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Divined on Guiyou, lord Jin, at Fu: Our lord will call upon (his) eldest son to take charge of His Highness’ viand service; on Dingchou, His Majesty will enter.582 Used. Return of the hunt from Tang. 1 581 You ji 又(有)疾 ”There is/Has sickness” after the judgment “Used” provides the context for why an exorcism over Da might be needed. It is also possible that the reason for making the exorcism rite was part of the announcement by written record, in addition to a future-offering list; see the commentaries to 29.1 and 289.6. I read 子金 “Zi Jin” at the end of this account as a postface; it means he was the diviner. 582 Ding 丁and wang 王are two appellations for the Shang king. It is comparable to the inter- change between wang 王and tianzi 天子 “Son of Heaven” on Western Zhou bronze inscriptions. HYZ 481 | 377