Yin Zhou Jīnwén Jíchéng Yǐndé

Author: Zhang Yachu
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Publish Date: 2001-07-01
Features: The "Yin-Zhou Gold Inscriptions Integrated Index" is the index for the Zhonghua Book Company edition of the "Yin-Zhou Gold Inscriptions Integrated Collection." It includes the complete transcriptions, a comparison table between the "Gold Inscription Collection" and the "Integrated Collection," a list of newly added characters in the "Index," and a frequency table of single-character occurrences in the "Integrated Collection." It serves as a reference tool for studying the history, script, phonology, and etymology of the Yin-Zhou period. Mr. Zhang Yachu is a highly accomplished paleographer, and it is rare to see scholars of his caliber personally compile an index. This book compiles approximately 12,000 bronze inscriptions from excavations and collections both within and outside China, making it the most comprehensive, scientifically edited, and beautifully printed representative collection of gold inscriptions to date.