The paper focuses on the position rule of two kinds of inscriptions on bones.In Dui Zhen inscriptions, the positive questions are on the right side and the negative questions are on the left side. In Jia qiao inscript...The paper focuses on the position rule of two kinds of inscriptions on bones.In Dui Zhen inscriptions, the positive questions are on the right side and the negative questions are on the left side. In Jia qiao inscriptions, the words on the right side are about "somebody" or "somebody gives something" while the left side is empty. If it needs somethingwritten on the left side, the words are always quite simple. From this point, we can see that the ancient in Shang Dynasty appreciated the right side. This discovery will give a great helpto the work on the inscriptions on bones in Shang Dynasty.展开更多
文摘The paper focuses on the position rule of two kinds of inscriptions on bones.In Dui Zhen inscriptions, the positive questions are on the right side and the negative questions are on the left side. In Jia qiao inscriptions, the words on the right side are about "somebody" or "somebody gives something" while the left side is empty. If it needs somethingwritten on the left side, the words are always quite simple. From this point, we can see that the ancient in Shang Dynasty appreciated the right side. This discovery will give a great helpto the work on the inscriptions on bones in Shang Dynasty.
