1934 after graduating from Peking University, Hu Houxuan was recruited by Fu Sinian into the archaeological group of the Institute of History and Linguistics of Academia Sinica, the excavation group of Yinxu in Anyang. When Hu Houxuan first arrived in Anyang, he was greeted by Liu Yao (Yin Da) and Qi Yanpei because of his unfamiliar environment. He ranked seventh in order, so he was called the old seven. The next day he went to the workstation, and the next day he went to the field with everyone to actually participate in the tenth excavation of Yin Ruins hosted by Liang Siyong. Although it was the first time to participate, Mr. Hu quickly entered the state. When he could recognize the color and quality of the soil, he worked alone. Soon, he has been able to use cultural relics identification, phenomenon processing, mapping and other work freely. Liu Yao is in charge of 100 1, Qi Yanpei 1002, Shi 1003 and Hu Houxuan 1004. Later, due to financial problems, the excavation of tombs 1003 and 1004 was stopped, and Hu Houxuan will not continue to excavate his tomb 1004 until the 11th excavation next year. ? On May 9, 2008, in Tomb 1004, where important artifacts have not been unearthed, two generous Ding's, He Luding, appeared. This is the first time that the earliest bronze tripod in China was unearthed. When Fu Sinian took people to visit on 2 1, a large number of bronze spears were unearthed, ten in a bundle, accounting for 36 bundles. These findings have attracted the attention of all parties, and experts have come to visit them constantly.

After the excavation of Tomb 1004, he immediately took part in sorting out the Oracle Bone Inscriptions unearthed in the Yin Ruins, and made a full explanation for a word compilation of the Yin Ruins, engaged in indoor sorting out Oracle bones, and never went to the fields again. Although he left the Institute of Historical Linguistics on 1940 and could not take part in the sorting work, the contribution of excavation and recording is worthy of recognition. Sixty years later (1994), Hu Houxuan came to Taiwan Province for academic exchange. When visiting the historical relics exhibition hall of Shiyu Research Institute, he stood in a daze in front of Niu Ding and Lu Ding, which he personally excavated, and recalled the tense scene during the excavation of northwest hillock in Houjiazhuang, Anyang. It took him a long time to say to everyone, "I was happy and sad at that time, and now I feel like I am back in my twenties."

From 65438 to 0940, Hu Houxuan was transferred to cheeloo university at the invitation of Gu Jiegang, and successively served as a researcher at the Institute of China Studies, the head of the Chinese Department and the head of the Department of History and Society. Seven years later, he was appointed as a professor at Fudan University and director of the China Ancient History Teaching and Research Section of the Department of History. During this period, besides teaching, he also published 16 articles, 8 books and a series of Business History of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and won the Scientific Invention Award of the National Academic Review Committee of the Ministry of Education. He studied Oracle bones and made every effort to complete the materials, combining the Shang history with Shang sites and relics, and made a special study on some issues related to Oracle bones and Shang history, such as the origin of Shang tortoise, inscriptions on notes, the name of four winds, agricultural production, patriarchal clan system and so on.

Hu Houxuan was transferred to the Institute of History of China Academy of Sciences on 1956, and devoted himself to the compilation of the Collection of Oracle Bone Inscriptions edited by Guo Jiruo. Hu Xuanhou officially collected data from 196 1. During more than 20 years of cold and hot weather, he traveled all over China, and collected Oracle bones from 90 units and dozens of private collections. After a series of systematic research and arrangement, until 1983, he finally published a total of 4 1956 Oracle bones. At the same time, he also published a series of far-reaching academic works. Throughout his life, he published 170 kinds of academic works. He is really a great academic master.