Wu Ding Oracle Bone Inscriptions (II)?

Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Wuding was Oracle Bone Inscriptions in the early Shang Dynasty. These are two of them. The first one reflects the relationship between Shang Dynasty and neighboring nation states at that time, and also reflects the relatively complete procedure of Oracle Bone Inscriptions. The second reflects the use of slaves for agricultural production in Shang Dynasty.

Four days have passed since Wu Ding's oracle, and the fortune teller (què) asked: Is there any disaster in the next ten days? After inspecting Buzhao, the king said: Ghosts and gods are going to bring disaster. It seems that disaster is coming. On the fifth day since Bligh, that is, Ding Youri, a disaster did strike from the west. The princes who stopped the country reported to the king: "The Turkic state conquered the border towns of our state, causing damage to two towns; Fang Qiong also invaded the farmland in the west of our state. On the third day of February, the fortune teller (què) asked: My king ordered the slaves to work together to plow the fields. Will there be a good harvest this year? That was in 1 1 month.

Brief introduction of wuding

Wu Ding (? -BC 1 192), son of Zhao, nephew of Pan Geng, son of Xiaoyi, 22nd monarch of Shang Dynasty. The Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties Dating Project set Wu Ding's reign time as BC 1250-BC 1 192.

During Wu Ding's reign, he was diligent in political affairs, and used prisoners such as Fu Shuo, Gan Pan and his ancestral home to assist in the administration of state affairs, and made great efforts to make the Shang Dynasty's politics, economy, military affairs and culture develop unprecedentedly, which was called "Wu Ding's prosperous time" in history. In BC 1 192, Wu Ding died, and his temple name was Gaozong, and he was succeeded by his son Zu Geng.