Oracle Bone Inscriptions is the earliest and most complete ancient script discovered by China. Oracle Bone Inscriptions mainly refers to the Oracle Bone Inscriptions of Yin Ruins, also known as "Yin Ruins Characters" and "Yin Qi", written on the bones of tortoise shells and beasts in Shang Dynasty.

academic research

Oracle Bone Inscriptions's discovery caused a sensation in academic circles. In order to monopolize the financial resources, antique dealers kept the source of Oracle bones secret, and later lied that they came from Tangyin, Weihui and other places in Henan. Until 1908, Luo Zhenyu, a scholar, visited Xiaotun Village in Anyang, Henan Province for the first time, so he sent relatives to Anyang to buy it and personally visited Anyang. Nearly 20,000 pieces of Oracle bones were collected successively, and more than 2,000 pieces were selected and compiled in 19 13, which were published in Shu Qi in Yin Ruins (pre-edited) and later compiled in Shu Qi Jinghua in Yin Ruins (continued), laying a foundation for the study of Oracle Bone Inscriptions.

After Luo Zhenyu, many famous scholars, such as Wang Guowei, Guo Moruo, Dong Zuobin, Chen,,, Yu, Hu Houxuan, etc. , fruitful textual research and research, and formed a special knowledge-Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Dong Zuobin, Luo Zhenyu, Wang Guowei and Guo Moruo are also called "the four halls of Oracle bones", and are regarded as the masters of Oracle bone research.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions is the earliest documentary record discovered by China. Now, Oracle Bone Inscriptions has become a remarkable world discipline, with more than 500 Chinese and foreign scholars engaged in research and published more than 3,000 monographs and papers. It is of great significance to history, philology and archaeology.