周公庙卜甲四片试释

The Tentative Explanation of the Four Pieces of Oracle Inscriptions Unearthed at the Relics of Zhougong Temple, Qishan, Shaanxi

岐山周公庙遗址出土的西周甲骨文,关系到遗址性质、年代的探究,受到学术界及公众的关注。仅就已发表的四片考察,可知其中有的肯定属于西周初年,并可能与周公旦有一定关系;有的以“周公”为卜问主体,虽不能证明即周公旦,但也属西周早期。总的说来,卜甲的各方面特点都类似岐山凤雏卜甲,后者正是西周早期的。

The oracle inscriptions of the Western Zhou Dynasty on tortoiseshells unearthed at the relics of Zhougong Temple in Qishan, Shaanxi Province, which are related with the feature of the relics and the probing of its age, have been widely noticed by the academia and the public. According to the examination on the four published pieces of oracle inscriptions, we may know that some of them surely belong to the early period of the Western Zhou Dynasty and have something to do with Zhougongdan; the others regarded Zhougong Emperor as the main body of divination. Although these pieces can not be proved to be Zhougongdan, they also belong to the early phase of the Western Zhou Dynasty. In a word, all the characteristics of the oracle inscriptions on tortoiseshells are similar to those of the oracle inscriptions unearthed at Fengchu, Qishen, which definitely belong to the early stage of the western Zhou Dynasty.