History of Oracle Bone Inscriptions in China: A Series of Monographic Histories

Author: Wu Haokun
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: This book is one of the "Special History Series." It introduces the development history and context of oracle bone studies over the past century. The author presents rich and detailed materials, covering the discovery, collection, and circulation of oracle bones, the Yinxu excavations and archaeological findings of oracle bones in other regions, the categories, quantities, and sites of oracle bones, divination methods and textual conventions, grammar, the form, interpretation, and dating of oracle bone characters, the identification and assembly of oracle bone texts, and the relationship between oracle bone script and various disciplines, offering insightful and accessible analysis.