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辛丑卜子妹其隻(獲)狼(孚)一
辛丑卜叀(惠)今逐狼 一二
辛丑卜于翌逐狼 一二
辛丑卜其逐狼隻(獲) 一
辛丑卜其逐狼弗其隻(獲) 一
辛丑卜 壬子其以[中]周于 (戎)子曰不其□[ ](孚) 一
Divined on Xinchou: Our lord is still not likely to catch wolves. Trusted. 1
Divined on Xinchou: It should be today to pursue wolves. 12
Divined on Xinchou: By tomorrow pursue wolves. 12 composed of “arrow” shi 矢 inside a case, and writes the word han 函 “tongue; (arrow) case”. (函is a cognate of han 含 “what is inside the mouth” > “to contain”.) 函in its primary sense of “arrow case” occurs on the Xiaochen Qiang 小臣墻 bone document (HJ 36481rv). Here, as the object of ru “to contribute” and in the context of killing cows, it should be read “tongue” (Yao Xuan 2016: 106-110); Shuowen jiezi: 函, 舌也。象形…肣，俗函从肉、今 “Han means the tongue. It is a pictograph…the graph han 肣 is a common form of han 函; it is spelled with 肉 (meat/flesh classifier) and 今.” HYZ 111 | 159
Divined on Xinchou: If pursuing wolves, (we) will make a catch. 1
Divined on Xinchou: If pursuing wolves, (we) are not likely to make a catch. 1
Divined on Xinchou: Tomorrow, Ren, our lord should lead [Zhong] Zhou into Rong. Our lord said, “Is not likely ….” [Trusted]. 1