LEADER 03240oam 2200553 450 001 9910427037603321 005 20210420151707.0 010 $a981-15-6214-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-15-6214-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000011569159 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6387618 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-15-6214-3 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011569159 100 $a20210420d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aReading of Shāng inscriptions /$fKuang Yu Chen [and three others] 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer,$d[2020] 210 4$d©2020 215 $a1 online resource (XIII, 558 p. 25 illus., 17 illus. in color.) 311 $a981-15-6213-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a1 G?nzh? Cycle -- 2 The Millet Harvest -- 3 Fifteen Dogs -- 4 Rain in the First Month -- 5 Rain from the East -- 6 From Daybreak to Morning -- 7 Tricolored Clouds -- 8 Heavy Rain -- 9 Encounter Gusty Wind -- 10 Strong Gale. . 330 $aThis book introduces readers to oracle bone inscriptions (OBI), the oldest known form of Chinese writing. It presents 120 rubbings made from unearthed animal bones and turtle shells that the Shang royal court employed to record royal divinations 3500 years ago, covering topics ranging from ancestor worship, rituals, and astronomy to agriculture, war, and hunting. Each rubbing is accompanied by a graph-to-graph transcription, a translation and a detailed annotation. The book is intended for both general readers and scholars who are interested in ancient civilizations and Early China in particular, acquainting them not only with OBI graphs and the development of the Chinese writing system, but also the history of the Shang Dynasty. The didactic and tutorial format makes this book ideal for teaching and for self-learning. Sumerian, Egyptian, Chinese OBI and Mayan constitute the four pristine writing systems. Of these, only Chinese writing has remained logographic and survived to the present day. The study of OBI not only plays a pivotal role in connecting archaeology to history, but is also of great importance to the comparative study of the origin of writing and civilization. Though there are numerous books on Mayan and Egyptian hieroglyphs, there are very few on OBI; this book fills that gap. 517 3 $aShang dai jia gu Zhong Ying du ben 606 $aOracle bones$zChina$xHistory 606 $aSigns and symbols$zChina$xHistory 606 $aCultural property$zChina 606 $aHistorical linguistics$zChina 606 $aInscriptions, Chinese$zChina$xHistory 607 $aChina$xHistory$yTo 1500 615 0$aOracle bones$xHistory. 615 0$aSigns and symbols$xHistory. 615 0$aCultural property 615 0$aHistorical linguistics 615 0$aInscriptions, Chinese$xHistory. 676 $a495.111 700 $aChen$b Guangyu$f1946-$0910501 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910427037603321 996 $aReading of Shāng inscriptions$92037820 997 $aUNINA