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The Oracle Bone Inscriptions From Huayuanzhuang East


The Oracle Bone Inscriptions From Huayuanzhuang East
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Author : Adam C. Schwartz
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2019-11-18

The Oracle Bone Inscriptions From Huayuanzhuang East written by Adam C. Schwartz and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-18 with History categories.


Since 1899 more than 73,000 pieces of inscribed divination shell and bone have been found inside the moated enclosure of the Anyang-core at the former capital of the late Shang state. Nearly all of these divinations were done on behalf of the Shang kingsand has led to the apt characterization that oracle bone inscriptions describe their motivations, experiences, and priorities. There are, however, much smaller sets of divination accounts that were done on behalf of members of the Shang elite other than the king.First noticed in the early 1930's, grouped and periodized shortly thereafter, oracle bone inscriptions produced explicitly by or on behalf of "royal familygroups" reveal information about key aspects of daily life in Shang societythat are barely even mentioned in Western scholarship. The newly published Huayuanzhuang East Oracle Bone inscriptions are a spectacular addition to the corpus of texts from Anyang: hundreds of intact or largely intact turtle shells and bovine scapulae densely inscribed with records of the divinations in which they were used. They were produced on the behalf of a mature prince of the royal family whose parents, both alive and still very much active, almost certainly were the twenty-first Shang king Wu Ding (r. c. 1200 B.C.) and his consort Lady Hao (fu Hao). The Huayuanzhuang East corpus is an unusually homogeneous set of more than two thousand five hundred divination records, produced over a short period of time on behalf of a prince of the royal family. There are typically multiple records of divinations regarding the same or similar topics that can be synchronized together, which not only allows for remarkable access into the esoteric world of divination practice, but also produce micro-reconstructions of what is essentially East Asia's earliest and most complete "day and month planner." Because these texts are unusually linguistically transparent and well preserved, homogeneous in orthography and content, and published to an unprecedentedly high standard, they are also ideal material for learning to read and interpret early epigraphic texts. The Huayuanzhuang East oracle bone inscriptions are a tremendously important Shang archive of "material documents" that were produced by a previously unknown divination and scribal organization. They expose us to an entirely fresh set of perspectives and preoccupationscentering ona member of the royal family at the commencement of China's historical period. The completely annotated English translation of the inscriptions is the first of its kind, and is a vibrant new source of Shang history that can be accessedto rewrite and supplement what we know about early Chinese civilization and life in the ancient world. Before the discerning reader are the motives, preoccupations, and experiences of a late Shang prince working simultaneously in service both for his Majesty, his parents, and hisown family.



Sources Of Shang History


Sources Of Shang History
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Author : David N. Keightley
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1985

Sources Of Shang History written by David N. Keightley and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with History categories.




Oracle Bone


Oracle Bone
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Author : Lydia Kwa
language : en
Publisher: arsenal pulp press
Release Date : 2017-10-16

Oracle Bone written by Lydia Kwa and has been published by arsenal pulp press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-16 with Fiction categories.


In 7th-century China, life is rife with magic, fox spirits, and demons. Xie, the demon lover of the empress Wu Zhao, believes he must possess the oracle bone, which will bestow immortal powers on him. In his way is Qilan, an eccentric Daoist nun, who is training the orphan girl Ling to avenge her parents’ murder.



A Legacy Of Elegance


A Legacy Of Elegance
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Author : Li Zongkun
language : en
Publisher: The Chinese University Press
Release Date : 2017-10-15

A Legacy Of Elegance written by Li Zongkun and has been published by The Chinese University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-15 with History categories.


This publication is the product of several auspicious occasions. United College celebrated its sixtieth anniversary in 2016-2017, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library marked this occasion by carrying out preservation work and cataloguing the collection of fortyfour oracle bones, which comprised the majority of this study. The remaining twentyseven oracle bones belong to the Art Museum, which is pleased to publish them jointly to celebrate the golden anniversary of the Institute of Chinese Studies, of which the museum is an integral part. This year also marks the fortieth anniversary of the Chinese University Press. These milestones occasion the tripartite collaboration.



Oracle Bones


Oracle Bones
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Author : Peter Hessler
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-03-17

Oracle Bones written by Peter Hessler and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-17 with History categories.


A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world through the lives of a handful of ordinary people. In a narrative that gracefully moves between the ancient and the present, the East and the West, Hessler captures the soul of a country that is undergoing a momentous change before our eyes.



A Little Primer Of Chinese Oracle Bone Inscriptions With Some Exercises


A Little Primer Of Chinese Oracle Bone Inscriptions With Some Exercises
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Author : Ken'ichi Takashima
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015

A Little Primer Of Chinese Oracle Bone Inscriptions With Some Exercises written by Ken'ichi Takashima and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Inscriptions, Chinese categories.




