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Further bones were published in a supplement, abbreviated Hebu or HB: Peng, Bangjiong, ed. (1999), Jiǎgǔwén héjí bǔbiān 甲骨文合集补编 [Supplement to Jiaguwen heji], Yuwen, ISBN 7-80126-496-7. The first four volumes contain 13,450 further pieces from Anyang, grouped in the same way as in Heji. There are also 316 pieces from other ...
The result, the Jiaguwen Heji (1978–1982) was edited by Houxuan and Guo Moruo and, [h] with its supplement (1999) edited by Peng Bangjiong, is the most comprehensive catalogue of the oracle bone fragments. The 20 volumes contain reproductions of over 55,000 fragments.
Oracle bone script is the oldest attested form of written Chinese, ... Guo Moruo editor of the Jiaguwen Heji, the largest published collection of oracle bones.
Hu Houxuan (Chinese: 胡厚宣, 1911–1995) was a Chinese historian, chief editor and a contributor of the Jiaguwen Heji Shiwen (甲骨文合集释文), the modern Chinese transcriptions of the most comprehensive collection of the oracle bone inscriptions. [1]
Oracle bone inscriptions from Wu Ding's reign mention lunar eclipses, of which those from 1199 BC to 1180 BC are usually associated with his death. [57] The celestial phenomena were often linked to the Shang king's destiny: in fact, during the eclipse series, Wu Ding was recorded in oracle bones as having already declined in health. [57]
1982: 甲骨文合集 Jiaguwen Heji (Oracle Collection), Shanghai: Zhonghua shuju, 1978–1983, 13 volumes (edited with Hu Houxuan) [50] - collection of 41,956 oracle bone inscriptions from Yinxu. Other nonfiction
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If dating estimates of the carvings are correct, this would push back the origins of Chinese writing (previously dated only as far back as the Jiaguwen Oracle Bone inscriptions found at Anyang) from 1250 BC to 6600 BC-6200 BC. [3]