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Work
花园庄东地甲骨
Nation
商殷朝
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商殷朝,甲骨文
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HYZ 163+506.1
Source
Schwartz, A. C. (2019). The Oracle Bone Inscriptions from Huayuanzhuang East. De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501505294-001
Divined on Gengwu, at Fu: Make an exorcism (for) our lords tooth to An- cestress Geng, (and) [announce by written record] (sacrifice of) pen-raised cattle, variegated cows, and white pigs. Used. 12 and to not create a disturbance could correspond to the offering of aromatic ale. If this reading is pursued, the prayer would be parsed and translated, ()() () Our lord will pray saying, Near Ancestor! It is not to be said, (sacrificing) a buffalo from Yun is correct. Ancestor (Jia)! It is to be said, in the evening be calm! There is to be no drunkenness! Zhu Qixiang (2006: 987) first proposed these correspondences between Ancestor Yi/Near Ancestor, Yun Buffalo/black bull, and aromatic ale / (he says this graph wrote a word that meant a type of aromatic liquor); regrettably I neglected to cite his work earlier. 280 Two Ancestors refers to Ancestor Jia and Ancestor Yi; see 7.2 and 411. 190 | HYZ 165