Ancient Chinese Writing


Ancient Chinese Writing
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Author : Yahui Xu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

Ancient Chinese Writing written by Yahui Xu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Inscriptions, Chinese categories.




A Little Primer Of Chinese Oracle Bone Inscriptions With Some Exercises


A Little Primer Of Chinese Oracle Bone Inscriptions With Some Exercises
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Author : Ken'ichi Takashima
language : en
Publisher: Harrassowitz
Release Date : 2015

A Little Primer Of Chinese Oracle Bone Inscriptions With Some Exercises written by Ken'ichi Takashima and has been published by Harrassowitz this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Inscriptions, Chinese categories.


This Little Primer introduces students of classical Chinese to the earliest extant body of Chinese texts dating from about the 13th to the 10th centuries BC. These texts are known as Oracle-Bone Inscriptions and relate to any matter that was deemed sufficiently important to require consultation with the ancestors and deities of the Shang aristocracy. Indispensable to the study of the history of Chinese religion, politics, agriculture, the calendar system, hunting, warfare, medicine, sacrificial and ritual practices, and other matters of life in China's first historical dynasty, these more than 130,000 pieces of inscribed turtle plastrons and bovine scapulas, though mostly fragmented ones, comprise more text in terms of number of characters than the combined transmitted traditional pre-Qin classical Chinese texts. The material will be presented in three forms: normalized transcriptions of the texts into modern standard Chinese script, translations into English, and ink-squeezes or rubbings of the original texts. There is also a detailed linguistic and philological explanation of the text, plus an annotation, and commentary on the cultural and historical background of the material. No special background in analyzing grammar and syntax will be required to understand most, if not all, of the materials presented in this Little Primer.



Oracle Bones Divination


Oracle Bones Divination
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Author : Kostas Dervenis
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-12-17

Oracle Bones Divination written by Kostas Dervenis and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-17 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.


The first complete guide to this ancient Greek form of divination • Explains how to cast and interpret this oracle using either coins or traditional animal bones • Reveals how the use of oracle bones predates the I Ching • Includes the complete matrix of oracle interpretations reconstructed by the author from stanzas in ancient Greek temples In ancient Greece methods of foretelling the future were widespread, whether they were official oracles of the gods or simple dice games to divine one’s luck. One of the most popular and accessible ways of determining one’s fate and fortune was through the ritual casting of animal bones, similar to the casting of coins or yarrow stalks with the Chinese I Ching. Kostas Dervenis explains how to interpret the casting of the oracle bones--either traditional sheep anklebones or coins--to answer your questions on love, health, wealth, and the future. Using the original stanzas discovered in ancient Greek temples in Greece and Turkey, the author reconstructs the complete matrix of interpretation for each possible casting of the bones. He explores how this practice traces back to the Golden Age of the Neolithic period in Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria--predating the I Ching--and how it is still practiced today as the popular folk game of “knucklebones.” Providing the first complete guide to this ancient practice, Dervenis allows anyone to cast the bones for guidance, inspiration, and insight into their fate.



Oracle Bones


Oracle Bones
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Author : Peter Hessler
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2006-04-25

Oracle Bones written by Peter Hessler and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-25 with Travel categories.


From the acclaimed author of River Town comes a rare portrait, both intimate and epic, of twenty-first-century China as it opens its doors to the outside world. A century ago, outsiders saw Chinaas a place where nothing ever changes. Today the coun-try has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. That sense of time—the contrast between past and present, and the rhythms that emerge in a vast, ever-evolving country—is brilliantly illuminated by Peter Hessler in Oracle Bones, a book that explores the human side of China's transformation. Hessler tells the story of modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world as seen through the lives of a handful of ordinary people. In addition to the author, an American writer living in Beijing, the narrative follows Polat, a member of a forgotten ethnic minority, who moves to the United States in searchof freedom; William Jefferson Foster, who grew up in an illiterate family and becomes a teacher; Emily,a migrant factory worker in a city without a past; and Chen Mengjia, a scholar of oracle-bone inscriptions, the earliest known writing in East Asia, and a man whosetragic story has been lost since the Cultural Revolution. All are migrants, emigrants, or wanderers who find themselves far from home, their lives dramatically changed by historical forces they are struggling to understand. Peter Hessler excavates the past and puts a remarkable human face on the history he uncovers. In a narrative that gracefully moves between the ancient and the present, the East and the West, Hessler captures the soul of a country that is undergoing a momentous change before our eyes.