A Study Of Xu Xiezhen's Fully Explanation On Yin Ruins Inscriptions

Mr.Xu Xiezhen's specialization Fullyw Explanation on Yin Ruins Inscriptions(??????)was published in December 1933.it was an early treatise on oracle bones.At the beginning,it was a blue print of Beiping Wenkaizhai carving.For this book,scholars mainly introduce the author and publication situation or cite some viewpoints.Articles reviewing books include Mr.Dai Jiaxiang's Review ofXu Xiezhen 's<Fully Explanation on Yin Ruins Inscriptions>(?????<????>?),Mr.Wu Chengshi's Introduction to the First Strange Book in the World?Mr.Xu Xiezhen 's New Book<Fully Explanation on Yin Ruins Inscriptions>(?????????���-???????<????>?)and Comments in General catalogue ofSiku Quanshu(manuscript)(???????????(??)?).At present,the academic circle has not systematically studied the results of this book.On the basis of collecting and arranging materials,this paper analyzes the contents of Fully Explanation on Yin Ruins Inscriptions(??????),and tries to evaluate the value and shortcomings of the book objectively and fairly.This paper is divided into four chapters.The first chapter is the introduction,which describes the life story of Mr.Xu Xiezhen and his writings,the research status of Fully Explanation on Yin Ruins Inscriptions<??????)at home and abroad,and the paper content,method,purpose and significance of this paper.The second chapter is the main body of the thesis,a systematic analysis of Explanation on Yin Ruins Inscriptions(??????)of the study on Oracle bones.Explanationo on Yin Ruins Inscriptions(??????)studies divination in many aspects,absorbs the viewpoints of many scholars,and pays more attention to the study of ancient countries.This book studies the names of some ancient countries,critically absorbing the views of scholars such as Luo Zhenyu,Wang Guowei,Wang xiang.Ye yusen,as well as exploring the relationship between ancient countries and place names,clan tribes,totems and surnames.Fully Explanation on Yin Ruins Inscriptions(??????)mainly on the basis of Mr.Luo Zhenyu's The Explcanation on Yin Ruins Inscriptions(????????),sorts out the fifty-two diviners.In the research,The Explanation on Yin Ruins Inscriptions(????????)collect examples about the burning sacrifice,the burning people's sacrifices,the sacrifice to drown,the landfill sacrifices.These examples are taken from some previous monographs.The common problem in the study of ancient countries,diviners and sacrificial methods in Fully Explanation on Yin Ruins Inscriptions(??????)is that some inscriptions are misinter:preted as the names of ancient countries.In the study of the ancestor and the king,Mr.Xu Xiezhen mainly summarizes the achievements of Luo Zhenyu and Wang Guowei,sorts out the names of the ancestor and the king in the divination,and studies the sacrifice of the ancestor.In addition,Fully Explanation on Yin Ruins Inscriptions(??????)studies such oracle bone inscriptions as"(?)","(?)","(?)",etc.The book also affirms the correct views of scholars on the words"(?)","(?)","(?)","(?)",etc.In terms of research methods,Mr.Xu Xiezhen used the method of side-by-side analysis,induction of rhetoric examples,near-universal method of side-by-meaning and comparison of glyphs.To sum up,Fully Explanation on Yin Ruins Inscriptions(??????)is a book that studies divination in many aspects and absorbs the academic achievements of oracle bone inscriptions.The book contains both good academic points of views,but also some mistakes in the research of the country name.The third chapter is to evaluate the value and deficiency of Fully Explanation on Yin Ruins Inscriptions(??????).Fully Explanation on Yin Ruins Inscriptions(??????)widely absorbs the academic achievements of various schools and helps to reflect the academic development of oracle bones.At the same time,this book focuses on the comprehensive study of ancient countries by means of divination,which is also helpful to the study of national geography in the Shang dynasty.The study of some characters in Fully Explanation on Yin Ruins Inscriptions(??????)is also significant to the development of oracle bone script.This paper also points out the shortcomings of this book,mainly the misinterpretation of some divination for the country name,some views lack of in-depth thinking.The fourth chapter is the conclusion,summarizing the research of the study on Oracle bones in Fully Explanation on Yin Ruins Inscriptions(??????)and makingan objective and fair evaluation of the book as far as possible.This paper,for the first time,makes a comprehensive and systematic analysis of Fully Explanation on Yin Ruins Inscriptions(??????)by Xu Xiezhen,and summarizes the main research achievements and shortcomings of this book.