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花园庄东地甲骨
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商殷朝
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商殷朝,甲骨文
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HYZ 29.4
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Schwartz, A. C. (2019). The Oracle Bone Inscriptions from Huayuanzhuang East. De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501505294-001
Divined on Jihai: In the courtyard, hold up104 large jade tablets105 (and) arc- ended jade tablets.106 Used. 2 102 seems to be another way to refer to the juvenile spirit ; see 214 for another occur- rence of . This inverted writing is similar to Zu Jia Ancestor Jia also being called Jia zu Jia-day Ancestor. 103 This divination account is proposing to make an exorcism/protection ritual over a certain set of the protagonists horses because of a dream that he had. Both the dream and future sacrificial offerings (as a pledge) are to be announced in writing to the juvenile spirit Guizi in the hope that no calamity would befall the horses or the dreamer. See the parallel divination at