What is Oracle Bone Inscriptions?

Oracle Bone Inscriptions, also known as "Oracle bones" and "Oracle Bone Inscriptions", is a writing carved on tortoise shells and animal bones by the Yin people with a knife, and it is one of the earliest written documents unearthed. Due to different excavation sites, it can be divided into Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Yin Ruins and Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Joo Won?. 1899, the epigraphist Wang first discovered Oracle Bone Inscriptions and bought it at a high price. 190 1 year, Liu E began to collect, 1903, Tieyun Tibetan Turtle was published. 1904, Sun Yirang wrote biographies of Wen Qi. 1908, it was confirmed that Oracle Bone Inscriptions was unearthed in Xiaotun Village, northwest of Anyang, Henan Province. 1928 the government organized excavation in xiaotun village. Dong Zuobin wrote "A Case Study of Oracle Bone Inscriptions Dating" based on unearthed materials. 1983 The Collected Works of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, edited by Guo Moruo, was published by Zhonghua Book Company, and received Oracle Bone Inscriptions1956,4500 words. Guo Moruo's Complete Works of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Sun Haibo's Oracle Bone Inscriptions Collection and Xu Zhongshu's Oracle Dictionary are references for studying and studying Oracle Bone Inscriptions.

More than 3000 years ago. The rulers of Shang Dynasty were superstitious about ghosts and gods. Whether it is national affairs or daily life, they should ask God for a sign to predict good or bad luck. After divination, the fortune teller carved the month, date and omen of divination on the Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Great things use tortoise shells, small things use animal bones, so it is called Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Oracle Bone Inscriptions is the first of its kind, and its content involves many aspects, such as national conquest, hunting, animal husbandry, farming, diseases, disasters, sacrifices, the sun and the moon, storms and so on. They are precious documents for studying social life at that time. Oracle Bone Inscriptions has concise language, accurate questions and answers, firm tone and rich rhetoric. For example, Oracle Bone Inscriptions in "Yu Ling" wrote: "Woods Bu, Gu Zhen:' Emperor and April Yu Ling? Zhen said, "Tiffany and April rain?" "Wang Zhan said," Ding Yu is not sincere. " Ten-day ding you. Rain is allowed. This Oracle Bone Inscriptions said in modern Chinese: "In late March, the fortune teller asked,' Heaven Emperor, will it rain in April?' Then he asked,' Won't the Emperor of Heaven let it rain until April? The king observed these signs and thought, "It will rain on Ding You day, but it will not rain on Xin Mao day." . Ding Youri in early April. Sure enough, it rained. "

This narrative cherishes words like gold, the characters are vivid in tone, and the narrative begins and ends, which sets a good example for later narrative literature.