In March through June 2010, new coring and excavations were conducted to the Daxinzhuang Site in Jinan City , by which a new cemetery from the later stage of the early phase of the Shang Dynasty to the later phase of ...In March through June 2010, new coring and excavations were conducted to the Daxinzhuang Site in Jinan City , by which a new cemetery from the later stage of the early phase of the Shang Dynasty to the later phase of the Shang Dynasty was recovered. Among the excavated tombs, Tomb No. 139 is the largest one: it is an earthen shaft tomb with tiers around the bottom, on which human victims were found. The burial furniture was one coffin and one outer coffin, beneath which waist pit was recovered. Plenty of grave goods were unearthed from this tomb, including large-sized bronzes, jades and stone implements. The scale, burial furniture, human victims and grave goods of this tomb all reflected that Tomb No. 139 was a rare high-ranked elite tomb of the Erligang Period.展开更多
There is an interesting inscription on the tortoise abdominal shell newly unearthed from the Daxinzhuang site. It belongs to the same system as those from the Yin Ruins in the retouching of shells, the shape of circul...There is an interesting inscription on the tortoise abdominal shell newly unearthed from the Daxinzhuang site. It belongs to the same system as those from the Yin Ruins in the retouching of shells, the shape of circular and sub-elliptic hollows for divination, and the use of positive and negative versions of divining questions. The form and structure of the characters and the syntax of the inscription are especially close to those known from the Yin Ruins III and IV. But the present shell shows some local features in the extending direction of divining cracks and inscription lines, as well as in the position of ordinal numbers. As the first discovered oracular inscription beyond the Shang Zhengzhou city-site and the Yin Ruins, it can be taken to mark a new starting point in the history of studies of oracle-bones and to represent a new sub-branch of this discipline. Evidently there existed deep-rooted commonness between divination in the Shang royal capital and that in the eastern land. This suggests that cultural influence,exchange and penetration were swift and unimpeded at that time, and that the use of writing in the domain of the Shang Dynasty covered a vast region and effectively played a cohesive role.展开更多
The Daxinzhuang site in Jinan City contains mainly remains of the Shang culture. In March 2003,inscribed oracle bones of that time were unearthed from there. Among them the largest- sized is a turtle abdomical shell c...The Daxinzhuang site in Jinan City contains mainly remains of the Shang culture. In March 2003,inscribed oracle bones of that time were unearthed from there. Among them the largest- sized is a turtle abdomical shell consisting of four parts. It is carefully retouched,and bears circular and subelliptic hollows and firing traces for divination. The deciphered characters total 31, and the inscriptions are all oracular, with the positive and negative versions of the divining question occurring on the left and right respectively. Studies suggest that the oracular inscriptions from Daxinzhuang belong to the same system as those from the Yin Ruins, though a few characters show features of their own in composition. They should be dated to the time between the second and third phases d the Yin Ruins. As the first batch of Shang oracle-bone inscriptions unearthed beyond the Yin Ruins,they have great value and significance in the studies of oracle bones.展开更多
文摘In March through June 2010, new coring and excavations were conducted to the Daxinzhuang Site in Jinan City , by which a new cemetery from the later stage of the early phase of the Shang Dynasty to the later phase of the Shang Dynasty was recovered. Among the excavated tombs, Tomb No. 139 is the largest one: it is an earthen shaft tomb with tiers around the bottom, on which human victims were found. The burial furniture was one coffin and one outer coffin, beneath which waist pit was recovered. Plenty of grave goods were unearthed from this tomb, including large-sized bronzes, jades and stone implements. The scale, burial furniture, human victims and grave goods of this tomb all reflected that Tomb No. 139 was a rare high-ranked elite tomb of the Erligang Period.
文摘There is an interesting inscription on the tortoise abdominal shell newly unearthed from the Daxinzhuang site. It belongs to the same system as those from the Yin Ruins in the retouching of shells, the shape of circular and sub-elliptic hollows for divination, and the use of positive and negative versions of divining questions. The form and structure of the characters and the syntax of the inscription are especially close to those known from the Yin Ruins III and IV. But the present shell shows some local features in the extending direction of divining cracks and inscription lines, as well as in the position of ordinal numbers. As the first discovered oracular inscription beyond the Shang Zhengzhou city-site and the Yin Ruins, it can be taken to mark a new starting point in the history of studies of oracle-bones and to represent a new sub-branch of this discipline. Evidently there existed deep-rooted commonness between divination in the Shang royal capital and that in the eastern land. This suggests that cultural influence,exchange and penetration were swift and unimpeded at that time, and that the use of writing in the domain of the Shang Dynasty covered a vast region and effectively played a cohesive role.
文摘The Daxinzhuang site in Jinan City contains mainly remains of the Shang culture. In March 2003,inscribed oracle bones of that time were unearthed from there. Among them the largest- sized is a turtle abdomical shell consisting of four parts. It is carefully retouched,and bears circular and subelliptic hollows and firing traces for divination. The deciphered characters total 31, and the inscriptions are all oracular, with the positive and negative versions of the divining question occurring on the left and right respectively. Studies suggest that the oracular inscriptions from Daxinzhuang belong to the same system as those from the Yin Ruins, though a few characters show features of their own in composition. They should be dated to the time between the second and third phases d the Yin Ruins. As the first batch of Shang oracle-bone inscriptions unearthed beyond the Yin Ruins,they have great value and significance in the studies of oracle bones.
