The Oracle Bone Inscriptions from Huayuanzhuang East
Abstract
The Huayuanzhuang East oracle bone inscriptions form a corpus of more than 2500 individual divination accounts, which were engraved on turtle shells and bovine scapulae in the late Shang dynasty (c. 1200 B.C.). The book offers the first complete English annotation of these fascinating epigraphic texts and introduces the reader to key aspects of daily life in early Chinese civilization.
Keywords
Oracle bone inscriptions Paleography Early ChinaDOI
10.1515/9781501505331ISBN
9781501505331;9781501514487Publisher
De GruyterPublisher website
https://www.degruyter.com/Publication date and place
Berlin/Boston, 2020Series
Library of Sinology, 3Classification
Palaeography (history of writing)
Translation & interpretation
Regional studies
Australasian & Pacific history
Classical Greek & Roman archaeology