The Collection And Research On The Sacrificial Oracle Inscriptions Of The Li Type

This paper takes the content of sacrificial oracle inscriptions of Li type in Shang Dynasty as the research object,mainly discusses the sacrificial objects(including sacrificial place,the sacrificial reason),sacrificial name,and the sacrificial offerings in the oracle inscriptions of the Li type,and sorts out all the sacrificial objects,the sacrificial names with high frequency and all the sacrificial offerings in the Li type.This paper is mainly divided into the following four parts:The first chapter is the introduction.This chapter introduces the reason of choosing the topic and makes clear the research object.This paper makes a detailed review of the scholars’ research on the sacrificial oracle inscriptions of the Li type.Finally,the research ideas,methods and significance are explained.The second chapter is the sacrificial object.In this chapter,according to the order of deities in the heaven,gods on the earth,ancestral gods,and other sacrificial objects of the sacrificial oracle inscriptions of the Li type,discussed their occurrence times,individual sacrificial situation,joint sacrificial situation,commonly used sacrificial names,functions,sacrificial reasons,sacrificial places,etc,summarize the situation of sacrifice.Chapter three is the name of the sacrifice.There are a lot of sacrificial names in the oracle inscriptions of the Li type,which can be determined to be 83 in total.In this chapter,we only discuss the 10 sacrificial names with the highest frequency in the oracle inscriptions of the Li type,and analyze these 10 sacrificial names from the aspects of continuous sacrificial names,match sacrificial names,mixed matching sacrificial names,match sacrifice offering and matching sacrificial objects.The fourth chapter is sacrificial offering.There are several kinds of sacrificial offerings in the divination of Li type,such as animals,human sacrifices,grain,wine,jade,etc.This chapter mainly discusses these kinds of sacrificial offerings according to the order of the number of sacrificial offerings,matched sacrificial offerings,matched sacrificial objects,matched sacrificial names,etc.And discusses the characteristics of using the sacrificial offerings in the oracle inscriptions of Li type.Chapter five is the conclusion.Summarize the whole paper.