Civilization Inscribed on Oracle Bone: Shang

Author: Editorial Committee of "Illustrated History of China"
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Publishing Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Xia Jie was a tyrant, while Cheng Tang avenged the people and punished the wicked, taking his place. The new ruler's military prowess was renowned, and the world "did not dare not come to him, saying that Shang would be eternal." "The Mandate of Heaven descended from the divine bird, giving birth to Shang," this tribe, known as the descendants of the sacred bird, moved like migratory birds. Pan Geng moved the capital to Yin, a decision that changed the fate of the Shang Dynasty. The wandering capital finally had a permanent location. However, their inherent reverence for deities never changed. The people of Yin believed in witchcraft, seeking omens from tortoise shells and praying to ancestors, casting large bronze drums as memorials. The Shang Dynasty faded into obscurity, its splendid civilization buried underground, only to be rediscovered in modern times., those simple strokes of writing have unknowingly accompanied the Chinese civilization for millennia.