Oracle bone script essence translation

Author: Wang Yuxin, Yang Shengnan, Nie Yuhai, Editors
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Are you a beginner in oracle bone script? You may understand all the inscriptions but don’t know their meanings? Yet you have a great interest in oracle bone script—what should you do?! Your confusion is now resolved, as experts led by Mr. Wang Yuxin have compiled this selected translation, making it easy for you and me to read, even if we only understand colloquial language. The book is accompanied by rubbings, copies, and inscriptions, making it the ideal choice for beginners.
Since its publication in 1989 by the Language and Literature Press, Selected Readings of Masterpieces of Oracle Bone Script has been widely welcomed by readers interested in oracle bone studies. This is because the selected pieces are highly representative, covering important and well-known inscriptions from the ten thousand oracle bones, which are fundamental to academic research. The book also corresponds the inscriptions with their respective positions on the bone fragments, making it particularly useful.
Moreover, the appended "Table of Sources" matches the selected piece numbers with their original recording numbers in works like The Complete Oracle Bone Script Collection. This provides convenience for researchers who are already quite familiar with oracle bone studies. When researching or searching for relevant content in the masterpieces, this book serves as a guide, leading you to The Complete Oracle Bone Script Collection for further exploration. This is because The Complete Collection is organized by period and category, with as many inscriptions with the same text as possible grouped together. This arrangement allows for a comprehensive understanding of related content by analogy.