Oracle Bone Script Explanations with Fun Notes - [Illustrated Treasure Edition]

Author: Tang Yize
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: The book's interpretation of oracle bone script as much as possible utilizes the recognized achievements in academia, drawing on the strengths of various scholars, selecting the best and following suit, while also extending insights and directly proposing its own academic views. The book combines multidisciplinary knowledge beyond ancient scripts with the author's life experiences, presenting knowledge and academia intertwined, history and reality intermingled. It is truly a masterpiece that integrates popularization and research, accessible yet profound, appealing to both scholars and lay readers. It represents a valuable attempt to bring oracle bone studies out of the ivory tower. The book vividly showcases the life of ancient people in oracle bone script, including human forms, clothing and adornment, dietary habits, architecture and dwellings, transportation, procreation, fishing and gathering, hunting and farming, illness and death, as well as rituals and divination. It is a comprehensive history of the Shang Dynasty, combining the interpretation of script form and meaning with the cultural, historical, and social aspects of the era, blending seriousness with humor.