Corpus Viewer

Root / 中國漢文 / clean / 商殷朝 / / 甲骨文 / 殷墟 / 花園莊東地 / H3 / 花東475

Work: H3 Viewing: Source
Metadata
Work ID
129611
Title
花東475
Corpus root
中國漢文
Macro region
中國
Period
商朝
Polity
Region
花園莊東地
Categories
商殷朝; 甲骨文; 出土文獻
() ()() () ()() ()() (>) ()() () ()() ()() ( ) () () () ()()() Divined on Guimao: Tomorrow, libate ale in the afternoon. 1 578 The divination sequence, dated Jisi, is preparing to make offerings in Rong for Ancestress Geng on the following day, Gengwu. The preposition in reveals that the prince was not yet in Rong but expected to be there by the following day. The fields of Rong had to have then been considered outside of Rong. 474 can be synchronized with 491 and the latter, in a postface, states that rites were performed for Ancestress Geng at Rong on day Gengwu having returned from a hunt. 579 Xun , in this instance modifying cattle, is a place/lineage name and the cattles point of origin. Later sources write both as both and . Records in the Zuozhuan (Duke Xi, year 24; Duke Huan, year 9) indicate that during the Spring and Autumn period it was located in south- west Shanxi. (Yang Bojuns Zuozhuan commentary locates it just northeast of Xinjiang, Shanxi 西.) Western Zhou bronzes of the Jia and lineages were found together during a 1970s excavation in Wenxi, Shanxi 西; see the commentary to the delivery receipt notation 26.1. 374 | HYZ 475 Divined on Yisi: It should be jade circlets. Used. 1 Divined on Yisi: It should be jade beads. 1 Divined on Yisi: (As for) the pointed jade tablets (or: Having pointed jade tablets), it should be those that are given to His Highness, (along with) five ear ornaments. Used. 2 Divined on Gengxu: It should be Fa who our lord calls upon to have audi- ence about/with His Highness, (and) to join Da to also banquet. Used. Af- ternoon. 1 Divined on Gengxu: His Highness will arrive. Used. Evening. 1 Divined on Gengxu: His Highness will arrive. Used. Evening. 23 Divined on Xinhai: His Highness said, I shall not go. Must not invite (him). 1 Divined on Xinhai: Our lord said, I, on a Bing day, will invite His High- ness. His Highness commanded our lord, saying, Go together with Lady Hao to plant wheat in Man. Our lord will invite (him). Trusted.580 1 580 What the diviner wants an answer to in this pair of divination statements (8-9) is whether or not his lord should invite the king to drink ale some time before day Bing of the following week (perhaps day Renzi). The diviner uses an antithetical pair, first posing the proposition a negative mode and then following it with a proposition in the positive mode. The direct speech utterances preceding the focus of the charge statements provide a context. Originally the pro- tagonist planned to invite the king to drink on day Bingchen (53/60). The king however had said that he would not be going to plant wheat in Man, and commanded him to accompany HYZ 477A-477B | 375 Divined on Renzi: Our lord should not invite (others) and call to drink. Used. 1