan.