Oracle Bone Inscriptions's Pinyin

Oracle Bone Inscriptions's pinyin is Ji m:g wén, which is a kind of ancient characters in China. Yin people used tortoise shells and animal bones for divination, and the content of divination was engraved next to Oracle Bone Inscriptions's divination in calligraphy at that time. This script was written more than 3,000 years ago and is called Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Discovered in Anyang, Henan Province in the late Qing Dynasty. 1899, Wang recognized it as a script from the Yin and Shang Dynasties and engaged in collection. It has been studied by scholars in the late Qing Dynasty and modern times, and has become an independent discipline.

The Significance of Oracle Bone Inscriptions

The so-called a is tortoise shell; Bone, mainly refers to the bones of animals. The ancients were superstitious and often used Oracle Bone Inscriptions to predict bad luck. After divination, people often write inscriptions or notes related to divination on the Oracle Bone Inscriptions, which is called "Oracle Bone Inscriptions" or "Oracle Bone Inscriptions" for short. There are many other names for this script. Such as tortoise shell, tortoise shell edition, Wen Qi, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Oracle bone inscriptions, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Yin Ruins and so on.

Since Lu Maode published The History and Value of Oracle Bone Inscriptions in 1923, it has been established that most scholars collectively refer to it as "Oracle Bone Inscriptions". This kind of writing truly records the early historical process of the Chinese nation. Just like the papyrus documents in ancient Egypt, the Babylonian clay tablets and the Mayan characters of Indians, it is a cultural treasure of the whole human race. Nowadays, Oracle Bone Inscriptions Studies has become an independent discipline.