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Divined on Bingzi, at Fu:39 Say (I/our lord) shall perform (music). 1 37 Based on divinations before and after it in this sequence, the word 卜 “divined” appears to have been omitted after the date in the preface. 38 In Shang oracle bone inscriptions the phrase “you shi 有事” is associated with ritual activi- ties for ancestor worship, in addition to providing services to the king and being charged by mandate to do so. See 288.12. ): The reading of this graph as Fu* is uncertain; the transcription follows Li Xueqin (2008: 208-210) and is based mainly on Bin scribal types which write it (HJ 24347). Shang scribes write it in several different variantions (Zongbiao 2786) and the toponym is well attested in the OBI. Some scholars suggest to read it Duan 斷, but David Keightley (1978:81, note 94) has called this into question. Zhu Fenghan (2004b: 216), on the basis of HJ 24347 [Chu 出diviner type], locates it north of modern day Xingyang, Henan 河南滎陽. HYZ 6 | 87