Research on Oracle Bone Inscriptions from Yinxu (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Shima Katsuo
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Professor Shima Katsuo, a Japanese scholar, is one of the most renowned oracle bone scholars of the modern era, having obtained his doctorate in Japan with a dissertation on oracle bone inscriptions. This book presents the author's research findings over more than two decades, based on the classification and compilation of oracle bone divinations. It is described as "rich in materials, meticulous in effort, and precise in research," and has become an internationally recognized important monograph on oracle bone inscriptions alongside Chen Mengjia's A Summary of Oracle Bone Inscriptions from Yinxu. One of the four major disciples of Wang Guowei, the renowned paleographer Ke Changji, praised the book, stating: "(This work) possesses a comprehensive and integrated research system, offering new insights and discoveries on the key issues previously raised by scholars." The translation and publication of this book will undoubtedly play a significant role in advancing oracle bone studies within China.